Conspiracy Theory

When something as mundane as a birth certificate is major conspiracy-theory fodder, it should be no surprise that the folks in tin foil hats have already concocted some not-so-obvious explanations for last week's meteorite crash in Russia. Read on for our four favorite space-rock conspiracy

Thanks to the power of the web and live broadcasts on television, the conspiracy theories surrounding the events of September 11, 2001 – when terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Despite repeated claims by al-Qaeda that it planned, organised and

The 35th President of the United States was shot on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas at 12.30pm . He was fatally wounded by gunshots while riding with his wife – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy – in a motorcade. The ten-month investigation of the Warren Commission of 1963 to 1964, the United

Even if you don't frequent the dark corners of the web where conspiracies lie, you've probably heard this wild Pixar theory. Humor website Cracked was the first to host the idea that all Pixar movies exist in the same universe. That idea really caught on with John Negroni, who fleshed out the

    Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Kanye West are all just government puppets, claim some theorists. They believe celebrities behave badly simply to divert attention away from politicians and national matters.  Remember Britney Spears' meltdown in 2007? Some say it was all just a front for the