The theory that the Earth is flat has actually been around for a long time. In fact, it first emerged in the 19th in England. However, it has recently gained more and more popularity over recent years.

People who believe in this theory are often called “Flat Earthers” and are part of a larger organization known as the Flat Earth Society. The Flat Earth Society was created by Samuel Shenton in 1956 under the name of the International Flat Earth Research Society (IFERS). The aim of this society was to research the Flat Earth and educate children and even adults before they were corrupted into believing that the Earth was spherical. In the 1900s, however, the society was at a decline after its headquarters in California lit up in flames. Following this event, in 2001, was the death of Charles K. Johnson who took over this group in 1972. In the later year of 2004, the group was revieved as a website by Daniel Shenton (who is of no relation to Samuel Shenton) so that way the group could have a more permanent platform as opposed to that of a building.

Modern technology now has many different platforms that this group can use such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Flat Earthers are able to use these platforms to spread their ideas and build a stronger following.

Now, Flat Earthers don’t actually believe that the Earth is just a flat plane like a map would be, they actually believe that the Earth is a shape of a disc. They think that at the center is the Arctic Circle and that Antarctica surrounds the rim of the disc. According to them, NASA employees actually guard the Antarctica rim as to ensure that no one climbs over it and falls off.

Speaking of NASA, Flat Earthers do not trust nor believe NASA. They think that NASA and the government fabricate satellite photos in order to ensure that everyone believes in a spherical Earth. They think that all photos of the globe are photoshopped. Some deeming evidence for this is that NASA has even said that they can’t obtain a complete photo of the Earth in one go and that the photos of Earth that we have are actually just millions of photos compiled together to get their best estimate of what Earth is. Flat Earthers also happen to believe that GPS devices in planes are rigged in order to make pilots think that they are flying in a straight line around a spherical Earth when they are actually flying in circles above a disc.

It is reported that nearly 200 people join the Flat Earth Society each year. Will you be one of those 200? Or will you stick to what you’ve been told all your life?

Alexa, the voice behind the Amazon Echo, and Siri, the voice behind Apple products, have become household names as they grow increasingly popular due to them being developed to “make our lives easier.” Or so the companies say. A lot of people though have decided that these functions are actually quite creepy and may even have a darker purpose. Some believe that these products actually record everything you say and send it to the government.

I mean think about it, when someone buys an Echo they put it in any room in the house (living room, bedroom, kitchen) and Siri is always in your pocket or in your hand. Perfect place to do some spying.

Its actually a fact that the Echo records everything you say so that Alexa will be able to learn more about you and what you like and so that it will recognize your voice.

With Siri, Apple actually released a quote saying, “When you use Siri or Dictation, everything you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text, all of the data is used to help Siri and Dictation to understand you better and recognize what you say.”

Both companies have come out and said that they’re products don’t send information to the government but rather just stores it for “learning” purposes. Totally makes sense.

Now something that has recently come on to the Internet are videos of people asking Siri and Alexa questions relating to this topic and every time they respond with “No comment” or something along those lines, in general just avoiding it.

So it’s a known fact that these devices record everything you say, now it’s just a matter of if you believe that they don’t send that information off to the government.

Next time, think about what you say in front of these ladies.

How many times do you go to Starbucks? I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that you’ve gone at least once in the past week. I mean how can you not? There is always one conveniently around the corner and their drinks are amazing.

Now, how many times have you gone and they’ve completely butchered your name? I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess at least once if not more. I mean, I’ve personally never been to Starbucks and had them spell my name correctly, even when they ask me to spell it out. Your name could be completely normal like James or even Sam and they would add in an ‘e’ at the end or throw in a ‘v’ just for fun. Or maybe even changed your entire name.

But what if it was all intentional? What if Starbucks tells their employees to purposely slaughter as many names as they can, the weirder the better? Why would they do this? Simple.

PUBLICITY.

One word. Nine letters. Makes or breaks a company.

Think about it for a second. What do you do when they spell your name all wacky? You tell all your friends and take a picture to post on your social media for all of the world to see. If everyone does that when they get a weird name, that’s probably hundreds of photos going on social media platforms each day. Which is a crazy amount of FREE publicity for Starbucks. And what company wouldn’t love that?

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS JUST A THEORY. THERE ARE NO FACTS. STARBUCKS IF YOU SEE THIS PLEASE DON’T SUE ME I’M A POOR COLLEGE STUDENT.

Now, everyone knows that in 1969 Buzz Aldrin and Lance Armstrong landed on the moon for the first time right? I mean it was televised for all of America to see. However, many people claim to have noticed things that don’t quite add up. They believe that the moon landing was completely fake.

I know what you’re thinking: why would the government fake the moon landing? Well, America wanted to be the first to get to the moon to prove that we are far superior than other countries in terms of technology. However, since we didn’t actually have the technology to go to the moon back then, the government just created a sound stage to look like the moon and filmed the “landing” there. So here is what people noticed to make them think this:

• When they put the flag on the moon, it started to wave. But if they were really on the moon that wouldn’t be possible since there is no air in the atmosphere meaning there couldn’t be any wind.

• The famous C-rock. In one of the pictures of the moon landing there is a rock in the corner with a perfectly carved in C. Now if they were on the moon in the middle of outer space there definitely wouldn’t be a rock with a perfectly carved C. So people think that this is actually a stage prop and that the stage crew lettered all the rocks to make sure they were in the correct spot, however, one of the crew members forgot to flip the rock so the camera wouldn’t be able to see the C. (Located on the big rock in the bottom left corner of the picture below)

• If you look closely in the reflection of the helmet of one of the astronauts, you can see a stage light hanging in front of him.

• Speaking of stage lights, if you were on the moon, the sun would be directly hitting you making every shadow go one specific direction. However, in the moon landing, the shadows are going multiple different directions. The only way this is possible is if there are multiple lights from all different directions and angles.

• When the craft landed on the moon, there was no crater, no dust, nothing. Scientist have said that if you land something on the moon it would INSTANTLY create a crater.

• Now for the last and most compelling piece of evidence: WHERE ARE THE STARS???? If they were really on the moon they should be surrounded by stars, yet there wasn’t a single star in the sky.

Over the years, this theory has gained more and more popularity. What do you think? Has our government been lying to us about this all this time?

Take a second and think about the town you live in. Think about all the different companies that line the streets. Now, think about how many mattress stores are in your town. A lot right? And they are all usually in close proximity to each other, sometimes even down the same street. Now, how many customers do you usually see in the stores? NONE. All these mattress stores and yet there are no customers. Why is that? Well, some people believe that mattress stores are actually just giant money laundering schemes. I mean it makes sense doesn’t it? Inside a mattress is the number one place to hide money. Plus, you only need a new mattress every 7-10 years and let’s be honest not everyone follows that rule. So why else would there be so many mattress stores if there isn’t something fishy going on?

So for those of you who don’t know what money laundering is, let me fill you in.

Money laundering is when you obtain a large amount of money through illegal doings, such as drug or gun or prostitution. So in order to keep your crimes a secret, you would need to hide the money through a legal means of obtaining it. You would buy a business, or multiple businesses depending on your flow of money, and put all the money you earned illegally into the books of your legal business. This all started with the infamous gangster Al Capone. He purchased multiple laundromats and put his illegal earnings into the books. This is where the term “money laundering” actually came from. Now in order to avoid further detection, when you put this money into the bank, you would separate it into chunks of about $10,000 and put each chunk in a different bank.

This would make a lot of sense for mattress stores. Usually when there are multiple stores on the same stretch of road, they are the same company. It would be a lot easier for someone needing to hide their money to buy multiple stores on the same road that way they could separate their earnings.

So, next time you drive through town, pay attention to how many mattress stores you pass and just think about what could really be happening behind those doors.

On March 10, Ty tweeted from his Twitter account, strayedaway:

“ok i am sitting in my car right in front of my house in my car and this guy started taking pictures of my house? With flash???? Then he walked away? Literally what the f*** it’s 3am i am going to die tonight”

Three days later on March 13, Ty tweeted from the same account:

“I really need yall to listen to this voicemail i just got…i am deactivating my cell phone service”

He then posted a screen recording of him playing the voicemail. The voicemail was an automated voice saying a series of words which were actually from the nato phonetic alphabet, a system used by the military to spell out words and sometimes to code a message. Ty translated this message using the code and posted the translation to his account:

“Danger SOS it is dire for you to evacuate be cautious they are not human 042933964230 SOS danger SOS”

The numbers in the message are coordinates and a Twitter account owned by a girl named Erin plugged in the coordinates and posted the location. She found that the location of the coordinates in the voicemail is extremely close to Malaysia and close to where Malaysian Flight 370 was last seen. Someone responded to Erin’s post suggesting that the message is actually from the black box recording from Flight 370. (For those unaware, a black box records everything that happens in the cockpit of a plane and tracks the coordinates of the plane.)

Later the last conversation between the pilot of the plane and air control was released. The pilot’s last words to air control were “Good night Malaysian three seven zero.” This itself wouldn’t be weird, but if you listen closely you can hear a shift in the way the pilot was speaking. At the beginning of the conversation the pilot is speaking clearly with no hesitation and no stumbling. Towards the end, however, the pilot starts to stumble over his words using “um” and “uh” quite frequently. Right before the pilot signs off by saying “good night”, you can hear a quick, loud noise which is believed by many to be a scream.

Ty then posted screenshots of direct messages he was getting on Twitter that were in different languages and even in morse code. He took one message and translated it from Malaysian to English:

“end the post you just shared about the recording on your phone”

Other people on Twitter then took to deciphering the morse code and found this message:

“They are taking over 41818”

The numbers being the date April 18, 2018.

Ty’s account, strayedaway, was then deleted. Gone just like that. Erin, the girl who posted the coordinates, sent out a tweet saying she regretted posting that and that it was silly. People then noticed that the profile picture from the account strayedaway was taken from the account HOMOC1DE. However, Ty tweeted out from the account HOMOC1DE and said that both of the accounts were his. He also tweeted from the account:

“i posted a voicemail that i received i never once spawned one of those theories about it. not my fault s*** went viral & like i said before im not tweeting about that s*** anymore bc yall act like i have a call center set up in my house ready to get another voicemail lmao”

Many believe that someone or something took over Flight 370 and that voicemail was a message from the plane’s black box. Others believe it was all an elaborate joke. What do you think? Was it all fake? Or did something really happen on that flight? Was the voicemail fake? Or did a satellite happen to pick that message up and send it to Ty’s phone?

Everyone’s heard of the Beatles. They were a British band that became a world wide sensation. However there is an eerie theory surrounding the band. The theory that Paul is dead.

Theorists believe that bass player and singer Paul McCartney died in a fiery car crash in 1966 (in fact, this theory was started when Paul’s car was involved in an accident and newspapers printed claiming that “Paul is Dead”), but the accident was covered up because the other members were fearful of how his death would impact their success and how the fans would react. So, they covered it up by placing a double in for Paul: William Shears Campbell, a man who had won a Paul McCartney look alike contest. It is told that the Beatles left clues in their music and album covers following Paul’s untimely death to subtly let fans know of the news. Here are a few clues:

• At the end of the song “Strawberry Fields Forever”, many claim to hear John Lennon sing “I buried Paul”
• If you play the song “Revolution 9”, the phrase “Turn me on, dead man” can be heard.
• On their most famous album cover, “Abbey Road”, the four members (Paul, John, Ringo, and George) are seen walking across a cross-walk in a straight line in the order of a funeral procession. John is leading the line dressed in all white like a priest. Next is Ringo who is dressed in all black like a undertaker. After Ringo is Paul, the corpse, who is the only one barefoot. Lastly is George who is wearing jeans like a gravedigger would.

• Also noted on the “Abbey Road” cover is the license plate of the car in the background. It reads “28IF” which many people believe to mean that Paul would’ve been 28 if he was still alive when the album came out.
• If the ending of “I’m so Tired” is played backwards, it sounds like Lennon is saying “Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him”

Now many of these “clues” have been debunked, but some theorists remain loyal to the idea that Paul is dead. What do you think? Do you think Paul died that day and was replaced by an imposter? Or do you think this was all a hoax planned by the Beatles or Capitol Records to gain more attention for the group? Or do you think this is all a bunch of crap?

When discussing conspiracy theories, it is necessary to talk about the holy grail of conspiracies: the Mandela Effect. Here’s a little background into this theory. The Mandela Effect started with the controversy of when Nelson Mandela died. See, many people distinctly remember him dying in prison in the 1980s. They even remember seeing news clips and news coverage over this account, however, Nelson Mandela actually lived on and died in 2013. So how can so many people remember something that never happened so distinctly? Some believers of the Mandela Effect think that somewhere along the line the Earth went through a black hole and we are now living in an alternate universe. Let me list for you some of the more popular Effects and you can come up with your own conclusion.

Let’s start with famous movies. These are some of the ones that get to me the most because I can remember very clearly hearing these lines in these movies. Not to mention that everyone talks about these lines, yet they were never said:

• “Luke, I am your father” was never said by Darth Vader. He actually said “No, I am your father”
• Hannibal Lector in the movie Silence of the Lambs NEVER said “Hello Clarice”
• Remember the world famous line from everyone’s favorite childhood move Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? Yeah well it was never said. When talking to the mirror, the evil queen says “Magic Mirror on the wall” not “Mirror Mirror on the wall”

Now let’s discuss some famous brands that I think purposely changed their brand just to mess with us.

• What’s your favorite brand of hot dogs? Oscar Meyer? Nope. It’s Oscar Mayer.
• Remember Monopoly? You know that game that takes 20 hours and would break apart even the closest of families? Yeah well the little character for Monopoly doesn’t have a monocle like so many remember.
• What peanut butter did your mom buy you as a kid? Well, it wasn’t Jiffy because that never existed.
• Smokey the Bear is actually just called Smokey Bear
• White Out is spelt Wite Out

Now, here are a few more examples of the Mandela Effect that are relatively popular in this community:

• Chartreuse is a shade of green not a shade of pink
• There was never a picture of King Henry VIII eating a turkey leg
• In the famous song “We are the Champions” by Queen, the song ends with “‘Cause we are the champions” there is no “Of the world” at the end.

Lastly, the one that got me started on Mandela Effects:

• The Berenstein Bears is actually The Berenstain Bears

What’s even creepier about this theory is that some people actually have proof of the “alternate universe.” For example, some have books that say “The Berenstein Bears.” There are so many more examples of the Mandela Effect. So, please, continue your dive into this conspiracy theory and decide for yourself whether you believe it or not.

Have you ever walked into an airport and immediately got chills? Perhaps it’s because the thought of putting your life in the hands of two men flying a giant hunk of metal is unnerving, or maybe, just maybe, it’s because something evil lurks in the corners. Some who have traveled via the Denver International Airport know this feeling all to well. Many theorists believe the DIA to be a gateway to hell, while others believe that it is one of the many headquarters of the Illuminati. Now I know what you’re thinking, “that’s ridiculous. An airport is just an airport.” Well let me give you a peek inside the DIA and you can make your decision after. The first thing that must be pointed out is that if you look up an arial view of the DIA, the runways are in the shape of a swastika. Is that a coincidence? Or is it a sign of the some world-ruling group? Next is the “Blue Mustang.” This is a 32 foot tall, 9000 pound horse statue in front of the DIA. It’s made out of fiber-glass and has piercing red eyes. The eerie part about this statue isn’t the eyes however, but the fact that a piece of the horse’s head broke off and killed it’s artist Luis Jimenez by severing a major artery in his leg. Speaking of eerie, the walls of the DIA are covered in murals and statues that give people an unnerving feeling. One of the murals by Leo Tanguma contain a soldier with a gas mask holding a sword in one hand and a gun in the other lurking over sleeping children with a line of women crying and holding their dead children. Another of Tanguma’s murals contains children holding and being surrounded by dead animals while mourning the loss of their people, who are clearly displayed in coffins at the bottom of the mural; all the while the world is exploding behind them. The statues that litter the airport are statues of Anubis (the Egyptian god of death) and a statue of a devil or demon climbing out of a suitcase. Some of the less creepy, but definitely questioning evidence is the amount of tunnels and the failed automated baggage system under the airport. Theorists who believe this to be the headquarters for the Illuminati believe that this is where meetings take place in secret. Another interesting thing is the dedication marker. The marker has a symbol on it that is associated with the Freemasons and it mentions the “New World Airport Commission.” What’s weird about that you might be wondering, well, the “New World Airport Commission” doesn’t exist, yet on the marker it takes credit for building the entire airport. Now recently, the DIA has made a joke out of these theories in some of their signs that cover the areas being renovated. However, all of this still makes you wonder, could there be something more deadly in the Denver International Airport than airplanes?