As the author of a book on conspiracy theories, one question that I get all the time is,

what conspiracy theories turned out to be true?

Well, that's a very difficult question to answer because by any reasonable standard, the

answer is zero.

But today we're going to roast the five most nominated conspiracy theories proven to be

true, and see if any of them can take the heat.

And that's right now on Skeptoid.

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I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Five conspiracy theories that turned out to be true.

Maybe.

Ever since the earliest days of Skeptoid listeners have been asking me for two things, do an

episode on paranormal claims that turned out to be true, and do an episode on conspiracy

theories that turned out to be true?

For both types of requests, I've always answered great.

Just find me some.

Nothing.

Ever.

Crickets chirping.

So when I went on the Joe Rogan podcast, which has an enormous conspiracy theory following,

I asked straight out, please send me examples of conspiracy theories that turned out to be

true.

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