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topical index: frauds, hoaxes, conspiracies
0-92012 doomsday theories
9/11 conspiracies
A
alien abduction
Andrews, Lynn
anti-vaccination movement
Archaeoraptor
area 51
Apollo Moon landing hoax hoax
Aztec UFO hoax
B
belief armor
Ben Stein conspiracy
birthers
Blaylock, Russell (conspiracy involves Big Pharma, the WHO, and the US government)
Bridey Murphy
Rashid Buttar, D.O.
C
cannabis cures cancer hoax
Cardiff Giant
"Carlos" hoax
Castaneda, Carlos
cattle "mutilation"
charities hoax email
chelation therapy
chemtrails
Hulda Clark
climate change deniers
Cottingly fairy hoax
crop circle
crystal skull
D
Dianetics
Dixon, Jeane
E
electromagnetic fields (cell phones, Wi-Fi, etc.)
F
facilitated communication
firewalking
fluoridation
food allergy conspiracy
Ford, Arthur hoax
Fritz, Dr.
G
Geller, Uri (accused of being a fraud by James Randi, but he denies it)
Gerson therapy (Big Pharma conspiracy)
H
haunted house
herbal fuel
HIV/AIDS denial
hollow Earth
Holocaust denial
Horowitz, Leonard (many conspiracies but the best one is that the illuminati are behind the standards of the 12-note musical scale)
Hutchison hoax
I
Ica stones
Illuminati
Indian rope trick
Inset Fuel Stabilizer
J
Januarius
K
Knight, J.Z. (Ramtha)
L
Lenz, Frederick (Rama)
M
manufactroversy
medium
microacupuncture
mind control
multi-level marketing (MLM)
multi-level marketing (MLM) harassment
N
Nigerian scam
O
organic food (GM conspiracy)
P
perfect prediction scam
Piltdown Hoax
Philadelphia Experiment
Poe's Law
predatory open access journals
Project Alpha
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Protsch (von Zieten), Reiner
psychic
Pufedorf hoax
pyramid schemes, chain letters, & Ponzi schemes
Q
quack Miranda warning
Quadro Tracker
R
Rader, William C., M.D.
Raëlian
Rama
Rampa, Lobsang
Ramtha
Rath, Matthias
Rivas, Catalina
Roswell
S
Sai Baba
Satanic ritual abuse
shroud of Turin
Simpson, Rick (hemp oil cures cancer)
Soal-Goldney experiment
Sokal hoax
Steve Terbot hoax
T
Trudeau, Kevin
Trump University
U
UFOs
Urantia Book
V
vaccine conspiracy
Velikovsky, Immanuel
W
Andrew Wakefield
Y
Yellow Bamboo
Other Sources
Clever Irrationality by R. Carroll
My review of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. The authors consider conspiracy theories to be examples of cogntive pareidolia or apophenia
Recommended Reading
Abanes, Richard. End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1998).
Camp, Gregory S. Selling Fear: Conspiracy Theories and End-Times Paranoia (Baker Book House, 1997).
Hofstadter, Richard. 1964. The Paranoid Style in American Politics. Harper’s Magazine, November. Some things never change. Forty-five years ago, the paranoid right planted the seeds that continue to produce a parade of parrots.
Judson, Horace Freeland. (2004). The Great Betrayal : Fraud in Science. Harcourt.
Keene, M. Lamar. The Psychic Mafia (Prometheus, 1997).
McConnachie, James and Robin Tudge (2008). The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories 2 Rough Guides.
Randi, James. The Faith Healers (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1987).
Randi, James. Flim-Flam! (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1982)
Randi, James. The Truth about Uri Geller, (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1982)
Ronson, Jon. 2002. Them: Adventures with Extremists. Simon & Schuster.
Stein, Gordon. Encyclopedia of Hoaxes (Prometheus, 1993).
Stein, Gordon. Hoaxes!: Dupes, Dodges & Other Dastardly Deceptions (Visible Ink Press 1995).
Swierczynski, Duane. The Complete Idiot's Guide To Frauds, Scams, and Cons (Alpha Books 2002).