The Conspiracy Podcast

The Conspiracy Podcast
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Three guys with three high school diplomas pick apart famous conspiracies. Sit down with Sean, Jorge and Eric as they walk you through the most famous conspiracy theories and their stories. From the most well known like the JFK Assassination, Moon Landing, 9/11, Epstein Island, OJ Simpson, The Mandela Effect, The Denver Airport, Kurt Cobain, The Bermuda Triangle, The Free Masons, MLK, RFK to the smaller ones that never seem to go away.

  1. The True Story of Christmas - EP 135

    17H AGO

    The True Story of Christmas - EP 135

    Christmas , the lights, the tree, the star on top, caroling, decorations everywhere the second Thanksgiving ends. But how many of us actually know where any of that came from? In this episode, we start pulling at the threads behind some of the most familiar Christmas traditions — the ones we rarely question because they’ve become so normal. Why do we bring evergreen trees into our homes every December? Why do we cover them in lights? Why does a star almost always end up at the very top? And how did caroling become a thing in the first place? As it turns out, a lot of these traditions didn’t start together, didn’t start quietly, and didn’t always mean what they mean now. Some were once considered dangerous. Others were controversial. A few were even banned outright at different points in history. And many of them changed shape as they moved from country to country and century to century. Along the way, we look at how symbolism, religion, folklore, technology, and even marketing quietly influenced how Christmas is celebrated today — often in ways most people have never heard about. From candlelit trees to early electric light displays, from medieval winter rituals to Victorian reinventions, the holiday we recognize now is the result of a long, messy evolution. This isn’t a retelling of the Christmas story, and it’s not an attempt to ruin anyone’s holiday. It’s a look behind the curtain at how familiar traditions come to feel ancient, unquestionable, and universal — even when they aren’t. If you’ve ever wondered why Christmas looks the way it does, this episode might change how you see the season… or at least make you think twice the next time you plug in the lights. www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    43 min
  2. Pearl Harbor: Part Three - EP 134

    DEC 16

    Pearl Harbor: Part Three - EP 134

    Part 3 — The Pearl Harbor Finale By the time the smoke cleared, the war was already underway—but the questions were just beginning. How did Pearl Harbor happen, and who was supposed to stop it? In the years that followed, the U.S. launched investigation after investigation, each one promising answers and delivering something closer to discomfort. Blame landed quickly on Admiral Kimmel and General Short, careers ended in silence, while other decisions stayed buried in classified files for decades. This episode walks through what those investigations actually found. Intelligence was intercepted, but not fully shared. Warnings were issued, but they were vague. Messages moved slowly, assumptions moved fast. Pearl Harbor wasn’t one failure—it was dozens of small ones stacked on top of each other. And once the records were declassified, the story didn’t clean itself up. It got messier. Then come the theories that never went away. The Henry Stimson diary. The idea of “maneuvering” Japan into firing first. The broken diplomatic codes that said war was coming but never named Pearl Harbor. Was this deliberate, or did Washington simply believe the attack would land somewhere else? We lay out what’s documented, what’s inferred, and what still lives in the gray. The series closes with what Pearl Harbor left behind: the memorials, the reconciliations, the oil still surfacing from the USS Arizona. A reminder that history doesn’t usually unfold as a plot—it unfolds as a chain reaction. Assumptions. Delays. Missed signals. And consequences that last far longer than the morning that caused them. www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    1h 8m
  3. Pearl Harbor: Part Two - EP 133

    DEC 9

    Pearl Harbor: Part Two - EP 133

    Part 2 of our Pearl Harbor series opens in the days after the attack, when a different kind of shockwave rolled across the American mainland—one made of fear, suspicion, and the haunting belief that the next strike might come from within. Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens, many of whom had lived in the U.S. for generations, suddenly became targets of rumor and paranoia. Newspapers printed tales of coded signals flashing from fishing boats, imagined spy rings in farming communities, and sabotage plots that never occurred. In this atmosphere, fear didn’t just spread—it multiplied. That fear soon took legal shape. In February 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, forcing more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry—most of them American citizens—to leave their homes and report to inland camps surrounded by barbed wire. Families packed what they could carry and stepped into a world built on suspicion, not evidence. But the heart of this episode lies in the question that refuses to die: did the U.S. government know more about the coming attack than it ever admitted? We step into the murky realm of broken diplomatic codes, delayed warnings, and the infamous Henry Stimson diary entry about “maneuvering Japan into firing the first shot.” We examine the intelligence intercepts that suggested war was imminent, the last-minute messages that reached Hawaii too late, and the political and strategic pressures building inside Washington in 1941. Was it conspiracy? Was it incompetence? Or was it simply the fog and friction of a world sliding toward global war? www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    1h 9m
  4. Pearl Harbor: Part One - EP 132

    DEC 2

    Pearl Harbor: Part One - EP 132

    Pearl Harbor, the turning point in American history. Long before December 7, 1941, the collision between two Pacific powers had already begun. Manchuria had fallen to Imperial Japan in 1931, marking the start of Japan’s empire push across China. The United States, publicly neutral, watched war spread while trying to stay out of global conflict. But by 1941, diplomacy broke down. After Japan moved into French Indochina, the U.S. answered with crippling oil embargoes that threatened Japan’s military ambitions, leaving its leaders convinced war was the only path to secure resources like those in the Dutch East Indies. On November 26, 1941, a strike fleet built around six carriers under Admiral Chuichi Nagumo slipped into the Pacific Ocean under radio silence, heading toward a target few considered possible: Hawaii. In Washington, leaders knew war was imminent through broken diplomatic codes, but nothing pinpointed the exact time or place. At Pearl Harbor, defenses were relaxed, planes parked tight at airfields, and anti-aircraft crews off rotation—ready for sabotage, not annihilation. At 7:55 a.m., Commander Mitsuo Fuchida signaled the raid with “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, unleashing a two-hour nightmare. Torpedoes smashed hulls, bombs detonated steel, and Battleship Row burned. Pilots attacked at sunrise, one timing mistake putting the rising sun directly in American defenders’ view, and later claims even surfaced that the glare briefly impaired their approach. The result was devastating—and unifying. But decades later, the question remains a ghost story wrapped in cipher smoke: did the U.S. government know more than it said? Tonight, around the digital campfire, we explore the lead-up, the attack, and the theories www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    1h 19m
  5. Thanksgiving Myths - EP 131

    NOV 25

    Thanksgiving Myths - EP 131

    Turkey Day, this week the boys dive into the warm, buttery, gravy-covered fever dream known as Thanksgiving—a holiday many people think they understand… until the layers start peeling back. What begins as a friendly harvest feast quickly unravels into one of the strangest webs of mythmaking, political spin, and quiet conspiracies in American history. In this episode, the boys trace Thanksgiving from the lone surviving 1621 eyewitness note all the way to modern turkey-industry lobbying. Along the path, they explore how a simple three-day gathering between starving Pilgrims and wary Wampanoag warriors somehow morphed into the sanitized, picture-book origin story taught in every American classroom. They break down the myths: the invented outfits, the overly friendly narrative, the idea of a peaceful partnership that history doesn’t fully support, and how Victorian artists accidentally created the entire “Pilgrim look.” The journey then shifts into the political arena, as the boys examine the theory that Abraham Lincoln revived Thanksgiving during the Civil War not only for unity but as a psychological tool to stabilize a fractured nation. From there, they go straight into 1939’s “Franksgiving,” when FDR moved the holiday up a week—and half the country flat-out refused to follow. It’s economic manipulation, confusion, and chaos served with cranberry sauce. And because no Thanksgiving deep-dive is complete without the modern oddities, the boys take on Big Turkey, the cranberry cartel, the pumpkin-pie agenda, and the long-running suspicion that Plymouth Rock is just a random stone chosen to sell souvenirs. By the end, Thanksgiving looks less like a timeless tradition and more like a national myth rewritten again and again. Grab a plate—this one gets spicy. www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    37 min
  6. What Really is Airplane Mode? MINI 5

    NOV 21

    What Really is Airplane Mode? MINI 5

    Is airplane mode actually doing anything… or is it just a digital superstition we’ve all agreed to follow? Sean, Jorge, and Eric crack open FAA reports, safety filings, and decades of airline policy to figure out whether your phone has ever truly posed a threat to a Boeing 737. We break down how airplane mode started, why flight crews still insist on it, and what the data actually says about electronic interference in the cockpit. Were early studies flawed? Did airlines exaggerate the risks? Or is there real evidence that your phone’s radio signals can mess with navigation systems at 30,000 feet? The boys compare old myths to modern aircraft technology, explore the behind-the-scenes testing the FAA has done, and reveal what airlines won’t tell you about Wi-Fi in the sky, 5G signals, and why some rules never die even when the science changes. Funny, skeptical, and backed by legit documentation, this episode answers the question every traveler secretly wonders: Does airplane mode matter, or is it the biggest myth in aviation? Originally recorded in 2024 for Patreons Only as Mini episode #5 www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    19 min
  7. The Federal Reserve: Part Two - EP 130

    NOV 18

    The Federal Reserve: Part Two - EP 130

    In Part One, we followed the money — from ancient temples to the secret meeting at Jekyll Island, where a handful of bankers drafted a plan that would change the world. Now, in Part Two, The Conspiracy Podcast dives into what happened after that plan became law — and how it gave birth to one of the most powerful and most misunderstood institutions in history: the Federal Reserve. When the Federal Reserve Act passed in 1913, Americans had no idea how deeply it would shape their lives. A new hybrid system was born — part public, part private, run by twelve regional banks and a central board in Washington. It was designed to stop the boom-and-bust chaos that had plagued the country for decades. But to this day, people still ask the same question: Who really controls the Fed? The boys break down how this quiet institution evolved from a crisis-fighting experiment into a global financial empire. From the Great Depression to World War II, from the gold standard to the postwar boom, the Fed’s fingerprints are everywhere — printing money, rescuing markets, and rewriting the rules of capitalism. They’ll unpack how the Fed gained near-godlike power to move markets with a single announcement, and why every decision behind closed doors ripples through every dollar in your pocket. But this is The Conspiracy Podcast, and no story this big comes without shadows. Part Two dives into the darker theories — that the Fed is a private cartel of bankers pulling the strings behind the government; that the Rothschilds and Rockefellers still influence its policy; that the institution was designed not to stabilize America, but to enslave it in endless debt. From the myths of the Titanic murders to whispers about JFK’s silver-backed money, the conspiracies surrounding the Fed are as old as the Fed itself. So, what’s the truth behind the “Creature from Jekyll Island”? Is the Federal Reserve a necessary guardian of modern finance… or a hidden hand controlling the world economy? Sean, Jorge, and Eric crack open the vault and ask the question few dare to: who really runs the money machine? www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    1h 14m
  8. The Federal Reserve Part One - EP 129

    NOV 11

    The Federal Reserve Part One - EP 129

    The Federal Reserve, the boys trace the story of banking from its ancient origins in Mesopotamian temples to the marble halls of Wall Street. It’s a tale of gold, greed, and government — and of how fear of financial collapse led a handful of powerful men to create something that would change the world forever. We start at the beginning: when gold and silver were sacred, temples were banks, and the first loans were measured in grain. From there, Europe’s merchant families — the Medicis, the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers — built fortunes and influence that still spark rumors today. As money moved across oceans and kings borrowed to fund their wars, the idea of a central bank was born — an institution that could steady economies… or secretly control them. When the young United States tried to follow suit, chaos followed. The First and Second Banks of the United States ignited political warfare, with President Andrew Jackson declaring he’d “kill the monster” before it strangled democracy. For nearly eighty years after Jackson’s victory, America ran without a central bank — and paid dearly for it. Booms turned to busts, and panic became a way of life. Then came 1907. Markets crashed, depositors rioted, and the nation teetered on collapse until one man — J. P. Morgan — stepped in to save the economy with his own fortune. The panic convinced Congress that the country needed a new kind of bank… one that wouldn’t rely on a single financier. That’s when a secret train left New York for a remote island off the coast of Georgia. Its passengers were politicians and bankers, traveling under false names, carrying shotguns for cover, claiming they were going on a “duck-hunting trip.” What they were really hunting was control — over money itself. Next time, in Part Two: the birth of the Federal Reserve, the conspiracies that have haunted it ever since, and why some people still believe the “creature from Jekyll Island” runs the world today. www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

    1h 9m
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Three guys with three high school diplomas pick apart famous conspiracies. Sit down with Sean, Jorge and Eric as they walk you through the most famous conspiracy theories and their stories. From the most well known like the JFK Assassination, Moon Landing, 9/11, Epstein Island, OJ Simpson, The Mandela Effect, The Denver Airport, Kurt Cobain, The Bermuda Triangle, The Free Masons, MLK, RFK to the smaller ones that never seem to go away.

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    2022 - 2025
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