The Cracked Podcast #28

Hey, did you know a group of America’s wealthiest business owners once tried to lead a military coup against the President? It sounds like something a lunatic would shout at you from a bus stop, but it actually happened while FDR was President. And did you hear about the time the U.S. Air Force bombed San Francisco with viruses just to see what would happen? Or the time when our government poisoned 10,000 Americans to death with tainted liquor? And of course there’s the time the Church of Scientology pulled off the largest intelligence breach in American history.

It’s easy to listen to the ranting of 9/11 truthers or watch insane videos about the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappearance and dismiss all conspiracy theories as pure strain crazy. But conspiracies happen — and on today’s podcast, Cracked editors Jack O’Brien, Soren Bowie and Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) try to sort out the difference between the crazy ones and the crazy real ones. Throw on your headphones and click play above.

This episode is sponsored by AMC’s Turn. Tune in for the premiere on Sunday April 6, 9/8c on AMC