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30 Crazy Conspiracy Theories People Actually Believe

By:: Brian C. Miller; Cracked Writers

July 22, 2022

30 Crazy Conspiracy Theories People Actually Believe

People, it seems, will believe just about anything. If you make a YouTube video that amounts to nothing more than a grainy slideshow, a spooky voice over, and half made up phrases of pseudoscience, SOME uncle out there will accept it as absolute fact and make it the crux of their worldview come Thanksgiving. Yet, even in our current climate of social media disinformation campaigns and dudes spewing nonsense in between ad reads for protein powder, there are some conspiracy theories out there that stretch the limits of our imagination.

In the list below you'll see a fair number of the common ones: Obama is a lizard man, the Earth is actually flat, Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing and planted clues about it in The Shining… But you'll also see a fair amount of stuff that you'll refuse to believe anyone out there actually, well, believes.

But man, wouldn't it be crazy if this was all true?

29 Flat Earth

IS THE EARTH FLAT? According to countless YouTube videos, the answer is yes. Flat Earth theories are nothing new but have spread like wildfire over the internet. According to Flat-Earthers, everything NASA claims to have done has been faked, including photos and videos taken from orbit. Why would NASA commit these frauds? To get money for their projects, which gets funneled on the sly back to the government, of course. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

28 Michael Jackson was Castrated

THE CONSPIRACY: Michael Jackson was chemically castrated. GRACKED COM THE THEORY: Не was prescribed a powerful acne drug at the age of 12 that caused his body to fend off puberty. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

27 Lorde Is 40

THE CONSPIRACY: Lorde is a 40-year-old woman. CRACKED COM THE THEORY: She hasn't had any of the typical 20-something pop star gaffes or outbursts; she has to be pulling a Never Been Kissed. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

26 Miley Cyrus Has Been Replaced

THE CONSPIRACY: Disney assassinated Miley Cyrus. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: Miley wanted a childhood, but Disney wanted money. So they offed her and readied the next clone. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

25 A Plot by the Pope

THE KNOW-NOTHING MOVEMENT believed the 19th-century wave of Catholic immigrants was a PLOT BY THE POPE to take over the United States and destroy the American banking system. Dozens of Catholic churches and convents were burned to the ground. Street riots killed scores of people. Some 50 Italian immigrants were lynched. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

24 The Blue Beam Project

The NASA Blue Beam Project According to the late journalist Serge Monast, NASA is planning on projecting giant 3D holograms of religous figures into the atmosphere to initiate a spiritual apocalypse among world religions. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

23 Lost Cosmonauts

Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space in 1961. But according to the LOST COSMONAUTS CONSPIRACY THEORY, the Soviet Union launched manned space flights prior to Gagarin's and cosmonauts have died in the attempts. This assumption acknowledges Yuri Gagarin only as the first man to SURVIVE human spaceflight. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

22 Boycotting the Polio Vaccine

Claiming the West was deliberately attempting to cause outbreaks of HIV and infertility, many religious and political leaders in Nigeria encouraged a boycott of the polio vaccine. NONE For a year vaccinations were not administered, resulting in an enormous jump in the number of cases not just in Nigeria but among neighboring populations. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

21 Biggie & Tupac Are Alive... And Friends!

THE CONSPIRACY: Biggie and Tupac are hanging in New Zealand. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: The rivals put their differences aside, faked their own deaths, and moved to a resort town together. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

20 Stevie Wonder Isn't Blind

THE CONSPIRACY: Stevie Wonder can see. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: Не likes basketball, and once caught a falling mic stand: two things typical of the sighted! — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

19 Stanley Kubrick Faked the Moon Landing

THE CONSPIRACY: The moon landing was shot by Stanley Kubrick. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: 2001: A Space Odyssey was such a big hit, the U.S. government wanted to give us a secret sequel. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

18 Tom Cruise Wife Auditions

THE CONSPIRACY: Tom Cruise holds wife auditions. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: Не was so powerful by the time of his third marriage that he auditioned Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba before giving the part to Katie Holmes. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

17 Dinosaurs Helped Build the Pyramids

Some people believe dinosaurs helped build the pyramids. Even some professionals believe this. According to professor of Egyptology Nabir Al-Sammud, dinosaurs were tamed and trained to carry equipment much like elephants have done. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

16 Groceries and Terrorism

Your groceries are funding terrorism! Such is a popular theory that's been espoused by the website 'Boycott Halal' and many other Islamophobic groups online. They say that the money which big food/drink/toiletry companies pay to receive the 'Halal certified' seal is given to terrorist organizations. AMITIVES Al CHEEZ-IT OREO French pineapple 100% NyQuil COVOR juice Honey - - A1 | Colgate OPTI C - - - WHITE - - - - Kerns Advil - - Triscuit - - and - Pringle NESTEA PARATH Original NEOSPORIN - - pepsi adidas geore - V8 PLANTERS ALL RUZ RIT RIII Peanuts HUGGIES WELLMANN — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

15 Jewish Mind Controlled Sharks

Jewish Mind Controlled Sharks! In 2010, a series of shark attacks occurred at the Red Sea resort town Sharm El Sheikh. In an interview with Egyptian news site Ahram Online, South Sinai governor Mohamed Abdel Fadil Shousha speculated that the Mossad was using GPS to mind control the sharks in order to use them as bioweapons to decrease tourism in the region. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

14 Obama is the Antichrist

At least two people have been arrested on separate occasions for pletting OF threatening to kill Barack Obama... ...because they thought he was the Antichrist. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

13 Steve Jobs is Still Alive

THE CONSPIRACY: Steve Jobs is hanging out in Egypt. Mike Sington @MikeSington Steve Jobs is discovered alive and living in Egypt! CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: This 2018 picture is of Steve Jobs kickin' it in a plastic lawn chair. Case closed! — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

12 Bob Marley Was Killed as a Warning

THE CONSPIRACY: Bob Marley was killed as a warning to other reggae artists. GRACKED.COM THE THEORY: The CIA was working to take out the Jamaican prime minister, and the reggae community knew too much. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

11 Elvis' Constipation

THE CONSPIRACY: Elvis died of chronic constipation. GRACKED CON THE THEORY: Elvis never actually got fat. What we think of as fat Elvis was really normal Elvis with weeks of poop in him, gumming up the works. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

10 Jay-Z and the Illuminati

THE CONSPIRACY: Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella diamond is Illuminati imagery. GRAGKED.COM THE THEORY: Okay, sure, everybody's in the Illuminati. But Jay-Z has gone so far as to trademark the hand signal. Cui bono?? — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

9 Obama on Mars

Obama Traveled To Mars Lawyer Andrew D. Basiago and friend William Stillings are self-acclaimed chrononauts, or time-travelers. The two men claim they were placed in a secret CIA Mars program alongside a 19-year-old Obama. This program trained men to teleport to Mars in order to survey alien life. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

8 The Truth About One Direction

CRACKED.COM In January 2016, One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson's baby was born. But some fans swear the whole thing was staged. According to a Tumblr page called TheTruthAboutOneDirection, Louis's PR team deliberately faked the story of him having a baby in order to distract everyone from the fact that Louis is secretly having a relationship with one of his bandmates, Harry Styles. — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

7 The God of Death

The Large Hadron Collider Summons The God Of Death Researcher William Henry claims that CERN built the Collider as a stargate portal to summon the God Osiris or Shiva. Followers of this conspiracy claim it's no coincidence that there is a statue of Shiva in front of the CERN building. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

6 Katy Perry is JonBenet

THE CONSPIRACY: Katy Perry is JonBenet. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: Perry is a mere 6 years older than JonBenet, and their parents look kinda similar. You connect the dots. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

5 Bill Hicks is Alex Jones

THE CONSPIRACY: Bill Hicks didn't die; he just became Alex Jones. GRACKED.COM THE THEORY: The CIA kidnapped him and turned him into a right-wing propaganda machine. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

4 J.K Rowling Doesn't Exist

THE CONSPIRACY: J.K. Rowling doesn't exist. THE THEORY: The story of Harry Potter, and her own story of redemption, are just too good to be true. She's an actor fronting for a team of writers. — Source: 29 Wild Theories That Really Are Out There

3 You Aren't Real

IF{Soul=FALSE}, RunProgram(NPC.exe) L Could you be an NPC? That dank NPC Wojak meme you forwarded to trigger the normies is actually based on a theory that 75% of us are soulless, non-player characters. A 4chan user speculated that humankind only has a limited number of souls, but as the С population grows, all the extra bodies become NPCs who just conform to groupthink trends. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

2 Iran Killed Michael Jackson

MICHAEL JACKSON WAS KILLED BY THE IRANIAN GOVERMENT As reported by The Telegraph, many believed that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had The King of Pop murdered so it would distract people from the ongoing protests in their country back in 2009... and it worked! CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

1 Stephen King Killed John Lennon

It wasn't Mark David Chapman who killed John Lennon ally creating HINIUMA a nuclear THE explosion simply VIV V As th Chapman Lennon Chapman getting Lennon's autograph, as - YMCA volunteer; Nabody in Hawaii is ON the - by the force of her will. 1970s E going de believe mr Charlie's napalm-to-nuclear capabil- thing of It was Stephen King! Stephen King One great big Zippo lighter. ity is the result of a Government-spon- sored experiment in which her_mother and father both college students at the John Lennon, signing bis life away. stops te give an autograph to Accused Killer Mark David — Source: 30 Conspiracy Theories That Are Just Plain Wild

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