Thompson, Linda, 56, 60–61
Thompson, Starley, 118
Toon, Owen, 116–20
Trans-Siberian Railway, 187
TTAPS paper, 116–20
Turco, Richard, 116–20
TWA Flight 800, 203–6
Twain, Mark, 21
Twin Towers collapse, 121–24
Tyler, Lieutenant Kermit, 108, 110–11
Tyson, Mike, 88
Tyson, Neil deGrasse, 138
UFO reports, 147, 155, 157–67, 190–94
Urban legend conspiracies
Finland, 186–89
HAARP, 199–202
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, 207–10
Men in Black, 190–94
Polybius games, 195–98
TWA Flight 800, 203–6
William Randolph Hearst, 182–85
Vaccines, 42–45
Van der Worp, Jacco, 169
Ventura, Jesse, 52–53
Video games, 195–98
Vietnamese, 227–30
Vril, 98–101
Wallace, Chris, 87–91
War
9/11 attacks, 121–28
Holocaust denial, 102–6
Naval Shipyard Experiment, 112–15
Nazi Wunderwaffen, 98–101
nuclear war, 116–20
nuclear winter, 116–19
Pearl Harbor attack, 107–11
Pentagon missile, 125–28
Philadelphia Experiment, 112–15
terrorist attacks, 121–28
TTAPS paper, 116–20
Twin Towers collapse, 121–24
Wardenclyffe Tower, 141–43
Warren Commission Report, 76–77
Water fluoridation, 46–49
Weaver, Colonel Richard L., 162–63
Webb, Gary, 236–38
Wilhelm I, Landgrave, 16
Winfrey, Oprah, 86
Witkowski, Igor, 100–101
Wright, Reggie, Jr., 88
Wunderwaffen, 98–101
Zarski, Tom, 79
Zeeland, Paul van, 25
Zetetic Astronomy, 136–37
Zionists, 102–3
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Conspiracies declassified / Brian Dunning, creator of the Skeptoid® podcast.
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