Did you know that there are at least two musicals about QAnon? They are both rather unimaginatively named "QAnon: The Musical." The first satirizes QAnon and was created by comedy music group Un5Gettable—which includes Joe Cameron, Kyle Cothern, Brendan Hawkins,…[Continue Reading...]
ON a bright spring afternoon Dzhokhar Tsarnaev laid down a backpack in between children and families cheering runners on towards the finishing line of the Boston Marathon. The then 19-year-old resident of the US city walked calmly away and remotely…[Continue Reading...]
Bodegraven is the type of well-heeled Dutch town where young moms push their prams past smart restaurants, people say hello to each other as they pass in the street and packs of children roam around by bicycle. In March, the…[Continue Reading...]
Since the rise of COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election, it has become apparent that conspiracy theories play a greater role in society than previously thought, but what makes people likely to fall into conspiracy beliefs? A study published in…[Continue Reading...]
Jason Van Tatenhove spent years as the media director for the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group. He broke with the organization long before their involvement in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building and has since become…[Continue Reading...]
Debunking conspiracy theories with counterarguments is often a fruitless effort — but according to a new scientific review, there may be alternative strategies that can successfully fend off conspiratorial beliefs. Having already grown over the past 10 years, interest in…[Continue Reading...]
MARTIN AND EVE Hibbert, a father and daughter who suffered disabilities from the May 2017 terror attack outside an Ariana Grande concert, are suing conspiracy theorist Richard D Hall for defamation and harassment. The lawsuit is the first of its…[Continue Reading...]
QAnon has a new obsession: Huggies diapers. Over the last week, the cult’s latest baseless conspiracy theory—that Huggies diapers feature secret symbols linked to pedophilia—went viral after a QAnon influencer on Twitter, recently reinstated on the platform by Elon Musk,…[Continue Reading...]
“To say that Lyndon was slightly paranoid would be like saying the Titanic had a bit of a leak.” This is what disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker wrote about the man with whom he shared a cell in a Minnesota federal…[Continue Reading...]
In the 1970s, ranchers all over the country began reporting something strange. Their cows were turning up dead, with portions of their faces and genitals removed. Historian Michael J. Goleman dove into the mystery, and found answers that had nothing…[Continue Reading...]
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