The Conspirators Podcast

A lot of conspiracy theories can be explained away as simple coincidence, and the way our human minds are designed to seek connections in places where there aren't any. And yet, there are some stories that make you wonder if something more sinister really is going on. During the 1980s nearly two dozen people working for a British defense firm all died under unusual circumstances. Were these just coincidences, as the British government insisted? Or were they all killed in a game of foreign espionage?

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Notes:

https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-08-mn-185-story.html

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-mysterious-death-of-indian-prime-minister-and-top-indian-nuclear-scientist-7bcf40b8562e

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Verdict-Tony-Collins/dp/0747401462

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/01/06/from-the-archives-when-several-indian-nuclear-scientists-died-mysteriously.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDA3gGBzMKA

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In 1908, news broke that the legendary outlaws known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were gunned down in a shootout in Bolivia. But is that what really happened? Almost as soon as the gunsmoke cleared, rumors began to spread that Butch and Sundance might have survived, and lived on for years after.

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/butch/

https://www.amazon.com/Butch-Cassidy-Story-American-Outlaw/dp/1501117483/ref=asc_df_1501117483/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509234950067&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10024823998848774111&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-923944284217&psc=1

https://www.biography.com/news/butch-cassidy-sundance-kid-real-story

https://www.grunge.com/180040/the-truth-about-butch-cassidys-death/

https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-deaths-of-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy

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Near the town of Homestead, Florida stands one of the most unique tourist attractions in the United States. It's a massive monolithic park built from 1,100 tons of limestone that today is known as the Coral Castle. The strangest part of this remarkable structure is that it was built by one man. Did the creator Edward Leedskallnin discover the secret of anti-gravity? Find out in this episode.

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/

https://coralcastle.com

https://www.livescience.com/41075-coral-castle.html

https://www.amazon.com/Coral-Castle-Leedskalnin-American-Stonehenge/dp/098421321X/ref=asc_df_098421321X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312176338241&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17409254240294197034&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-570489770565&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258870897&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312176338241&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17409254240294197034&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-570489770565

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Throughout history, many cultures have considered blood to have magical properties. In fact, some people have held blood in such high regard that they actually turned to drinking blood in order to prolong their lives.

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https://www.livescience.com/15899-drinking-blood-safe.html

https://www.ranker.com/list/carter-brothers-vampire-legend/jodi-smith

https://yesterdaysamerica.com/the-forgotten-history-of-two-new-orleans-vampires/

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5085&context=etd

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/blood-lust-the-early-history-of-transfusion/

https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Wakeman-vs-Antichrist-Strange-but-True-ebook/dp/B00INIXUAS

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In February 1933, a pair of sisters, Christine and Lea Papin were working as servants in a wealthy household, when the pair snapped and committed one of the most brutal and horrific crimes in French history. Was this a case of shared madness or class warfare?

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/papin-sisters

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/?safari=1

https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Oxford-Studies-European-Culture/dp/0198160119

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-crimes-of-the-papin-sisters-amy-delaney/1126474717

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Part 2 of a 2-part episode. In October 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying an amateur rugby team crashed in the Andes mountains. In our previous episode I told you about the events leading up to the crash, and about the shocking things the survivors needed to do to survive. On their 17th day, things went from bad to worse when an avalanche buried the wreckage in snow. This is what happened next.

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https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/article/avalancheshttps://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survivalhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9437057/Survivor-1972-Andes-plane-crash-resorted-cannibalism-recalls-pain-eating-friends-flesh.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JTVGF7C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/stranded/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776935/

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In October 1972, a chartered flight carrying an amateur Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes mountains. What followed was one of the most harrowing tales of survival in history.

Notes:

https://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survival

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9437057/Survivor-1972-Andes-plane-crash-resorted-cannibalism-recalls-pain-eating-friends-flesh.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JTVGF7C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/stranded/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776935/

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Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

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Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

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Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

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In the annals of ufology, there are certain places and certain names that have become legendary. Two of those names are Area 51 and Bob Lazar. In this episode we dive deep into the history of Area 51, and hear the story of the man who claims to have worked on reverse engineering alien flying saucers on the top secret base.

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https://www.amazon.com/Area-51-Uncensored-Americas-Military/dp/0316202304

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a24152/area-51-history/

https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Lazar-Area-Flying-Saucers/dp/B07L139C66

https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2021/06/01/ufos-the-pentagon-and-the-enigma-of-bob-lazar/

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In the mid-19th century there lived a woman named Lydia Sherman, who came from a poor upbringing only to raise her position in life through the only means she saw possible, murder. She began by murdering her husband and children, and went on to become one of the worst serial killers you never heard of.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NH77LQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://connecticuthistory.org/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner/https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner-commits-the-horror-of-the-century/https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sherman-lydia.htmhttps://midwesterncitizen.com/2021/02/the-luck-of-lydia-sherman-how-gender-in-the-19th-century-impacted-felony-prosecution-and-criminal-justice/

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