Conspiracies
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What are some historical conspiracies that you honestly believe in?
Keep it grounded, this is /his/, not /x/
I'll start:
The Titanic–Olympic switch conspiracy is a fringe theory suggesting that the RMS Titanic was actually her sister ship, the RMS Olympic, and that the ships were secretly switched as part of an insurance scam.
>olympic had been damaged in a 1911 collision with the Royal Navy ship HMS Hawke and was allegedly deemed uninsurable.
>to recover financial losses, the theory claims the ships were switched, and the damaged Olympic (disguised as Titanic) was deliberately sunk for insurance money.
Small design differences allegedly visible in photos.
>survivor accounts of oddities or inconsistencies.
>reports of drills or crew behavior suggesting foreknowledge.
>claims that J.P. Morgan, who owned the parent company, cancelled his trip at the last minute and had several valuable artifacts removed.
Keep it grounded, this is /his/, not /x/
I'll start:
The Titanic–Olympic switch conspiracy is a fringe theory suggesting that the RMS Titanic was actually her sister ship, the RMS Olympic, and that the ships were secretly switched as part of an insurance scam.
>olympic had been damaged in a 1911 collision with the Royal Navy ship HMS Hawke and was allegedly deemed uninsurable.
>to recover financial losses, the theory claims the ships were switched, and the damaged Olympic (disguised as Titanic) was deliberately sunk for insurance money.
Small design differences allegedly visible in photos.
>survivor accounts of oddities or inconsistencies.
>reports of drills or crew behavior suggesting foreknowledge.
>claims that J.P. Morgan, who owned the parent company, cancelled his trip at the last minute and had several valuable artifacts removed.