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Conspiracy!
- 49 Reasons to Doubt, 50 Reasons to Believe
- Narrated by: Yaz Shah
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Would British scientists really test sarin nerve poison on young volunteers and tell them it was research for a cure for colds?
Would they really release E. coli in Swindon and Southampton to try out germ warfare techniques?
Even 50 years on, no-one's telling the whole story.
Conspiracies and cover-ups, real or imagined, have shaped our world. Now leaked cables and declassified papers are rewriting the history of our times. More information must be good, but how do you tell truth from fiction?
In this fresh look at 50 conspiracy theories, Ian Shircore cuts through the fog and misinformation to deliver a balanced analysis of the key facts behind unsettling suspicions that litter our recent past. Today's new evidence - from WikiLeaks, freedom of information requests and declassified archives - has solved some classic mysteries.
Yet it raises more questions than ever about the assassinations of the 1960s, the dirty secrets of the late 20th century and the earth-shaking events of recent years. Once you've seen what WikiLeaks has revealed about the radioactive poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, you won't be so sure about the British secret service. Once you've weighed the evidence yourself, you may well decide there was a second Yorkshire Ripper, that cricketing hero Bob Woolmer was murdered and that rock icon Jim Morrison's death in Paris was anything but straightforward.
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- PdeP
- 08-06-23
Okay, but no cigar.
This covers a lot of ground in a very superficial way. Focus on fewer targets and more depth would be a big improvent. As it stands, it is little better than an extended table of contents.
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- Goldfrapper
- 30-11-22
Some odd choices and omissions
Most of the "conspiracies" mentioned here have a 'reason to doubt' and 'reason to believe' section, but this is far from obvious in its layout. For example, in the chapter on Roswell, the author does not give any real reasons to believe, but simply tells us what actual facts gave rise to the story. So the 'reasons' are not always clear cut, for / against.
The selection of conspiracies is a very mixed bag. Most of the leading ones are here - JFK's death, Princess Di's death, 9/11, the moon landings, Roswell, etc - but there are several minor stories you may never have heard about before, and care about even less after hearing about them - millions of coffin liners in an American field, anyone?
There are also a few odd omissions. We get the deaths of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley - but absolutely nothing about the claimed death of Paul McCartney in 1966 and his replacement by 'Billy Shears', which is surely one of the classic conspiracy theories, believed by a vocal minority of crackpots? Also, nothing about the Bermuda Triangle, nor the Loch Ness Monster.
It's by and large an interesting listen - and well read - but you may doze off a few times.
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- paul
- 03-01-24
Very good choice of topics
I love this book! I like the fact that it's well balanced, mentions reasons to believe and not to believe.
My only thought was the Author was very gentle with Diana, flat earth and moon landing - these three can be researched better on social media.
I liked jingles in between chapters (although ones in The Kennedy Curse were far better)
Lady narrating this book reads clearly although little bit schoolish at times
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- Jall
- 15-02-21
Great selection of theories, even handed approach
I do love a conspiracy theory! Not so much because I believe any of them, but I am fascinated with how they start and with the people who do believe in them. This book has what I would call all of the classics, the death of Marilyn Monroe, the shooting of JFK, the car crash that killed Princess Diana, along with a few less headline grabbing ones. I like this book as it presents what evidence it has and then gives you reasons why you should believe the theory and the reasons you should not, so that you can make up your own mind. Or you can research further as you wish. Each theory has a reasonably short section and then the evidence bit. It would be easy to dip in and out of this book as you can listen to each theory in isolation. The narrator was quite good and although (to me) she seemed to pronounce a couple of words slightly oddly, but overall I found the book easy to listen to. It might be a bit dated now as it was published some time ago, but definitely worth a listen if you want a short introduction to the world of conspiracies.
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