It's not clear why, but it even works for partisan conspiracies.

More than 200 years after the Illuminati was founded to oppose religious influence over daily life, it has become one of the world’s greatest conspiracy theories. By Matthew Vickery.

There are several kinds of conspiracy webs. By Joseph E. Uscinski.

Documents released by the National Archives say that Jack Ruby asked an FBI informant if he would “watch the fireworks” with him on the day of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. By Josh Magness.

Here's a selection of conspiracies that turned out to be every bit as insane as advertised, and show that perhaps paranoia is not always such a bad thing after all. By Brent Swancer.

Bigfoot and aliens have come to overshadow the government’s aging database of missing persons cold cases.

Fingers were pointed at Dallas police after John F Kennedy was assassinated in the city, the declassified documents reveal. Those who believed the local force was behind the killing included Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev. And one FBI informant even named patrolman JD Tippit, who was shot dead by Lee Harvey Oswald 45 minutes after JFK died, as the President’s actual killer.

Braden Matejka survived a bullet to the head in the Las Vegas massacre. Then, the death threats started coming. “You are a lying piece of shit and I hope someone truly shoots you in the head,” a commenter wrote to Matejka on Facebook, one week after a gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds more. “Your soul is disgusting and dark! You will pay for the consequences!” said another. A Facebook meme quickly spread with a photo of him after the shooting, captioned: “I’m a lying cunt!”

The National Archives is set to release thousands of documents about John F. Kennedy’s assassination. It’s likely to fuel conspiracy theorists for years.

In utmost secrecy, the world’s largest child sexual abuse forum was moved to the other side of the globe. No one was supposed to know who was behind the website’s continued operation. By Håkon F. Høydal, Einar Otto Stangvik, Natalie Remøe Hansen.

New research helps to explain why the belief in election fraud is common in the United States, even though research has failed to find convincing evidence ...

The myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa is dispelled in a paper by Serge Larivée and Genevieve Chenard of University of Montreal’s Department of Psychoeducation and Carole Sénéchal of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education.

The story of how the myth exploded reveals how fake stories spread today and the secrets behind the psychology of their fiercest proponents.

The revelation that Fox News made contact with the White House over a false and malicious story could spell trouble for the network – and the president.

Prosecutors charge three officers with conspiracy to cover up the death of a black Chicago teen.

People who share dangerous ideas don’t necessarily believe them. By Adrienne LaFrance.

In the following instances, officials in the government which carried out the attack (or seriously proposed an attack) admit to it, either orally, in writing, or through photographs or videos...

Economists and historians are connecting the early rise of organized crime with Sicily’s citrus trade. By Cara Giaimo.

On June 8, during Israel’s preemptive Six-Day War, an act of aggression, not self-defense against regional Arab states, the IDF did the unthinkable… By Stephen Lendman.

Why the Democrats are making a big mistake by obsessing over Russia. By Matt Latimer.