Conspiracy theories are everywhere, but, sadly (or – actually – probably for the best), most of them fly under the radar for most of us. Unless something happens that places them in the mainstream consciousness, only a select few followers of said beliefs ever even know they exist.
And let me tell you, after you check some of these out, you’re going to be sorry you weren’t let in on the secrets sooner.
As told by the Buzzfeed Community.
13. Ronald Reagan did away with the birds. All of them.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SnyefFHWc/
All birds died in 1986 and were replaced with drones to spy on the public.
12. Leonardo DiCaprio had something to do with River Phoenix’s death.
Shortly after his Oscar nomination for Running on Empty, River Phoenix was asked what movie he wanted to do next. He pulled out a copy of The Basketball Diaries and said, “I want to play Jim Carroll.” Phoenix would have done anything to get this role, but apparently Leo DiCaprio wanted it as well. That’s why he played a part in Phoenix’s fatal overdose.
In fact, Leo has even admitted to seeing Phoenix at a party in LA the night he died. After his untimely death, the role of Jim Carroll went to Leo DiCaprio, which helped launch him into superstardom.
11. The Red Cross isn’t using your blood the way you think.
Something sinister is going on with the blood donations the Red Cross collects. Sometimes they sell it for profit, and other times the government uses it for biowarfare testing. Most shockingly, the Illuminati uses it for satanic rituals.
10. Stevie Wonder isn’t really blind.
A lot of people believe this one. Donald Glover even got a little suspicious after meeting Stevie Wonder a few times. He claimed that some things just weren’t adding up. Interesting!
9. Big Pharma is hiding cures for diseases like cancer and HIV.
This one is simple: the pharmaceutical industry makes billions and billions of dollars each year, so they have no interest in releasing the already-existing vaccines. Unfortunately, lifetime treatments for an “incurable” disease are way more lucrative for them.
8. J.K. Rowling is hiding a big secret.
Some people believe that J.K. Rowling didn’t actually write the Harry Potter books. Instead, they were ghost-written by a giant group people. This conspiracy theory goes one step further and claims that Rowling is actually Rita Skeeter, and she wrote the stories of Harry Potter after being banished from the Wizarding World.
7. Men in Black is based in real life.
Aliens exist, and the government is trying to cover it up. They have a secret organization, almost identical to the one in Men in Black, whose job is to destroy all evidence and memory of alien lifeforms.
6. Coke and Pepsi are one and the same.
Apparently the rivalry between each company is completely fake. It’s simply used as a ploy to get people to take sides and buy more of each product. That way the people who secretly own both companies will make even more money.
5. Ancestry DNA (and like services) are owned by the government, who wants to build genetic models of every citizen.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2m5zb-HhgY/
Ancestry DNA kits are actually kind of genius. Not only are you paying to give the government samples of your DNA, but you’re also letting them do research on you and your family. Now they can track you, learn about your genetics, and keep records of your extremely personal information.
4. The government is trying to convince you to shave off your beard so it won’t mess with facial recognition software.
This one is pretty self-explanatory. It’s hard for the government to keep tabs on humans if their facial recognition software doesn’t work, so they anonymously claimed that beards were unsanitary, in hopes that people would shave them.
3. The real Paul McCartney died in 1966.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4k-Zp2pKgx/
This one is dark. Apparently Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966. He was then replaced by a lookalike because the band’s managers thought there’d be an uptake in suicides if people found out the truth about his death. The other Beatles members apparently referred to the lookalike as “Faul,” a combination of the words “fake Paul.”
2. Television was created as a grand distraction from the events of real life.
The first American TV stations came into existence in the late ’20s and early ’30s, but televisions weren’t commercially sold until about 1938. Around the same time, the government was making a lot of mistakes and needed to distract the public from what was really going on. Interesting.
1. All of reality is an illusion a la The Truman Show.
Reality is an illusion. Every decision you’ve ever made, everything you’ve ever seen or believed, and everything in existence (even the entire universe) is fake. Essentially, we’re all stuck in a computer game and someone has been controlling us.
You’re off to do more research now, aren’t you?
I know I am!
