Perhaps you have run across the website Spiritually Smart in your online travels. It was a sprawling and exhaustive archive of Jesuit perfidy, Catholic misdeeds, and general paranoia, established and maintained by a young Long Island native who renounced his Catholic upbringing after reading some Chick tracts and the outrageously bogus stories of Alberto Rivera.... Continue Reading →
Another Kaycee
Conspiracy Monday has been pre-empted by Kaycee Nicole Redux. But this time, the Sick Teenager Hoax is even more disturbing than usual... This time, the perp presented herself as a sweet 15-year-old Idaho cancer patient named Jonathan Jay White. Jonathan was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2008, and like Kaycee Nicole he soon attracted... Continue Reading →
Conspiracy Monday: Tesla Tales
July 10th was the 153rd birthday of Nikola Tesla, maverick inventor, eccentric, and idol of many a free energy fanatic. So here are just a few of the wild rumours, tall tales, and conspiracy theories that have sprouted up around Tesla since his death in the 1940s. Sadly, the man's real work and legacy have... Continue Reading →
"Miraculous" Survival in the Bush a Hoax?
There is speculation that Jamie Neale, the British teen who survived for twelve days in the forested Blue Mountains of Australia, wasn't really lost and may have faked his disappearance. When found on Wednesday, he did not have hypothermia despite the frigid nighttime temperatures. Neale set off for a hike on July 3 with a... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
I just learned that Jay Smith, one of two men convicted for the brutal 1979 murder of Pennsylvania teacher Susan Reinert and her two children, died in May. His conviction was overturned in 1992. If you're not familiar with the "Main Line Murders", there's a fairly good synopsis at truTV's Crime Library. Be warned that... Continue Reading →
Conspiracy Monday: Beware the Sprinkler Rainbows
Some think this video is too idiotic to be legit - it must be a joke. But I think the sprinkler-rainbow woman is for real: I've heard chemtrail-watchers express nearly identical concerns about the prismatic nature of certain contrails. Be afraid.
Rock Creek B.S.
Have you hugged a pirate today? Perhaps some of you have read The Rock Creek Free Press, an alternative monthly newspaper published in Maryland. I don't know how, but a stack of them ended up in the possession of the Significant Other via one of his Truther associates, and I had the *privilege* of reading... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
In case you're not wasting largish chunks of your life digging into odd conspiracy theories, like me, here's a relatively coherent capsule of the Swine Flu conspiracy, combined with the FEMA concentration camp/mass grave conspiracy (from the Goldenheart Chronicles blog): "We now have more than 500 FEMA concentration camps which have been built all over... Continue Reading →
Ghostbusters Part IV: Ed and Lorraine Warrens’ Other Notable Cases
Dolls, wolves, and perverts. Oh my. At long last, this is the final post of the psychic detectives/ghostbusters series (you can read the other posts by clicking on Psychic Detectives or Ghostbusters in the sidebar menu). Enjoy! The Smurl Haunting The following information comes primarily from The Haunted, a 1988 book written by Scrantonian Herald... Continue Reading →
Conspiracy Monday: And the award for Stupidest Michael Jackson Death Conspiracy Theory goes to….
According to a June 25th article at Natural News.com (home to all the alternative-health weirdness you can handle, plus more), Jane Burgermeister is an Austrian investigative journalist who recently filed criminal charges with the FBI against the World Health Organization, the United Nations, Barack Obama, various pharmaceutical company executives and public health officials, and others*.... Continue Reading →