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.
- 1944Mad Gasser of MattoonUnexplained Phenomena
The Journal-Gazette reports the 'mad gasser' has added six more victims in a single day, near the peak of both reports and local fear.
- 19991999 apartment bombingsGovernment & Intelligence
A bomb levels a nine-story apartment block on Guryanova Street in the Pechatniki district of Moscow, killing roughly 100 residents as they sleep and injuring hundreds.
- 2011Pascagoula abductionUFOs & Aliens
Charles Hickson dies at 80. He never recanted the account he gave in 1973.
- 2024Springfield pet-eating hoaxHoaxes & Pop Culture
The claim goes national when a prominent political figure amplifies it on X. Within about half an hour, the Springfield News-Sun reports that local police said stolen or eaten pets were not something on their radar. PolitiFact and other fact-checkers publish debunks the same week, quoting a city spokesperson that the claims are unfounded.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.