Conspiracy theories

It's a week since Jay Slater disappeared and ever since armchair detectives have been trying to crack the case – with decidedly mixed results.And it's led to the emergence of one of the most must-see Facebook groups in existence, which…

A huge lake in Florida hosts an underwater hospital next to a “haunted” watery mass burial site.Lake Okeechobee in Florida is the second-largest body of freshwater in the US and is a famed tourist and fishing spot. But last year,…

One described Hitler as “brilliant”, another said that the Covid vaccine was a “crime against humanity” and another discussed a racist conspiracy theory that there's a plot to replace white Europeans with other races. Meet some of the…

A researcher believes he may be closing in on the mystery of the vanished MH370 flight thanks to a sound that could give the world the answers everyone has been hoping far.A futile and more than decade-long search for the Boeing 777, which…

Aliens in UFOs could actually be “ants in giant flying ant hills,” a new conspiracy theory has claimed.For centuries, humans have often wondered what aliens are actually like, and whether or not they really are little green man flying above…

When European Union vice president Věra Jourová met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in California last week, they fell to talking about the long-running conspiracy theory that the moon landings were fake. YouTube has faced calls from some users…

Leah Feiger: That are coming our way, that is so ominous.Vittoria Elliott: Woof.Leah Feiger: And probably so true. Nilesh, thank you so much for joining us today. Listeners, again, if you are seeing instances of generative AI out in the…

Kate Middleton’s notorious Photoshopped Mother’s Day image incorporates an ominous phrase written within the branches, an eagle-eyed Daily Star reader has claimed.We've acquired a tip-off from a member of the general public in regards to…

Neither Kate Middleton nor husband Prince William put on wedding ceremony rings all that usually – however for very completely different causes.As the fallout from the bizarre heavily-edited picture of Kate Middleton and her three…

Several people are typing, and they’re all saying Netflix’s Leave the World Behind is wildly prescient. The movie, directed by Sam Esmail, opens on a world where communication has been knocked out following a cyberattack. And earlier this…