What leads people to think a particular incident is a conspiracy leading to various theories as to what happened? Have important events occurred through secret plots by malevolent and powerful people?
For example, it is said that over a half of Americans believethat Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in theassassination of President John F. Kennedy. Also, it is saidover a third of Americans still believe that global warmingis a hoax.
In this book, a selection of twenty-eight true life casestories involving unsolved crimes, mysterious deaths anddastardly deeds, curious disappearances of people andevents that never seemed to be truly
solved
arepresented.
For example,
The Death of an Emperor: Was Napoleonpoisoned? ;
The Whitechapel Murders aka
Jack theRipper ;
Bad Booze: Prohibition and AdulteratedAlcohol ;
Wings over the Ocean: What happened toAmelia Earhart? ;
The Black Dahlia: Macabre Death ofElizabeth Short ;
More than One Killer? Assassination of PresidentJohn F. Kennedy ;
Bohemian Grove: A Web of Secrets? ; Paparazzi Pursuit: The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales just to name a number of earlier cases.
Also, included are some other stories which had anelement of conspiracy of which the author had someinvolvement as an expert witness for example,
Misty RiverMystery: Deaths of Dr Bogle and Mrs. Chandler ;
A Dogand a Dame in a Ditch: Who Murdered MaureenMcLaughlin?
and
The Body in the Bay: Who Killed KatrinaPloy? History has repeatedly shown that political and corporateidentities have conspired against public interests.
Conspiracy theories can play an important role in bringingtheir nefarious deeds to the light - and hopefully, in somecases, to justice and/or closure.'
By:
William J. Allender Imprint: New Holland Country of Publication: Australia ISBN:9781760798390 ISBN 10: 1760798398 Pages: 256 Publication Date:06 February 2026 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
