Product Description

Brace yourself for the strangest, most convincing and bizarre conspiracy theories you will ever read with "Conspiracy Files". Handily arranged into themed chapters (from Extraterrestrials to Celebrities via Technology and Politics), it's the result of meticulous research into the frontiers of paranoia, secrecy, intrigue and outlandishness from around the globe. To help you keep track of all the terrifying organisations that may or may not rule the world from their hidden offices and secret bunkers, you'll also find a complete guide to the groups that are most commonly blamed for all the world's ills, from NATO and the NSA to the Illuminati, along with an authoritative glossary of conspiracy-speak. From strange stories concerning tragedies such as 9/11 and SARS, to dark machinations surrounding the deaths of cultural icons such as JFK, Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana, you will be both entertained and worried - as all the conspiracies are based around solid facts!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6485 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
David Southwell and Sean Twist

Customer Reviews

Bang Up-to-date, Bang on the money
If you enjoy conspiracy theories, this book is for you. It is one of the most entertaining, razorblade sharp and easy-to-read, general books on the subject that has ever been published. Whilst some of the photographic material is pretty standard, there are some incredible shots in this book that I'd never come across before - even in five years looking into some of my favourite theories on the net.

One of the great things about this is that it covers modern hot topics such as the murder of David Kelly (on that case it includes some amazing new material) and what the second war in Iraq/911 is really about.

Probably the best book to give to someone fairly new to the real stories behind the news, there is something for everyone in this book. If you are a sceptic about conspiracy theories, you will probably enjoy the acid, dark and often sarcastic humour the writers bring to the topics they cover, but if you are a conspiracy nut like me you'll enjoy a lot of the new twists that they have put into print.

One of the author's - David Southwell - is the subject of a lot of gossip in certain conspiracy circles after it emerged in a front-page Sunday Time's story that he worked with MI5 on terrorist issues. Amongst all the crazy stuff on aliens and Elvis, there are traces of a lot of inside knowledge about the world we aren't meant to know about.

My only gripes are that it could have done with some better editing in places and that the authors drop hints o things they were obviously afraid to publish (though they get away with exposing some amazing truths).

All in all, the most fun conspiracy book I've ever read.

It's like reading a book Bill Hicks would have written!
Wow. An easy five-star book. This is the conspiracy book that really stands out from all the rest of the bloated tomes clogging up the shelves. A fantastic, fun format is combined with real savvy write ups on not only the usual conspiracies, but some of the more unknown but lot more interesting ones.

Well written, there is lots of insight into the world - how the government really works, how the media really works and how all the secret agenda shape our lives. A lot of books that make you question authority are really po-faced, but there's some great humor in here and it's no surprise that this book is dedicated to Bill Hicks - it is exactly the type of conspiracy book he might have written.

Great looking with some amazing pictures, this is the book. One of the best I've read on this topic and certainly the funniest but genuinely scary book I've ever come across.

sometimes its good to question rationality
Great book, seems to disect the subject very well, I am not agreat fan of conspiracy titles, and sometimes laugh in the face of conspiracy theorists. It cannotbe denied it is a 20th century phenomenon. This title served to cure my curiousity. Comes up with some interesting slants on some old theories and also a good amount of twists on some of the new ones too. well researched, everything sourced. good.