The Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
The Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
Editor/Author
Newton, Michael
Publication Year: 2005
Publisher: Facts On File
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-8160-6740-4
Category: History - World history
Image Count:
68
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
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