Home / Entertainment / History's Biggest Conspiracy Theories That Still Creep Us Out History’s Biggest Conspiracy Theories That Still Creep Us Out By Bob Larkin January 3, 2019 Shutterstock Did we really land on the moon? By Bob Larkin January 3, 2019 Conspiracy theories are like ghost stories for adults. The logical part of our brain knows there’s no truth to them. I mean… Of course 9/11 wasn’t secretly orchestrated by the U.S. government, Neil Armstrong really did step down on the lunar surface back in 1969, and Bill Clinton isn’t actually a talking reptile with a very well-constructed latex human mask. But just like those ghost stories we told each other around campfires as kids, conspiracy theories are fun because, well, we love nothing more than creeping ourselves out. With that in mind, here are 13 of the world’s most favorite conspiracies, which we all know (when we’re being rational) are completely bonkers. And if you’re looking for some crazy conspiracies rooted in real, honest-to-god fact, don’t miss these 25 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True! 1 Reptiles control the government. Shutterstock It all started with conspiracy theorist David Icke, who came up with the idea that a race of super intelligent reptiles, called “Annunaki,” have held most positions of political power for centuries. Everyone from Queen Elizabeth to George W. Bush to Henry Kissinger were accused of being secretly a reptile (supposedly wearing very realistic human masks). And people believe it! According to a Public Policy Polling survey, around 12 million Americans are seriously convinced that our leaders are really lizards in disguise. And for more irresistible stories we can’t look away from, check out these 23 Urban Legends That Are Totally True. 2 The moon landing never happened. Image via NASA What’s fascinating is that when NASA first landed three astronauts successfully on the moon in 1969, when such a thing still felt like science fiction, nobody doubted it. But today, despite how far technology has come—and just a few days after a NASA probe photographed an object more than 6 billion kilometers from earth, farther out than Pluto—there’s a growing tide of disbelievers who are certain that our government lied to us and the Apollo moon landing was actually staged, possibly even filmed in a Hollywood sound studio. Fun as it is to imagine a conspiracy so successfully pulled off by our space agency, we’re sorry to say that human beings actually reached the moon. 3 JFK wasn’t assassinated by a lone gunman. The official account is that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin responsible for gunning down President John F. Kennedy in November of 1963. By 2019, no single death in history has been scrutinized more thoroughly from every conceivable angle than the JFK assassin. But, despite the findings of the Warren Commission—and scores of other forensic investigations—Americans continue think otherwise. According to a Gallup poll on the 50th anniversary of that fateful day, more than 60 percent of Americans believe that other people were involved. Maybe the CIA, maybe Fidel Castro, maybe even aliens. But don’t let us try to convince you that Oswald acted alone. Consider these thoughts from former Lyndon Johnson aide and longtime MPAA head honcho Jack Valenti, who traveling in JFK’s motorcade in Dallas on the day of the assassination, and who spoke to Vanity Fair: “Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman. I’ll tell you why I believe that, and it wasn’t because of the Warren Commission Report. It was because everything leaks in Hollywood and in Washington. And 43 years later there has never been a leak. There are conspiracy theories out there. And if there were a conspiracy, there would have to be at least 10, 20 people involved in that conspiracy. And nothing’s leaked, so that is why I believe Lee Harvey Oswald was on his own.” 4 Queen Elizabeth is eternally youthful because she’s a cannibal. The queen of England is 92 and shows no sign of slowing down. What’s the secret to her longevity? British historian Hubert Humdinger is pretty sure he knows what’s up. “She must eat human flesh to be so vivacious,” he wrote in a 1973 story for We Royalty magazine. “There is an immense amount of spiritual energy in human muscle.” Years later, in 2012, the website Dear Dirty America claimed they had confirmation of Humdinger’s theories, thanks a serviceman at Windsor Castle who reportedly discovered “remains of a human” in the queen’s private refrigerator. It sounds like a horror film! Oh, and if you love horror movies, don’t miss this roundup of the 40 Best Horror Movies for Totally Freaking Yourself Out. 5 Big Pharma has a cure for cancer but they make more money from suppressing it. A cure for cancer, a disease that kills about 8 million people globally each year, has existed for years, or so the conspiracy goes. But pharmaceutical companies have successfully kept it a secret, because there are more profits to be made in treating t...