Thomas Edison
Appears in 3 conspiracy theories
Mixed
Nikola Tesla's Inventions Suppressed by JP Morgan / Edison
J.P. Morgan reportedly pulled funding for Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower when he realized it might enable free wireless electricity transmission, destroying Tesla financially. FBI seized his papers upon death.
1901 · United States · Nikola Tesla, J.P. Morgan, Thomas Edison
Unresolved
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) — Ghost Voices
Since Friedrich Jurgenson's 1959 recordings of what he believed was his dead mother's voice on magnetic tape, EVP has become the backbone of paranormal investigation — a phenomenon with a simple scientific explanation and a devoted global following.
1959 · Sweden · Friedrich Jurgenson, Konstantins Raudive, Thomas Edison
Mixed
Tesla's Suppressed Wardenclyffe Tower
The claim that Nikola Tesla invented a working wireless free energy transmission system at Wardenclyffe Tower that was deliberately sabotaged by J.P. Morgan and the electric utility industry to protect their profits.
1905 · United States · Nikola Tesla, J.P. Morgan, Thomas Edison