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Celebrities's death theories

There are many theories that many celebrities were assassinated by conspirators : Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee,Whitney Houston, Tupac Shakur, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Jim Morrison, Notorious BIG, Paul Walker, Chester Bennington. 17:53, 19.02.2020 (UTC)

I think this could be a relevant section if you're up to writing it with appropriate sources per WP:V and WP:NOR Thickynugnug (talk) 22:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New England Patriots

Does the section about the new england patriots really belong here haha

Dorothy Kilgallen

Perhaps the death of journalist and media personality Dorothy Kilgallen should be included under the Deaths of Prominent People section. Some attribute her death to the idea that she was closing in on who was behind the murder of JFK. 76.230.211.64 (talk) 18:32, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dorothy Kilgallen died from an accidental overdose of barbiturates. The few articles suspecting suicide which I have encountered are focused on her increasingly troubled marriage to Richard Kollmar. Dimadick (talk) 20:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should Birds Aren't Real be added to the list?

Birds Aren't Real is a satirical conspiracy which is why I am not sure whether we should add it to the list. Sönke Joppien (talk) 19:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no it should not. Slatersteven (talk) 20:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In my theory, which I can't prove, and is thus a conspiracy theory, some birds (thrushes, robins, blackbirds) are genetically modified to pick up signals from low earth orbit. This causes them to "scream" and speak in syllables much to the torment of a human. It is a sad theory, which can't be verified. Conspiracy theories regarding the American Rangers that hunted Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan on horseback, are similar, ie. communication via satellites that somehow influence the atmospheric pressure in order to relay a low bandwidth message. In regards to the poor birds which seem to be tortured, they seem to be louder in urban centers where motor noise causes them to lose the message they are trying to relay. It's also possible, that the birds have figured out that some human listeners are "telepathic" and use their sound to repeat messages over great distances. This would require the birds to be telepathic themselves. Pissed off humans conduct viral warfare against these birds which is inhumane. We have a name for this. It's birdflu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:D2:5728:FB00:65B5:57BA:F0DE:8688 (talk) 08:58, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conspiracy theories on the theme of Sustainability

There are a number of conspiracy theories relating to the idea that sustainable development is a pretext for oppression. Great Reset and 15 minute cities are mentioned in the article, though separately, and Agenda 21 is not. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 11:10, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The add them with sources. Slatersteven (talk) 11:15, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go. Hopefully it's not SYNTHETIC. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 13:02, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]