Most conspiracy theories allege that something evil is going on.

The rich and powerful, or lizard-like alien species, or whoever, are up to something nefarious,

and we're all going to suffer as a result of our lack of awareness.

But there's one conspiracy that claims something miraculous is going on.

A strange and magical bed, upon which you can lie, and everything wrong with you will

be treated and healed.

Is the so-called Medbed real?

Or just more pop culture bunkum?

We're going to find out today on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Medbeds, sleeping in bunk.

Welcome to the show that separates fact from fiction, science from pseudoscience, real history from fake history, and helps us all make better life decisions by knowing what's real and what's not.

Healthcare remains an issue in American society that is politically both controversial and

divisive, with some saying it has been weaponized. And as tends to be the case with many such

topics, one small tendril of it has flourished in conspiracy theory communities. This is the

concept of the so-called medbed, a bed you can lie in that will,

through technological wizardry, amazingly heal your body of everything that ails it, including

aging. It eliminates cancer. It regrows lost limbs. It restores youth and vitality, no matter what your medical problems were.

But that's only half of it. Where it really comes to a head is that the people who believe in this

are typically people who feel marginalized when it comes to their own health care. And they further

believe that societies, elites, have these devices and use them freely,

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