Paul Is Dead, Part One: The Beatles versus MI5

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

It's one of the greatest conspiracy theories in all of modern music -- what if, at the height of their success, the world famous Beatles suddenly lost Paul McCartney? As the theory goes, Paul Prime actually died in a car accident in November of 1966. With millions of fans -- and dollars! -- on the line, the remaining Beatles and MI5 conspired to cover the whole thing up, replacing Paul Prime with a body double to avoid public chaos. Yet, as Ben, Noel and Max discover in part one of this bizarre, twisting tale, The Beatles may have harbored deep regrets... and began hiding clues to the truth in their music. Strap in, folks: this one goes deep.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:27.9	Fellow Ridiculous historians.
0:29.6	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:32.7	Let's hear it for our still alive super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:38.3	I'm still alive, and guess what?
0:41.4	For the second day in a row, I am drinking actual coffee.
0:45.3	You are the walrus, my guy.
0:46.7	Stop it.
0:48.0	You are the walrus.
0:49.6	We are all the walrus.
0:51.4	And also, guys, the walrus was Paul.
0:54.0	And that is none other than Mr.
0:58.2	Noel Brown. They call me Ben in this part of the world. Noel, did you know that Paul McCartney
1:06.3	died in 1966? I heard tell. It's been whispered about for low these many years.
1:14.1	I don't know, man.
1:15.1	This is very much a good crossover point between the other show we do stuff that I want you to know in ridiculous history,
1:20.4	and that this episode is all about conspiracies and much being made about the rumors of the death of Paul McCartney,
1:30.1	aka the Paul is Dead saga.
1:32.7	And quite a saga it is.
1:34.6	Quick question.
1:35.6	Did he die in an octopus's garden?
1:38.2	No.
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