Hello, good evening everybody or wherever you are in the world.

I'm hugely delighted to have Doctor Vickspence with us.

He is a historian with a breathtaking knowledge on a range of subjects,

including the Illuminati, MK Ultra, secret societies, the intelligence agencies.

So it covers so many of the topics we've had and discussed on this channel.

And if you've got any questions, put them in the chat.

And we've also got Dr. Spenzy's links in the description box.

So a huge thank you for coming on, first of all.

Thank you.

I'd like to go over some of the basic terminology before we go deep down some rabbit holes.

So the first thing I would like to ask is, where did the term conspiracy theory come from?

And what was the reason it came about?

Let's think about the term conspiracy theory.

That's an interesting question.

Where was the first place that was ever used?

The simple answer is, I don't know.

But it's a combo.

Let's put it this way.

Let's take it apart.

You've got conspiracy.

You've got theory.

A theory is basically a hypothesis.

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