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Crime & Conspiracy

Dark plots, mysterious murders, and government cover-ups that fuel endless speculation.

2024 Manila Bay Oil Spill: The Mysterious Sinking That Sparked Smuggling Suspicions

January 22, 2026 by The Ghost
2024 Manila Bay Oil Spill

The 2024 Manila Bay Oil Spill began with a tanker’s suspicious midnight sinking, raising questions about oil smuggling and cover-ups.

Categories Breaking Strange, Crime & Conspiracy Tags 2020s, Manila, Maritime

Japanese Paleolithic Hoax: The Divine Hand That Fooled a Nation for Decades

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 by The Ghost
Japanese Paleolithic Hoax

The Japanese Paleolithic Hoax shocked the archaeological world when hidden cameras caught Shinichi Fujimura planting fake artifacts in 2000.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Science & Medicine Tags 2000s, Hoax, Japan

Slenderman Stabbing: When Internet Horror Became Deadly Reality

January 18, 2026 by The Ghost
Slenderman Stabbing

The Slenderman Stabbing shocked the world when two 12-year-old girls nearly killed their friend to appease a fictional internet monster.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Pop Culture & Entertainment Tags 2010s, Murder, Wisconsin

Valamo Monastery Art Sales Scandal: The Holy Deception That Fooled Finland

January 18, 2026January 18, 2026 by The Ghost
Valamo Monastery Art Sales Scandal

The Valamo Monastery Art Sales Scandal shocked Finland when fake masterpieces by Picasso and Chagall were sold as authentic works from a mysterious family collection.

Categories Art & Literature, Crime & Conspiracy Tags Art Forgery, Chagall, Finland, Fraud, Picasso, Religious Institution

General Wayne Inn: Murder, Suicide, and Centuries of Haunting in Pennsylvania’s Most Notorious Tavern

January 17, 2026 by The Ghost
General Wayne Inn

The General Wayne Inn harbored deadly secrets and restless spirits for over 300 years before a shocking murder-suicide forever changed this haunted tavern.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Haunted Locations Tags Pennsylvania

Polybius Arcade Game: 1981 Portland Oregon Government Experiment The Mind Control Urban Legend That Won’t Die

January 17, 2026 by The Ghost
Polybius Arcade Game 1981 Portland Oregon Government Experiment

The Polybius Arcade Game 1981 Portland Oregon Government Experiment remains one of gaming’s most chilling urban legends involving mind control.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Video Games Tags Arcade, Game, Oregon, Polybius, Portland

Crystal Skull: The Victorian Hoax That Fooled Museums and Spawned Supernatural Legends

January 16, 2026 by The Ghost
Crystal Skull

Crystal Skull artifacts claimed mystical powers but Victorian-era scientific analysis revealed shocking 19th-century German origins.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Historical Oddities Tags Crystal, Skull

School Shooting Hoax Conspiracy Theories: When False Flags Meet Real Terror

January 16, 2026 by The Ghost
APTOPIX Texas School Shooting

School shooting hoax conspiracy theories have terrorized families while spreading dangerous misinformation across America’s most tragic events.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Disasters & Tragedies Tags Hoax, School, Shooting

Illuminati Secret Society: The Strange Rituals and Mysterious Disappearance of Bavaria’s Most Feared Order

January 16, 2026 by The Ghost
Illuminati

The Illuminati secret society performed bizarre rituals in torchlit forests and vanished mysteriously after government raids in 1780s Bavaria.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Mysteries & Unexplained Tags Illuminati

Greenbrier Ghost: When a Murder Victim’s Spirit Testified in Court

January 16, 2026 by The Ghost
Greenbrier Ghost

The Greenbrier Ghost case of 1897 remains the only known instance where testimony from a murder victim’s spirit helped convict her killer.

Categories Crime & Conspiracy, Ghosts & Hauntings Tags Ghost, Greenbrier
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