The archive, day by day
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.
- 1957Spaghetti-tree hoaxHoaxes & Pop Culture
The BBC is met with a stream of telephone calls. Some viewers protest that the item was absurd; others earnestly ask how they might grow a spaghetti tree at home. The broadcaster's now-famous reply is to suggest they “place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.”
- 20205G caused COVID-19Science, Space & Technology
The first phone masts are set alight in England. Over the following days towers burn in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Melling on Merseyside, and Vodafone reports several of its masts attacked within a single 24-hour span.
- 2024Key Bridge collapseGovernment & Intelligence
The Baltimore Sun publishes a point-by-point piece debunking the most viral Key Bridge myths and conspiracies, including the cyberattack and planned-demolition claims.
Drawn from 1,959 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.