Can you make a conspiracy true by getting others to believe in it? The author of the quintessential conspiracy theory novel - "Illuminatus!", Robert Anton Wilson helped spread paranoia about the Illuminati in more ways than one. When his friend was unjustly accused of involvement in the JFK assassination, Wilson and the Discordians mobilized America's greatest civilian-led counter-intelligence operation. The fallout would haunt Wilson for the rest of his life.