The Greatest Unsolved Heist in Irish History
Scandal, conspiracy, and cover-ups in the theft of the “Irish Crown Jewels” from Dublin Castle.
Scandal, conspiracy, and cover-ups in the theft of the “Irish Crown Jewels” from Dublin Castle.
Dan Nosowitz Atlas Obscura Nov 2021 Permalink
Inside a quirky indie publisher’s turn to Covid trutherism
Chelsea Edgar Seven Days Sep 2021 25min Permalink
Adapted by the author of “Black Hawk Down.”
Mark Bowden Insider Jul 2019 40min Permalink
Rodrigo Rosenberg, a highly respected corporate attorney in Guatemala, began, in the spring of 2009, to prophesy his own murder. The unraveling of a political conspiracy.
David Grann New Yorker Jan 2012 55min Permalink
Strangers unleash a mysterious mantra upon a weary traveler.
"From his glove box he pulled a laminated flyer no bigger than a bookmark. I took it with hesitation and studied the print. The first sentence said DID YOU KNOW HOPE AND DESPAIR ARE SISTER AND BROTHER AND YOU THEIR DISTANT COUSIN? There was a picture at the top of two people tugging a rope. There was a woman and a man and they looked like hieroglyphic people who had been locked in eternal struggle."
Jared Yates Sexton Cleaver Magazine Feb 2014 Permalink
Conspiracy theories, utopian fantasies, and cult involvement surrounding the international standard of musical tuning.
Colin Dickey The Believer Jan 2013 15min Permalink
How conspiracy theory links the internet’s first spam (a series of randomly generated words with the subject line Markovian Parallax Denigrate) with a woman who posed as a CIA agent and was convicted of receiving funds from Saddam Hussein’s government.
Kevin Morris Daily Dot Nov 2012 15min Permalink