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Resources
In this section, you’ll find resources that will allow you to take a deeper dive into each topic discussed in the book. These resources are books, websites, and periodicals that include authoritative original sources and/or expert analysis. This section is divided by part number and section title to help make the information easy to find and digest when you want to learn more.
PART 1: THOSE WHO RUN THE WORLD
The Knights Templar
Barber, M. The Trial of the Templars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Clow, E. “The Knights Templar and the Holy Fictionalization of History.” Skeptic North. January 9, 2010. www.skepticnorth.com/2010/01/the-knights-templar-and-the-holy-fictionalization-of-history/.
Ralls, K. Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books, 2007.
The Rothschild Family
Ferguson, N. The House of Rothschild: Money’s Prophets, 1798–1848. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997.
Kaplan, H. Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the Creation of a Dynasty: The Critical Years, 1806–1816. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006.
Neal, L. “The Financial Crisis of 1825 and the Restructuring of the British Financial System.” Review 80, no. 3 (May/June 1998): 53–76.
The Bohemian Club
Domhoff, G. The Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
Ronson, J. Them: Adventures with Extremists. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
Weiss, P. “Inside Bohemian Grove.” Spy, November 1, 1989, 59–76.
The Bilderbergers
Bilderberg Meetings. “Meetings.” Accessed 22 Sep. 2010. www.bilderbergmeetings.org/conferences.html.
Burnett, T. Conspiracy Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Conspiracy Theories. New York: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006.
Radford, B. “Fidel Castro’s Conspiracy Theories: Worth Considering?” LiveScience. August 19, 2010. Web. 21 Sep. 2010. www.livescience.com/10036-fidel-castro-conspiracy-theories-worth.html.
The North American Union
Grubel, H. “The Case for the Amero: The Economics and Politics of a North American Monetary Unit.” Fraser Institute Critical Issues Bulletin, September 1999. www.americansov.org/news/amero/art_amero_1999jan01.html.
Pastor, R. Toward a North American Community: Lessons from the Old World for the New. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 2001.
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. “SPP Myths vs Facts.” SPP. August 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20080701112402.www.spp.gov/myths_vs_facts.asp.
The Denver Airport Conspiracy
TheDenverChannel.com. “DIA Cracked Plane Windshields Mystery Solved.” February 28, 2007. www.thedenverchannel.com/news/dia-cracked-plane-windshields-mystery-solved.
Denver International Airport. “Art.” City & County of Denver Department of Aviation. February 23, 2010. www.flydenver.com/art.
Li, A., R.B. Williamson, F.P. Mulvey, L.E. Hegg, T.B. Baird, S.N. Calvo, J. Furutani, S.K. Gupta, M.S. Panwar, K.A. Rhodes, F.W. Sutherland, and A.D. Trapp. New Denver Airport: Impact of the Delayed Baggage System. Washington, DC: US General Accounting Office, 1994. www.gao.gov/products/RCED-95-35BR.
The Reptoids
Bosquet, J. “Lizard Peolpe’s[sic]Catacomb City Hunted.” Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1934.
Lewis, T., and R. Kahn. “The Reptoid Hypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke’s Alien Conspiracy Theory.” Utopian Studies 16, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 45–74.
Rhodes, J. “Basic FAQ’s.” Reptoids Research Center. November 14, 2009. www.reptoids.com/basic_faqs.htm.
PART 2: GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION
Vaccines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Ingredients of Vaccines—Fact Sheet.” US Department of Health & Human Services. Updated February 22, 2011. www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm.
Doja, A., and W. Roberts. “Immunizations and Autism: A Review of the Literature.” Canadian Journal of Neurological Science 33, no. 4 (November 2006): 341–346.
Ribeiro, C., and V. Schijns. “Immunology of Vaccine Adjuvants.” Methods in Molecular Biology 626 (January 2010): 1–14.
Water Fluoridation
Estupiñán-Day, S. Promoting Oral Health: The Use of Salt Fluoridation to Prevent Dental Caries. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, 2005.
McKay, F. “Mass Control of Dental Caries Through the Use of Domestic Water Supplies Containing Fluorine.” American Journal of Public Health and the Nation’s Health 38, no. 6 (June 1948): 828–832.
World Health Organization. Inadequate or Excess Fluoride: A Major Public Health Concern. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2010.
Plum Island
Cella, A. “An Overview of Plum Island: History, Research, and Effects on Long Island.” Long Island Historical Journal 16, no. 1-2 (September 2003): 176–181.
Rather, J. “Plum Island Reports Disease Outbreak.” The New York Times, August 22, 2004.
US Department of Agriculture. “An Island Fortress for Biosecurity.” Agricultural Research 43, no. 12 (December 1995): 4.
FEMA Prison Camps
Falkenrath, R. Problems of Preparedness: U.S. Readiness for a Domestic Terrorist Attack. Boston: International Security, 2001.
Irons, P. Justice at War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Jacobs, J. Socio-Legal Foundations of Civil-Military Relations. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, Inc., 1986.
The Branch Davidian Assault
“Children of the Cult.” Newsweek, May 16, 1993.
Colloff, P. “The Fire That Time.” Texas Monthly Magazine, April 1, 2008. www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-fire-that-time/.
Danforth, J. Final Report to the Deputy Attorney General Concerning the 1993 Confrontation at the Mt. Carmel Complex, Waco, Texas. November 8, 2000. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Danforthreport-final.pdf.
Chemtrails
Cairns, R. “Climates of Suspicion: Chemtrail Conspiracy Narratives and the International Politics of Geoengineering.” Geographical Journal 182, no. 1 (April 2014): 70–84.
Rasch, P., S. Tilmes, R. Turco, A. Robock, L. Oman, C. Chen, G. Stenchikov, and R. Garcia. “An Overview of Geoengineering of Climate Using Stratospheric Sulphate Aerosols.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 366, no. 1882 (November 2008): 4007–4037.
West, M. “How to Debunk Chemtrails.” Contrail Science. June 29, 2011. Web. 14 Feb 2018. http://contrailscience.com/how-to-debunk-chemtrails/.
PART 3: SUSPICIOUS DEATHS
Amelia Earhart
Dunning, B. “Finding Amelia Earhart.” Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena (podcast). January 31, 2012. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4295.
Strippel, R. “Researching Amelia: A Detailed Summary for the Serious Researcher into the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart.” Air Classics 31, no. 11 (October 1995): 20.
US Navy/US Coast Guard. U.S. Navy Report of the Search for Amelia Earhart, July 2–18, 1937. July 31, 1937. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305240.
JFK
Bugliosi, V. Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.
NBC. Seventy Hours and Thirty Minutes, as Bro
adcast on the NBC Television Network. New York: Random House, 1966.
Wood, M., K. Douglas, and R. Sutton. “Dead and Alive: Beliefs in Contradictory Conspiracy Theories.” Social Psychological and Personality Science 3, no. 6 (November 2012): 767–773.
Paul McCartney
Glenn, A. “ ‘Paul Is Dead!’ (said Fred).” Michigan Today, November 11, 2009. http://michigantoday.umich.edu/a7565/.
Polidoro, M. “The Walrus Was Paul!” Skeptical Inquirer 30, no. 1 (January/February 2006). www.csicop.org/si/show/the_walrus_was_paul.
Reeve, A. Turn Me On, Dead Man: The Beatles and the Paul Is Dead Hoax. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2004.
Elvis Presley
Chan, M. “Elvis Presley Died 40 Years Ago. Here’s Why Some People Think He’s Still Alive.” Time, August 15, 2017. http://time.com/4897819/elvis-presley-alive-conspiracy-theories/.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Elvis Presley, Parts 1 through 12.” FBI Records: The Vault. February 14, 2018. https://vault.fbi.gov/ElvisPresley.
Lacy, P. Elvis Decoded: A Fan’s Guide to Deciphering the Myths and Misinformation. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006.
Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
Runtag, J. “The Truth Behind Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Murder: ‘It Was Simple Retaliation,’ Reveals an LAPD Source.” People, September 13, 2017. http://people.com/music/tupac-shakur-murder-gang-retaliation-lapd/.
Smith, B. “Everything You Need to Know about the Murders of 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G.” Oxygen: Crime Time. November 3, 2017. www.oxygen.com/blogs/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-murders-of-2pac-and-the-notorious-big.
Sullivan, R. LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implications of Death Row Records’ Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal. New York: Grove Press, 2002.
Princess Diana
Baker, S. Coroner’s Inquest into the Deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mr. Dodi Al-Fayed: List of Likely Issues. London: Judicial Communications Office, 2007.
BBC News. “Point-by-point: Al Fayed’s claims.” February 19, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7251568.stm.
Metropolitan Police. The Operation Paget Inquiry Report into the Allegation of Conspiracy to Murder Diana, Princess of Wales and Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed: Report. London: Metropolitan Police, 2006.
PART 4: THE WORLD AT WAR
Nazi Wunderwaffen
Cornwell, J. Hitler’s Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil’s Pact. New York: Viking, 2003.
Gallagher, T. Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Program. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2002.
Pauwels, L., and L. Bergier. The Morning of the Magicians. New York: Stein and Day, 1963.
Holocaust Denial
Fleming, G. Hitler and the Final Solution. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.
Shermer, M., and A. Grobman. Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
Zimmerman, J. Holocaust Denial: Demographics, Testimonies, and Ideologies. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Borch, F., and D. Martinez. Kimmel, Short, and Pearl Harbor: The Final Report Revealed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005.
Carroll, R.T. “Philadelphia Experiment.” The Skeptic’s Dictionary. Updated November 21, 2015. http://skepdic.com/philadel.html.
Central Intelligence Agency. “Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence: Intelligence at Pearl Harbor.” August 22, 1946. www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000188601.pdf.
Clausen, H., and B. Lee. Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement. New York: Crown, 1992.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Goerman, R. “Alias Carlos Allende: The Mystery Man Behind the Philadelphia Experiment.” FATE 33, no. 10 (October 2, 1980).
Vallee, J.F. “Anatomy of a Hoax: The Philadelphia Experiment Fifty Years Later.” Journal of Scientific Exploration 8, no.1 (October 1994): 47–71.
Nuclear War and Nuclear Winter
Sagan, C. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. New York: Random House, 1995.
Thompson, S., and S. Schneider. “Nuclear Winter Reappraised.” Foreign Affairs 62 (June 1986): 981–1,005.
Turco, R., O. Toon, T. Ackerman, J. Pollack, and C. Sagan. “Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions.” Science 222, no. 4630 (January 1983): 1,283–1,292.
9/11 Building Collapses
Dunbar, D., and B. Reagan. Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can’t Stand Up to the Facts. New York: Hearst Books, 2006.
9/11 Commission. The 9/11 Commission Report. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004.
Sunder, S., R. Gann, W. Grosshandler, H. Lew, R. Bukowski, F. Sadek, F. Gayle, J. Gross, T. McAllister, J. Averill, J. Lawson, H. Nelson, and S. Cauffman. NIST NCSTAR 1A: Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 2008.
The Pentagon and the Missile
Roberts, S. “Photos of Flight 77 Wreckage Inside the Pentagon.” Rense.com. December 4, 2002. http://rense.com/general32/phot.htm.
Scott, J. “Pentagon & Boeing 757 Engine Investigation.” Aerospaceweb. May 6, 2006. www.aerospaceweb.org/question/conspiracy/q0265.shtml.
Snopes. “Hunt the Boeing!” Updated August 21, 2016. www.snopes.com/rumors/pentagon.asp.
PART 5: SUPPRESSED SCIENCE
The Hollow Earth
Gardner, M. “Notes of a Fringe-Watcher: Occam’s Razor and the Nutshell Earth.” Skeptical Inquirer 12, no. 4 (July 1988): 355–358.
Ohnemus, C. “Dr. Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan Unity Movement.” Cultural Resource Management 24, no. 9 (January 2001): 10–12.
Teed, C. The Cellular Cosmogony, or The Earth a Concave Sphere. Chicago: The Guiding Star Publishing House, 1898.
The Flat Earth Theory
Gardner, M. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. New York: Dover Publications, 1957.
Garwood, C. Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007.
O’Neill, B. “Do They Really Think the Earth Is Flat?” BBC News. August 4, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7540427.stm.
Nikola Tesla
Cheney, M., and R. Uth. Tesla: Master of Lightning. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1999.
O’Neill, J. Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla. New York: I. Washburn, 1944.
Tesla, N. Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900. February 14, 2018. www.bibliotecapleyades.net/tesla/coloradonotes/coloradonotes.htm.
Free Energy
Gardner, M. “Perpetual Motion: Illusion and Reality.” Foote Prints 47, no. 2 (January 1984): 21–35.
Quinn, G. “The Patent Law of Perpetual Motion.” IP Watchdog. October 11, 2011. www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/11/the-patent-law-of-perpetual-motion/.
Simanek, D. “Perpetual Futility: A Short History of the Search for Perpetual Motion.” Donald Simanek’s Pages. December 14, 2012. www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/museum/people/people.htm.
The Big Pharma Conspiracy
Blaskiewicz, B. “The Big Pharma Conspiracy Theory.” Medical Writing 22, no. 4 (November 2013): 259–261.
Higgins, M. “Is There Really a Conspiracy to Suppress Cancer Cures?” Cancer Treatment Watch. October 24, 2007. www.cancertreatmentwatch.org/q/conspiracy.shtml.
Novella, S. “Demonizing Big Pharma.” Science-Based Medicine. April 22, 2010. http://sciencebasedmedicine.org/demonizing-big-pharma/.
PART 6: SPACE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
The Black Knight Satellite
“Dark Satellite Remains Mystery; Unclaimed by All.” The Southeast Missourian. February 11, 1960.
Oberg, J. “Phantom Satellite?” October 21, 2014. www.jamesoberg.com/sts88_and-black-knight.pdf.
Van der Pol, B. “Short Wave Echoes and the Aurora Borealis.” Nature 122 (December 1928):
878–879.
Roswell
Nickell, J. Real-life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
Saler, B., C. Ziegler, and C. Moore. UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth. Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1997.
Weaver, R., and J. McAndrew. Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert. Washington, DC: United States Air Force, 1995.
Area 51
National Reconnaissance Office. Comparison of SR-71 and A-12 Aircraft. Washington, DC: NRO, 1967.
Roadrunners Internationale. “Memories of the Cold War.” Last modified September 29, 2008. http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/coldwarstories.html.
US Department of Energy. Origins of the Nevada Test Site. Washington, DC: US Department of Energy, 2000.
The Lucifer Project
Blanchard, A. Updated Critical Mass Estimates for Plutonium-238. Aiken, SC: Westinghouse Savannah River Company, 1999.
NASA. “Spacecraft Power for Cassini.” NASA Fact Sheet. January 16, 2010. http://georgenet.net/hubble/cassini_pdf/power.pdf.
O’Neill, I. “Project Lucifer: Will Cassini Turn Saturn Into a Second Sun? (Part 1).” Universe Today. Updated December 24, 2015. www.universetoday.com/2008/07/24/project-lucifer-will-cassini-turn-saturn-into-a-second-sun-part-1/.
The Moon Landing Hoax
“Apollo 11 Hoax: One in Four People Do Not Believe in Moon Landing.” The Telegraph. July 17, 2009. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/5851435/Apollo-11-hoax-one-in-four-people-do-not-believe-in-moon-landing.html.
Keel, W. “Telescopic Tracking of the Apollo Lunar Missions.” Space Bits. University of Alabama, August 1, 2016. Web. 30 August 2016. http://pages.astronomy.ua.edu/keel/space/apollo.html.
Plait, P. Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing Hoax. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
The Face on Mars
Morrison, D. “MGS Photographs ‘Face on Mars.’ ” Skeptical Inquirer 25, no. 3 (May 1998): 65.
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