1. Merriam-Webster 
2. "Speaking of Psychology: Why people believe in Conspiracy Theories" 

•        Speaking of Psychology: Why people believe in conspiracy theories, with Karen Douglas, PhD (apa.org)

3. "The World That Fear Made: Slave Revolts and conspiracy scares in Early America"-by Professor Jason T Sharples 

• The World That Fear Made | Jason T. Sharples (upenn.edu)
• This is a simpler look at the abstract, JSTOR would want you all to sign up.

4. "Orale Politics! Trumpismo? Que es eso?"- by Professor Gustavo Cano

•  Órale Politics! – ¿Trumpismo? ¿Qué es eso? - Cadena Política (cadenapolitica.com)
• This is also a direct link to the article. Academia.edu would want you all to sign up. 

5. "A Functionalist Analysis of Conspiracy Theories and their Social Functions"- by Research Fellow Julien Giry 

• (PDF) A Functionalist Analysis of Conspiracy Theories: Conspiracy Theories and their Social Functions (researchgate.net)
• Another direct link, both JStor and Academia would want you all to sign up

6. "Willkommen in der Paranoia- Gesellschaft! Verschwörungstheorien in Zeiten von Corona"-by Professor Andrea Anton 

• zff-3415-spiegel.pdf (igpp.de)
• Direct link to the entire article. P.S: I mentioned that the it is a "She" but it is a "He". It was a slip of the tongue 

7. "Why American evangelicals are so tempted by easy assurance of conspiracy theories."-by writer D.L Mayfield 

• Why American evangelicals are so tempted by the easy assurance of conspiracy theories (religionnews.com)
• Highly recommend this article. It hits hard, but it is totes groovy.