AboveTopSecret.com’s Top Ten Conspiracy Theories
Over the past several years, the Internet has become fertile ground for the discussion, creation, and evolution of various “alternative points of view,” more popularly known as “conspiracy theories.” The combination of near-zero cost-of-entry required to build an opinionated website with the high availability of collaborative discussion forums have created what some call a renaissance for conspiracy theorists. Ranging from ludicrous and uninformed flights of fancy to thought-provoking essays of brilliant research, the sheer volume of online conspiracy “chatter” is a testament to the incredible number of people who are dissatisfied with the “official” answers to provocative questions.
With over three-million visits a month from those dissatisfied answer-seekers, AboveTopSecret.com has emerged as the largest and most popular web site where conspiracy theories of all kinds are created, examined, debunked, filtered, and matured. We turned to our members and visitors to review all of history’s conspiracies, compared with contemporary conspiracies, and created a top-ten list of their most important conspiracy theories. Some of the topics in the list will be as familiar as an old friend, others will be a surprise, and one or two are completely unexpected. After 159,620 votes on 53,195 completed ballots from 29,112 people during a six-day period, here are the top-ten most important conspiracies.
