''Conspiracy Files'' is a 2006

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documentary 4-part

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about

conspiracy theories A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.Additional sources: * * * * The term has a nega ...

Episodes

(in chronological order) # ''

JFK Assassination John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...

'': A bullet's bizarre trajectory. A grassy knoll. A suspect shot to death just two days after a president's assassination. Was it a plot by a national or international agency: the CIA, the

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, the

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

? Find out who had the most to gain—and to lose. This episode was reported to be based on information in the book ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' by

Lamar Waldron Lamar Waldron (born 1954) is an American writer and historian who often writes about conspiracies and cover-ups. Education Waldron studied at Georgia State University. He has two degrees from Georgia State, including a Masters in Counseling/Psyc ...

. # ''Secret History of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

'': Was the

crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagi ...

of Jesus faked? Did he have children? This conspiracy, suggesting a direct

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from the Son of God, has had profound effects through the centuries and has been linked to the most creative thinkers and artists in history. # ''

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

Mind Control Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and forced re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Brainwashin ...

'': It has all the makings of a government plot, and in this case, it happens to be true. The CIA did perform experiments with

LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid, is a potent psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily mental, vi ...

as a mind-control agent. But conspiracy theorists insist it was on a much larger scale than officials ever admitted. # '' Roswell'': Venture sixty years into the past to examine the body of Roswell evidence. Hear the stories of civilians whose lives were changed by what they saw and of military men who may have been ordered to cover-up what they knew.

References

External links

Discovery Times: ''Conspiracy Files'' schedule

CTV Media Conspiracy Files press release
- more detailed descriptions of the episodes
TV Guide: ''Conspiracy Files''
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