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Hey, history lovers. I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod, a show about the past, rediscovered.

There are lots of conspiracy theories in the world.

Was it Lee Harvey Oswald alone? Was he even the shooter? And if he was, did he have anybody with him?

Was it a conspiracy? In the summer of 1955, sightings of unidentified flying objects were reported

around Area 51. Hi, I'm Matt, and I don't believe we landed on the moon.

In so many conspiracy theories, there is some evil unknown force messing with reality.

And with some of these theories, at their very core is hatred.

For instance, the weather, and how it is controlled not by atmospheric conditions and such, but by Jews.

And not just any Jews, the Rothschild family, which made a fortune in European banking way back in the 1700s.

It's one of those conspiracy theories that just keeps popping up in speeches by fringe political candidates or pastors or making

its way around social media. And it's a prime example of just how bizarre and ugly these things

can get. In early 2011, a branch of the Rothschild family bought a controlling stake in the Weather

Channel, a provider of weather forecasts to hundreds of broadcasters.

Folks, this was big news in meteorology and broadcasting circles.

It appeared that the Rothschilds, a prominent business family, wanted to take on the

Weather Channel to expand

its other media holdings.

But this was also big news for conspiracy theorists.

To them, it appeared as though the Rothschilds wanted to control the weather and profit

from natural disasters.

This was the logical conclusion for conspiracy theorists

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