Conspiracy Theories: A Guide to the World's Most Intriguing Mysteries

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A theory claims that The Coca-Cola Company intentionally changed to an inferior formula with New Coke, with the intent either of driving up demand for the original product or permitting the reintroduction of the original with a new formula using cheaper ingredients. [23] Coca-Cola president Donald Keough rebutted this charge: "The truth is, we're not that dumb, and we're not that smart." [24] Deaths and disappearances FEMA: World Trade Center Building Performance Study". Fema.gov. March 17, 2011. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. a b c d Bartlett, Jamie; Miller, Carl (2011). "A Bestiary of the 9/11 Truth Movement: Notes from the Front Line". Skeptical Inquirer. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 35.4 (July/August): 43–46. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012 . Retrieved May 29, 2014. Perry, KBH blast Medina". MSNBC. February 11, 2010. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010 . Retrieved October 23, 2010.

Roff, Peter (September 9, 2009). "Charlie Sheen Joins the 'Truther' 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Fringe" . Retrieved September 19, 2009.We left out nuclear targets, for now". The Guardian. London. March 3, 2003 . Retrieved July 11, 2012. Numerous persons, including former MI5 officer Peter Wright and Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn, have alleged that former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was secretly a KGB spy. Historian Christopher Andrew has lamented that a number of people have been "seduced by Golitsyn's fantasies". [98] [99] [100] Malala Yousafzai Conspiracy theories: The Speculation". CBC. October 29, 2003. Archived from the original on November 1, 2003 . Retrieved May 29, 2014. While some conspiracy theorists have claimed that passengers of Flight 93 and/or Flight 77 were murdered or that they were relocated, with the intent that they never be found, [77] others within the 9/11 Truth Movement, such as Jim Hoffman and Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, repudiate such claims. Bernays gives an insight into how the elites actually subjugate the masses through the media, and this will resonate with those theorists who contend that humans are highly programmable through radio and television. It does seem to be a battle of brainwashing to an extent, with various government controlled media outlets each sending out propaganda to its citizens. Thus American, Russian and Chinese citizens are all given different propaganda and different versions of events. Bernays states in the book that:

America's day of terror". BBC News. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. Since at least the Middle Ages, antisemitism has featured elements of conspiracy theory. In medieval Europe it was widely believed that Jews poisoned wells, had been responsible for the death of Jesus, and ritually consumed the blood of Christians. The second half of the 19th century saw the emergence of notions that Jews and/or Freemasons were plotting to establish control over the world. Forged evidence has been presented to spread the notion that Jews were responsible for the propagation of communism, or the hoax The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (1903), which outlines a supposed high council of Jews planning to control the world. [105] Such antisemitic conspiracy theories became central to the worldview of Adolf Hitler. Antisemitic theories persist today concerning banking, [106] Hollywood, the news media and a purported Zionist Occupation Government of the United States. [107] [108] [109] These theories all allege plots to establish a world tyranny. [110] Profiles of 9/11 – About 9/11". Biography.com. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009 . Retrieved July 20, 2009. a b c d e f g h i Knight, Peter (2008). "Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States". New German Critique. 35: 165–93. doi: 10.1215/0094033X-2007-024. War against Islam" is a conspiracy theory in Islamist discourse which describes an alleged plot to destroy Islamic society. The perpetrators of this conspiracy are alleged to be non-Muslims and " false Muslims" in collusion with Western powers whose efforts are a continuation of the Medieval Crusades. [156] Anti-IslamicFrom now on you need never await temporal attestation to your thought. You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You do not belong to you. You belong to Universe. Your significance will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your role if you apply yourself to converting your experiences to the highest advantage of others.” Summers, Anthony; Swan, Robbyn (2011). The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden. New York: Ballantine. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4000-6659-9. A leading Japanese politician espouses a 9/11 fantasy Washington Post March 8, 2010". The Washington Post. March 8, 2010 . Retrieved October 15, 2010. The 9/11 conspiracy theories started out mostly in the political left but have broadened into what New York magazine describes as " terra incognita where left and right meet, fusing sixties countercultural distrust with the don't-tread-on-me variety". [43]