Conspiracy theories normally surround some huge event that gets the attention of people all over the globe. The event has to be something of importance that touches the heart of the people and stirs up some type of emotions. These events normally revolve around some kind of historical, social or political event. The perpetrator who caused the event is usually someone with lots of power or some secret organization.
When something traumatic happens, many people find it difficult to deal with it or they just can’t believe it happened randomly. For this reason, many people come up with theories about the event that helps them to understand it better. Many times the conspiracy theory is dismissed and associated with paranoia and in some cases they are said to be urban legends. In other cases, the theories tend to generate lots of attention and continue to spread all over the globe and throughout generations. Some of the top conspiracy theories are listed below:
1. The Assassination of JFK – There are many people who still have a lot of questions about the death of our 35th president John F. Kennedy. They want to know if Lee Harvey Oswald is truly the one who killed JFK and if so, was he acting on his own or did he work for someone else like the CIA or FBI?
2. The 9/11 Disaster – There are many who believe the events that took place on 9/11 are the results of one big conspiracy. When a close look is taken at the event it’s obvious that someone did conspire to make the attacks happen. Someone carefully planned out the tragedy and executed their plan but the question is who was behind the event? The conspiracy theory surrounding the tragedy points to government officials, even President Bush and Vice-President Cheney are believed to have a part in the event. It seems that it’s easier for many people to believe that our government was involved than it is for them to believe they didn’t know ahead of time and couldn’t stop the tragedy from happening.
3. Apollo Moon Landing: Man Walks on Moon – There are many questions revolving around the Apollo mission to the moon. The conspiracy theories surrounding this event are based off of discrepancies found between the official version of the event and photographs of the moon landing that were released.
4. Global Warming – The theories surrounding global warming claim that the results of the studies provided for the public are false. It’s believed it’s all a big hoax to trick the public into making changes for other reasons they don’t want to make known.
5. The AIDS/HIV Virus – The original theory is that AIDS was transferred to humans from monkeys in the 1930’s. However, the conspiracy theory states that the virus was man-made and that the CIA or some other form of government created it. The reasons for creating it vary. Some believe it was a bio-weapon that simply got out of control while others believe it was made to target both African-Americans and homosexuals.
As you can see, nothing is above being part of a conspiracy. These are the 5 top conspiracy theories that are well-known. There are many more that include the murder of Princess Diana, the death of Marilyn Monroe, Satanic Cults, Roswell and area 51, the death of Paul McCartney and there are even theories of conspiracy surrounding President Obama.
