what conspiracy theories in the past have turned out to be true?

Answer 1

There is one well documented conspiracy theory that has been clearly established to be true:

We know now, because of the release of internal documents in various lawsuits, that the cigarette and tobacco industry had suppressed medical and scientific evidence of the health hazards of cigarette smoking for many decades, including paying off medical researchers and knowingly falsifying test records, and altering documents given to government agencies and the Congress.

Answer 2

Its sometimes difficult with ancient or medieval history to differentiate fact from fiction.
If you look at modern history, the theory that the U.S. was behind several assassination attempts on Castro is widely believed to be true. The denials of wrong doing by the Nixon administration during Watergate was understood by the majority of the population to be wrong, although he left office pleading his innocence and he was never brought to trial.
In Britain there have long been rumours that their was a planned coup in the early 70's involving prominent businessmen, Senior members of the royal family, and the army.
Although this has never been admitted or officially investigated it is generally believed to be historically accurate, but how advanced this coup attempt was is a matter for conjecture, and may have involved a senior member of the Thatcher administration.

Today conspiracy theorists however would sooner believe in secretly mined buildings or holographic aircraft. it's much more sinister.

Answer 3

the only problem is that once they are proved true they are no longer conspiracy theories.

You can list political scandals which started as rumours and ended up true till the cows come home - watergate etc.

The story of the missing princes in the tower of london was solved in the 1960's when they found their bones and it turned out that the theories were right - Richard III did have them murdered.

The theories about Enron were proved true.

Answer 4

Er, it was proved that King Edward V and his brother Prince Richard (aka The Princes in the Tower) were killed, but not that Richard III ordered their deaths. There is a large school of thinking that the future Henry VII was behind their deaths. He had a lot to gain by discrediting Richard III and Richard III by that time had strong evidence that Edward IV (their father) was not legally married to their mother and therefore they were illigitimate and not entitled to inherit the crown of England.

Just goes to prove that you can't easily get to the bottom of a good conspiracy theory!

Answer 5

some human beings might desire to get their definitions taken care of out. In answer on your question, definite, hundreds, if the police have self assurance somebody has conspire to commit fraud, they're working below a CONSPIRACY theory, while they locate their info, the criminal is arrested for conspiracy.

Answer 6

The light does stay on when you close the fridge. A scientist from Germany took a refrigerator and engineered a smaller door within the main door. When he closed the main door to the fridge, he opened the mini door. The light was still on.........

Answer 7

Seven years ago I started spouting off about global warming. How it had very little to do with carbon emissions.
And it had more to do with an 'interglacial ice age'.
Guess what. People are starting to believe the stuff I said years..

Answer 8

this one is true.the panic about global warming and going green is not to save the planet its to stop the consumption of oil,of which we have only 10 years supply left.the green issue is to not cause a panic

Answer 9

Dependant who you talk to, all or none of them have turned out to be true.

Answer 10

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