Price: 12.95 USD; 17.95 CAD
Pages: 228
On-sale Date: 1995-09-21
Editing: Bronwyn Taggart (credited as Bronwyn Carlton Taggart) (editor); Jim Higgins (credited) (assistant editor); Andy Helfer (credited as Andrew Helfer) (group editor)
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Pencils:
Judy Johnson (credited) (photo montage)
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Allegedly true tales of treachery from the information underground!
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  • Color: color cover; black and white interior
  • Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches by 10 7/8 inches
  • Paper Stock: cardstock cover; matte interior
  • Binding: squarebound
  • Publishing Format: one-shot
  • Publication Type: book

Indexer Notes

Letterers for interior sequences are listed as a group on page below indicia: Bob Lappan, Gail Beckett, Agnes Pinaha, Willie Schubert, Steve Smith, Roxanne Starr, L. Lois Buhalis, Ken Bruzenak, and Albert DeGuzman.

One of the seventeen Paradox Press series of Big Books:
1994 - The Big Book of Urban Legends
1995 - The Big Book of Death; The Big Book of Weirdos; The Big Book of Conspiracies;
1996 - The Big Book of Freaks; The Big Book of Little Criminals; The Big Book of Hoaxes; The Big Book of Thugs
1997 - The Big Book of Losers; The Big Book of The Unexplained; The Big Book of Martyrs; The Big Book of Scandal
1998 - The Big Book of Bad; The Big Book of the Weird Wild West
1999 - The Big Book of Vice; The Big Book of Grimm
2000 - The Big Book of the '70s

The Big Book of Conspiracies
(Table of Contents: 1)

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Title page with illustration.

Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Publisher's Note
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Publisher's disclaimer set in multiple typesets.

Foreword
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Introductory strip.

Classic Conspiracies
(Table of Contents: 6)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Introduction to Chapter One: Classic Conspiracies.

Coincidence or Consequence?
(Table of Contents: 7)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Robin Smith (credited)
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Robin Smith (credited)
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The Ones That Got Away
(Table of Contents: 8)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Randy DuBurke (credited)
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Randy DuBurke (credited)
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Other Oswalds
(Table of Contents: 9)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Danny Hellman (credited)
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Danny Hellman (credited)
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The King Killers
(Table of Contents: 10)

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Kennedy-King Connections
(Table of Contents: 11)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Barron Storey (credited)
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Barron Storey (credited)
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The RFK Conspiracy
(Table of Contents: 12)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Zina Saunders (credited)
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Zina Saunders (credited)
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Big Brother's Greatest Hits
(Table of Contents: 13)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Introduction to Chapter Two: Big Brother's Greatest Hits.

Psychedelic CIA
(Table of Contents: 14)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Alex Wald (credited)
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Alex Wald (credited)
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Masking the Face of Mars
(Table of Contents: 15)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Graham Higgins (credited)
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Graham Higgins (credited)
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Brotherhood of the Magic Bullet
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Doug Moench (credited)
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Jonestown Electric Kool-Aid Conspiracy Test
(Table of Contents: 17)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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John Garcia (credited)
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John Garcia (credited)
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Jonestown's Ultra Fallout
(Table of Contents: 18)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Jeff Newman (credited)
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Jeff Newman (credited)
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Secret CIA Links
(Table of Contents: 19)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Paul Guinan (credited)
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Paul Guinan (credited)
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Choppers of the New World Order
(Table of Contents: 20)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Ernie Stiner (credited)
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Ernie Stiner (credited)
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Trouble in Weirdland
(Table of Contents: 21)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Introduction to Chapter Three: Trouble in Weirdland.

Saucer Sorcery
(Table of Contents: 22)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Rick Geary (credited)
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Rick Geary (credited)
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Moongate
(Table of Contents: 23)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Pat Broderick (credited)
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Pat Broderick (credited)
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No-Moon Gate
(Table of Contents: 24)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Carl Critchlow (credited)
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Carl Critchlow (credited)
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Bay of Bush Pigs
(Table of Contents: 25)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Roger Langridge (credited)
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Roger Langridge (credited)
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The Physicist and the Flying Saucers
(Table of Contents: 26)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Frank Quitely (credited)
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Frank Quitely (credited)
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Synchronspiracy!
(Table of Contents: 27)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Mitch O'Connell (credited)
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Mitch O'Connell (credited)
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Killing Castro
(Table of Contents: 28)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Graham Manley (credited)
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Graham Manley (credited)
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Paranoia Potpourri
(Table of Contents: 29)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Introduction to Chapter Four: Paranoia Potpourri.

The Cannabis Conspiracy
(Table of Contents: 30)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Bryan Talbot (credited)
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Bryan Talbot (credited)
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Conspiracy Quotes
(Table of Contents: 31)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Lennie Mace (credited)
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Lennie Mace (credited)
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The Sugar Daddy, the Stuttering Blonde, and the Silent Tramp
(Table of Contents: 32)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Russ Heath (credited)
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Russ Heath (credited)
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Fractured Factoids
(Table of Contents: 33)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Art Wetherell (credited)
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Art Wetherell (credited)
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Odd Passings and Other Assassinations
(Table of Contents: 34)

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Introduction to Chapter Five: Odd Passings and Other Assassinations.

The Strange Death of Malcolm X
(Table of Contents: 35)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Donald David (credited)
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Donald David (credited)
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Come On, Baby, Douse My Fire
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More Morrison Mojo
(Table of Contents: 37)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Tristan Schane (credited)
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Tristan Schane (credited)
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Peril in Plutonium
(Table of Contents: 38)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Tayyar Ozkan (credited)
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Tayyar Ozkan (credited)
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Gal Killin'
(Table of Contents: 39)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Justin Green (credited)
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Justin Green (credited)
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Historical Hysteria
(Table of Contents: 40)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Introduction to Chapter Six: Historical Hysteria.

Lone Nut Family Tree
(Table of Contents: 41)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Duncan Eagleson (credited)
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Duncan Eagleson (credited)
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The Bloodline Secret
(Table of Contents: 42)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Bob Smith (credited)
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Bob Smith (credited)
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Three Tentacles of Odessa
(Table of Contents: 43)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Kevin O'Neill (credited)
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Kevin O'Neill (credited)
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The CIA / Nazi Axis
(Table of Contents: 44)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Brett Ewins (credited)
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Brett Ewins (credited)
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Fractured Factoids II
(Table of Contents: 45)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Greg LaRocque (credited)
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Greg LaRocque (credited)
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The Conspiracy Conspiracy
(Table of Contents: 46)

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Doug Moench (credited)
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Introduction to Chapter Seven: The Conspiracy Conspiracy.

The Casolaro Conspiracy Maze
(Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Andrew Wendel (credited)
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Andrew Wendel (credited)
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Further Adventures of the Octopus in Weirdland
(Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Stephen Blue (credited)
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Stephen Blue (credited)
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Cabal of Looming Doom
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The Aliens of Eden
(Table of Contents: 50)

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Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
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Sean Scoffield (credited)
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Sean Scoffield (credited)
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Fractured Factoids III
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[Afterword]
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Biographies
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Short biographies on the writer and artists featured in the book.

Copyright Information
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Bibliography
(Table of Contents: 55)

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List of sources.

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    Table of Contents
  1. ["Allegedly true tales of treachery from the information underground!"]
  2. The Big Book of Conspiracies
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Publisher's Note
  6. Foreword
  7. Classic Conspiracies
  8. Coincidence or Consequence?
  9. The Ones That Got Away
  10. Other Oswalds
  11. The King Killers
  12. Kennedy-King Connections
  13. The RFK Conspiracy
  14. Big Brother's Greatest Hits
  15. Psychedelic CIA
  16. Masking the Face of Mars
  17. Brotherhood of the Magic Bullet
  18. Jonestown Electric Kool-Aid Conspiracy Test
  19. Jonestown's Ultra Fallout
  20. Secret CIA Links
  21. Choppers of the New World Order
  22. Trouble in Weirdland
  23. Saucer Sorcery
  24. Moongate
  25. No-Moon Gate
  26. Bay of Bush Pigs
  27. The Physicist and the Flying Saucers
  28. Synchronspiracy!
  29. Killing Castro
  30. Paranoia Potpourri
  31. The Cannabis Conspiracy
  32. Conspiracy Quotes
  33. The Sugar Daddy, the Stuttering Blonde, and the Silent Tramp
  34. Fractured Factoids
  35. Odd Passings and Other Assassinations
  36. The Strange Death of Malcolm X
  37. Come On, Baby, Douse My Fire
  38. More Morrison Mojo
  39. Peril in Plutonium
  40. Gal Killin'
  41. Historical Hysteria
  42. Lone Nut Family Tree
  43. The Bloodline Secret
  44. Three Tentacles of Odessa
  45. The CIA / Nazi Axis
  46. Fractured Factoids II
  47. The Conspiracy Conspiracy
  48. The Casolaro Conspiracy Maze
  49. Further Adventures of the Octopus in Weirdland
  50. Cabal of Looming Doom
  51. The Aliens of Eden
  52. Fractured Factoids III
  53. [Afterword]
  54. Biographies
  55. Copyright Information
  56. Bibliography
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