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On this day in conspiracies
The dated turning points behind the case files: assassinations, crashes, leaks, votes, and the moments a theory was born, each drawn straight from a file's sourced timeline. We only place an entry on a day the record actually names.
- 1904The Lemp Mansion hauntingUnexplained Phenomena
William J. Lemp Sr. dies inside the mansion of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, still grieving his son. It is the first of three deaths by suicide that would occur in the house.
- 1990Robert Ouko murderGovernment & Intelligence
The body of Dr Robert Ouko is found at the foot of Got Alila Hill, roughly two to three kilometres from his home in Koru near Kisumu. He has been shot in the head, one leg is fractured, and the body has been partly burned. He had last been seen at his home days earlier.
- 2013Elisa LamUnexplained Phenomena
Unable to locate her, the LAPD releases the elevator video publicly to ask for help finding her. The unsettling footage spreads far beyond Los Angeles and becomes a viral phenomenon.
- 2017Kim Jong-nam assassinationGovernment & Intelligence
At around 9 a.m. in the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport's second terminal, two women approach Kim Jong-nam and wipe a substance across his face. He reports the assault to airport staff, is taken to a clinic, and dies within roughly twenty minutes while being moved toward a hospital.
Drawn from 1,970 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.