The Conspiratory

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.

  1. 1979
    Robert Taylor incidentUFOs & Aliens

    Around mid-morning Robert Taylor parks his pickup near the M8 and walks up Dechmont Law with his red setter, Lara, to inspect forestry plantings. He later says he came upon a large grey domed object hovering in a clearing, that it faded in and out of view, and that two spiked spheres emerged, latched onto his trousers, and pulled him before he lost consciousness.

  2. 2015
    Roma child-snatcher mythHoaxes & Pop Culture

    A Greek court acquits Salis and Dimopoulou of the kidnapping charge for lack of evidence, consistent with the birth mother's account that she had handed the child over. The case that launched the panic ends with no abduction established.

  3. 2025
    $2,000 tariff-dividend hoaxHoaxes & Pop Culture

    In a Sunday post on Truth Social, President Trump promises to send 'at least $2000' directly to Americans out of tariff revenue, excluding 'high income people.' He offers no legislation, no income threshold, and no delivery mechanism. It is a floated idea, not an enacted policy.

Drawn from 1,942 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.