J. Edgar Hoover
Appears in 12 conspiracy theories
COINTELPRO — FBI Targeting of Civil Rights Leaders
Confirmed FBI counterintelligence program that surveilled, infiltrated, and disrupted civil rights, socialist, and anti-war organizations — including harassment
FBI Involvement in the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The theory that the FBI was involved in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including COINTELPRO targeting, the 1999 civil trial verdict, and unresolved questions.
COINTELPRO Tactics Still Active Today?
COINTELPRO was officially shut down in 1971. But evidence of continued FBI infiltration of protest movements — BLM, Muslim communities, environmental groups — suggests the playbook never really went away.
John Lennon: Was Mark David Chapman CIA?
The theory that John Lennon's 1980 assassination was a CIA/FBI-ordered political killing disguised as a random fan murder, given his FBI surveillance file, anti
The Lavender Scare — Government Purge of LGBTQ People
A confirmed 1950s government campaign that fired thousands of gay and lesbian federal employees under the theory they could be blackmailed by Soviets. Eisenhower signed the executive order. It lasted decades.
McCarthyism — Communist Witch Hunt
Senator Joseph McCarthy's 1950s campaign claiming Communist infiltration of the U.S. government. Examining the Venona decrypts, actual Soviet spies, and the Red Scare legacy.
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Conspiracy
The conspiracy theory that James Earl Ray did not act alone in assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., supported by the 1999 civil trial in which a Memphis jury found that a conspiracy involving government agencies was responsible for King's death.
Lee Harvey Oswald as Patsy
Examining the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald was framed for the JFK assassination, from his intelligence connections and Soviet defection to Jack Ruby's silencing shot.
J. Edgar Hoover Murdered for His Files
Hoover died on May 2, 1972 — five weeks before Watergate. He ran the FBI for 48 years, kept blackmail files on every president, and his death was suspiciously convenient. Natural causes? Maybe.
The Huston Plan — Nixon's Secret Surveillance Program
In 1970, Nixon approved a plan authorizing warrantless wiretapping, mail opening, and domestic burglaries against antiwar groups. It was so extreme that J. Edgar Hoover — a man who ran COINTELPRO — killed it.
Marilyn Monroe, JFK & State Secrets
Examining the theory that Marilyn Monroe was murdered because of her affairs with President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and her alleged knowledge of state secrets including UFOs, Cuba, and Mob connections.
Tesla's Death Ray & Teleforce Weapon
Claims that Tesla invented a particle beam 'death ray' in the 1930s, and that after his death in 1943 the FBI seized all his papers — with the technology either lost, suppressed, or reverse-engineered into modern weapons.