This intriguing reference provides detailed entries that define the major conspiracies, both proven and unproven, throughout history. From the "inheritance powder" of the Medicis to the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, this encyclopedia investigates the broad history of conspiracies and their impact on global affairs and everyday life.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• A
• ABBAS, Abu (1948-2004)
• AFGHANISTAN
• AFRICAN National Congress
• AGENT Orange
• AGHORA cult
• AGNEW, Spiro (1918-1996)
• AIDS
• AIR America
• ALBANIA
• ALEPH
• ALEXANDER 1 (1888-1934)
• ALEXANDER II (1818-1881)
• ALGERIA
• ALIEN abductions
• ALPHA 66
• al-Qaeda
• AMERICA First Committee
• AMERICAN Indian Movement
• AMERICAN Legion
• AMERICAN Liberty League
• AMES, Aldrich Hazen (1941-)
• ANARCHISTS
• ANDERSON, Jack (1922-)
• ANGLICAN Church
• ANGOLA
• ANIMAL Liberation Front
• ANIMAL Rights Militia
• ANSLINGER, Harry (1892-1975)
• ANTARCTICA
• ANTHRAX conspiracies
• APOLLO Project
• AQUINO, Benigno (1932-1983)
• ARAB Communist Organization
• AREA 51
• ARGENTINA
• ARMENIA
• ARMY of God
• ARNOLD, Benedict (1741-1801)
• ARYAN Brotherhood
• ASBESTOS
• ASHCROFT, John (1942-)
• ASSASSINS cult
• ASTRAZENECA
• ATF
• ATLANTA Police Department
• AUM Shinrikyo
• AUSTRIA
• “AXIS of Evil”
• AZERBAIJAN
• B
• BACKWARD masking
• BAHAMAS
• BAHRAIN
• BALTIMORE Police Department
• BANGLADESH
• BAPBOMB
• BARBIE, Klaus (1913-1991)
• BARBIE® dolls
• BAYER Corporation
• BAY of Pigs invasion
• BCCI conspiracy
• BELARUS
• BELGIUM
• BELIZE
• BERIA, Lavrenty Pavlovich (1899-1953)
• BIG Seven
• BIKO, Stephen Bantu (1946-1977)
• BILDERBERG group
• BILLY the Kid
• BIN LADEN family
• BIRMINGHAM Police Department
• BLACK Dragon Society
• BLACK Friday conspiracy
• BLACK Guerrilla Family
• BLACK Hand(s)
• BLACK Hundreds
• BLACK Muslims
• BLACK Orchestra
• BLACK Panther Party for Self-Defense
• BLACK September
• BOHEMIAN Club
• BOLIVIA
• BONAPARTE, Napoleon (1769-1821)
• BORMANN, Martin (1900-?I945)
• BOSNIA and Herzegovina
• BOTSWANA
• BOY Scouts of America
• BRAZIL
• BROOKINGS Institution
• BULGARIA
• BULL, Gerald Victor (1928-1990)
• BUREAU of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
• BURNETT, Alfred (fl. 1970)
• BURNS, William J. (I860?-I932)
• BURUNDI
• BUSH dynasty
• C
• CAMBODIA
• CAMDEN 28
• CAMORRA
• CAMP Van Dorn massacre
• CANCER cures
• CARLOS the Jackal (1949-)
• CARTER, Asa Earl (?-1979)
• CASEY, William (1913-1987)
• CASOLARO, Joseph Daniel (?-1991)
• CASSIDY, Butch
• CASTRO, Fidel (1926-)
• CATHOLIC Church
• CENTRAL African Republic
• CENTRAL Intelligence Agency
• CERMAK, Anton Joseph (1873-1933)
• CHAD
• CHALLENGER shuttle disaster
• CHAPPAQUIDDICK incident
• CHASE Manhattan Bank
• CHECHNYA
• CHENEY, Dick (1941-)
• TRILATERAL COMMISSION.
• CHERNOBYL disaster
• CHIANG Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) (1887-1975)
• CHICAGO Police Department
• CHICAGO 7
• CHILE
• CHINA
• CHRISTIAN Front
• CHRISTIAN Identity
• CHRISTIAN Reconstructionism
• CHURCH Committee
• CISPES case
• CITIZENS’ Councils
• CLINTON, Bill (1946-) and Hillary (1947-)
• COBAIN, Kurt (1967-1994)
• COCA-COLA
• COCAINE
• COINTELPRO
• COLOMBIA
• COLONIA Dignidad
• COLUMBIA shuttle disaster
• COMMITTEE to Reelect the President
• COMMUNISM
• COMOROS
• CONFEDERATE Underground
• CONGO (Democratic Republic)
• CONGO (Republic)
• CONNOR, Eugene (“Bull”) (1897-1973)
• CONTRAS
• COSTA Rica
• CÔTE d'Ivoire
• COUNCIL on Foreign Relations (CFR)
• CRIPS and Bloods
• CROATIA
• CUBA
• CYPRUS
• CZECH Republic
• D
• DALEY, Richard Joseph (1902-1976)
• DALLAS Police Department
• DAUGHERTY, Harry (1860-1923)
• DAVIS, William Rhodes (1889-1941)
• DEATH Angels
• DENVER Police Department
• DETROIT Police Department
• DIANA, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
• DILLINGER, John
• DJIBOUTI
• DOMINICA
• DOMINICAN Republic
• DREYFUS affair
• DRUG dumping
• DRUG Enforcement Administration
• DULLES brothers
• DUPONT dynasty
• DZERZHINSKI, Feliks (1877-1926)
• E
• EARP brothers
• EARTH First!
• EARTH Liberation Front
• EAST Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives (ECCSL)
• EAST Timor
• ECHELON
• ECUADOR
• EGYPT
• EICHMANN, Adolf (1906-1962)
• ELECTION 2000
• EL RUKNS
• EL SALVADOR
• EMPRISE Corporation
• ENDOVASCULAR Technologies
• ENRON
• ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency (EPA)
• EQUATORIAL Guinea
• ERITREA
• ETHIOPIA
• F
• FALSE Memory Syndrome
• FARBEN Industries
• FASCISM
• FATAH
• FEDERAL Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• FEDERAL Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• FIJI
• FINDERS
• FLUORIDATED water
• FORD Motor Company
• FOSTER, Vince
• FOUR Pi movement
• FOURTH Reich
• FRANCE
• FRANKENFOODS
• FREEDOM rides
• FREEMASONS
• G
• GABON
• GAINESVILLE 8
• GAMBIA
• GEMSTONE File
• GENERAL Electric Company
• GENERAL Motors Company
• GEORGIA
• GERMANY
• GESTAPO
• GHANA
• GIANCANA, Sam (1908-1975)
• GILCHRIST, Joyce
• GODFREY, Howard
• GOLD
• GRATHWOHL, Larry C.
• GREECE
• GREEK Orthodox Church
• GRENADA
• GUARDIANS of the Oglala Nation
• GUATEMALA
• GUINEA
• GUINEA-BISSAU
• GULF of Tonkin incident
• GULF War
• GUYANA
• H
• HAARP
• HAITI
• HAMMARSKJÖLD, Dag (1905-1961)
• HAMPTON, Fred (1948-1969)
• HANSSEN, Robert (1945-)
• HARDING, Warren Gamaliel (1865-1923)
• HARDY, Robert W.
• HARE Krishnas
• HAYES, Rutherford B. (1822-1893)
• HEROIN
• HESS, Rudolf (1894-1987)
• HIMMLER, Heinrich (1900-1945)
• HINDENBURG disaster
• HISS, Alger (1904-1996)
• HITLER, Adolf (1889-1945)
• HOLLOW Earth
• HOLOCAUST and Holocaust denial
• HONDURAS
• HOOVER, J. Edgar (1895-1972)
• HOUSE Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
• HOUSE Select Committee on Assassinations
• HUGHES, Howard (1905-1976)
• HUNGARY
• HUSSEIN, Saddam (1937-)
• HUSTON Plan
• I
• IBM
• ILLUMINATI
• ImCLONE Systems
• INDIA
• INDONESIA
• INTERNAL Revenue Service
• INTERNATIONAL Brotherhood of Teamsters
• INTERPOL
• IRAN
• IRAN-CONTRA conspiracy
• IRAQ
• IRELAND
• IRGUN
• IRISH Republican Army (IRA)
• ISRAEL
• ITALY
• IT&T
• J
• JACK the Ripper
• JACKSON, George Lester
• JACKSON State College massacre
• JAMAICA
• JAMES, Jesse
• JAPAN
• JESUITS
• JESUS Christ
• JFK assassination
• JOHN Birch Society
• JOHN Paul I (1912-1978)
• JOHN Paul II (1920-2005)
• JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973)
• JONESTOWN massacre
• JORDAN
• JULIUS Caesar (100 b.c.e.–44 b.c.e.)
• JUSTICE Department
• K
• KAL Flight 007
• KELLY, George “Machine Gun”
• KENNEDY dynasty
• KENT State University shootings
• KENYA
• KGB
• KING, Martin Luther, Jr.
• KISSINGER, Henry (1923-)
• KMART bankruptcy
• KNIGHTS Templar
• KNOW-NOTHING movement
• KOREA
• KRUPP Arms
• KU Klux Klan
• KUWAIT
• L
• LANSKY, Meyer (1902-1983)
• LAOS
• LAS Vegas
• LEBANON
• LEMMER, William
• LENIN, Vladimir Ilyich (1870-1924)
• LENNON, John (1940-1980)
• LESOTHO
• LETELIER, Orlando (1932-1976)
• LIBERAL media
• LIBERIA
• LIBYA
• LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)
• LIVESTOCK mutilations
• LOCKHEED-MARTIN Corporation
• LONG, Huey (1893-1935)
• LOS Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
• LSD
• LUCIANO, Charles “Lucky” (1897-1962)
• LUMUMBA, Patrice (1925-1961)
• LUSITANIA
• M
• MADAGASCAR
• MAFIA
• MALAWI
• MALAYSIA
• MALI
• MAO Zedong (1893-1976)
• MARCELLO, Carlos (1910-1993)
• MARCOS, Ferdinand (1917-1989)
• MARIJUANA
• MAURITANIA
• McCARRAN Act
• McCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)
• MEMPHIS Police Department
• MENGELE, Josef (1911-1979)
• MEN in Black
• MEXICAN Mafia
• MEXICO
• MIAs
• MI5
• MI6
• MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL complex
• MILITIAS
• MILOSEVIC, Slobodan (1941-)
• MIND control
• MINUTEMEN
• MISSISSIPPI Plan
• MOLASKA Corporation
• MONGOLIA
• MONROE, Marilyn (1926-1962)
• MORGAN dynasty
• MORMONS
• MOROCCO
• MOSSAD
• MOTORCYCLE gangs
• MOZAMBIQUE
• MURDER Incorporated
• MUSLIM Brotherhood
• MYANMAR
• MY Lai massacre
• N
• NAMIBIA
• NATIONAL Security Agency (NSA)
• NATIONAL Socialism
• NATION of Islam
• NETHERLANDS
• NEW Deal
• NEW Haven Police Department
• NEW Orleans Police Department
• NEW World Order
• NEW York Police Department (NYPD)
• NICARAGUA
• NICOTINE
• NIDAL, Abu (1935-)
• NIGER
• NIGERIA
• NIGHT of the Long Knives
• NIXON, Richard (1913-1994)
• NOAH'S Ark
• NO Gun Ri massacre
• NORWAY
• NUESTRA Familia
• O
• OAKLAND Police Department
• OCTOBER Surprise
• ODESSA
• OFFICE of Strategic Services (OSS)
• OHIO Gang
• OIL
• OKHRANA
• OKLAHOMA City bombing
• OMAN
• O'NEAL, William (fl. 1968)
• OPERATION Iraqi Freedom
• OPERATION Underworld
• OPIUM wars
• ORANGEBURG massacre
• ORGAN theft
• OSWALD, Lee Harvey (1939-1963)
• P
• PACKER, Horace (fl. 1969)
• PAKISTAN
• PALMER Raids
• PANAMA
• PAN Am Flight 103
• PARAGUAY
• PEARL Harbor
• PEDOPHILE priests
• PENDERGAST, Tom (1872-1945)
• PENTTBOM
• PERU
• PHARMACEUTICAL companies
• PHILADELPHIA Police Department
• PHILBY, Adrian “Kim” (1912-1988)
• PHILIPPINES
• PHINEAS Priesthood
• PHOENIX Program
• PIKE Committee
• POLAND
• POLLARD, Jonathan (fl. 1985)
• PORTUGAL
• POSSE Comitatus
• PRISON gangs
• PROHIBITION
• PROJECT Paperclip
• PROTOCOLS of the Elders of Zione
• PUERTO Rico
• Q
• QADDAFFI, Muammar al(1942-)
• AL-QAEDA
• QATAR
• QUISLING, Vidkun (1887-1945)
• R
• RABIN, Yitzhak (1922-1995)
• RASPUTIN, Grigory (1872-1916)
• RAY brothers
• REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004)
• RECONSTRUCTION
• REICHSTAG fire
• REUTHER, Walter (1907-1970)
• RFK assassination
• ROCKEFELLER clan
• ROMANIA
• ROSELLI, John (?–1976)
• ROSENBERG, Julius and Ethel (1918-1953; 1915-1953)
• ROSICRUCIANS
• ROTHSCHILD family
• RUBY, Jack (1911-1967)
• RUSSIAN Mafia
• RUSSIA/USSR
• RWANDA
• S
• SADAT, Anwar al(1918-1981)
• ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S Day massacre
• ST.VALENTINE'S Day massacre
• SAMOA
• SAN Francisco Police Department
• SATANISM
• SAUDI Arabia
• SAVINGS and Loan scandal
• SCHOOL of the Americas
• SCIENTOLOGY
• SEATTLE 8
• SECRET Army Organization
• SECRET police
• SECRET Service, U.S.
• SENATE Internal Security Subcommittee
• SENEGAL
• SERVANTS of the Paraclete
• SEYCHELLES
• SHABAZZ, Qubilah
• SHAMIR, Yitzhak (1915-)
• SIERRA Leone
• SILENT Brotherhood
• SILKWOOD, Karen (1946-1974)
• SIMPSON, O.J. (1947-)
• SIRHAN, Sirhan (1944-)
• SKULL and Bones
• SMERSH
• SMITH, Melvin (fl. 1969)
• SMITH Act
• SNUFF films
• SOLOMON Islands
• SOMALIA
• SOMOZA dynasty
• SOUTH Africa
• SPAIN
• SRI Lanka
• SS
• STALIN, Joseph (1879-1953)
• STANDARD Oil
• STREET gangs
• STUDENTS for a Democratic Society (SDS)
• SUBVERSIVE Activities Control Board
• SUDAN
• SULLIVAN, William (1912-1977)
• SUPREME Court, U.S.
• SUPPRESSED inventions
• SURINAME
• SYMBIONESE Liberation Army
• SYRIA
• T
• TACKWOOD, Louis
• TAIWAN
• TAJIKISTAN
• TALMADGE dynasty
• TAMMANY Hall
• TANZANIA
• TAYLOR, Zachary (1784-1850)
• TEAPOT Dome conspiracy
• TELEVANGELISTS
• TERRORISM
• TEXAS suicide
• THAILAND
• THIRD Reich
• THUGGEE
• TITANIC
• TONGYAI, Thomas (fl. 1960s)
• TRAFFICANTE, Santos, Jr. (1914-1987)
• TRENCHCOAT Mafia
• TRIADS
• TRILATERAL Commission
• TURKEY
• TURNER Diaries The
• TWA Flight 800
• TWEED Ring
• U
• UFOs
• UGANDA
• UKRAINE
• ULSTER Loyalist Central Coordinating Committee
• UNDEAD outlaws
• UNION Carbide
• UNIONE Corsé
• UNION Station massacre
• UNITED Fruit Company
• UNITED Nations
• USA PATRIOT Act
• URUGUAY
• V
• VATICAN Bank
• VENEZUELA
• VIETNAM
• VOTESCAM
• W
• WALKER, John, Jr.
• WALLACE, George (1919-1998)
• WANNSEE Conference
• WAR crimes
• WARREN Commission
• WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)
• WATERGATE
• WEBSTER, William (1924-)
• WHITE League
• WHITE slavery
• WICCA letters
• WINTER Hill Gang
• “WISE Use” movement
• WORLD Trade Center bombing (1993)
• WRATH of God
• X
• X, Malcolm (1925-1965)
• Y
• YAKUZA
• YALTA Conference
• YEMEN
• Y2KAOS
• Z
• ZAIN, Fred
• ZAMBIA
• ZAPRUDER film
• ZIMBABWE
• ZIONISM
• ZOG
• ZOMBIES
• Z/R Rifle