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Conspiracies

This directory contains all unproven theories of world-domination, secret projects, alien abductions, and so forth. While many are paranoid, it must be admitted that some theories once thought fanciful have, in the age of superhumanity, been proven accurate beyond our once wildest dreams.

Secret Cult Bids for World Domination

With the millennium coming and going, hundreds of strange little cults came to surface, each with their own wacky belief in how the world was going to end and how to control it, prevent it or -- worse yet -- bring it about. Not to mention the pervasive cults that have been around for decades: the Moonies, the Krishna, you name it. Most of them just want to control your pocketbook, but who knows? Maybe some of them want something more.

Secret Freemason Bids for World Domination

Almost since their inception, the Freemasons have been a favorite target for conspiracy nuts.

No one except the Freemasons are exactly sure what the Freemasons do. They are a woldwide fraternal organization, whose members share a common belief in a Supreme Being (although not necessarily the same Supreme Being among all members). They are an esoteric society, and keep much of their rituals secret, but are also responsible for civic behavior and charity.

No one is exactly sure where the Freemasons come from. Various sources alleged them to be any and all of the following: an outgrowth of the medieval guilds of stonemasons; descendants of the "Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem" (the Knights Templar); offshoots of ancient mystical schools; the administrative arm of the Priory of Sion; the evolved descendents of the Roman Collegia; the Comacine masters; and/or the intellectual descendants of Noah. Much less accepted, although most likely more accurate, is that the Freemasons date back only to the late 17th century in England, and have no real connections to earlier organizations.

Do they rule the world? It seems unlikely.

Secret Mutant Bids for World Domination

The number of emerging superheroes and supervillains seems to be dramatically on the rise lately. Where are they all coming from? Is some malevolent force behind it all? Some benevolent cosmic force? Or are they all just a freak of evolution? Is non-superpowered humanity doomed for the path of the neanderthal?

Government Genetic Mutation Programs

One favorite conspiracy theory is that various world governments are sponsoring black-ops projects to try to fully understand the genome that creates superpowers and create their own superhumans.

While it is possible that some of the superhumans and supervillains claim their genesis in various chemical or scientific accidents, no secret projects of this nature have been proven to exist.

Natural Disaster = Mutants

The world seems more and more certain that not only do genetic mutations exist -- as long-term fallout from scientific accidents at the very least -- but that they are more beneficial than previously realized. Moreover, crises and periods of intense stress do have a tendency to bring laten superpowers to the surface. To date, this has not led to any known instigation of disaster in an attempt to create superbeings, but it is probably only a matter of time.

As an example of this train of thought, the following appeared in Britain early in 2005, showing a drastic deviation from conventional thought about nuclear accidents:

Secret Nazi Bids for World Domination

Ever since the end of World War II, rumors have circulated wildly about rogue, active pockets of Nazi troops and scientists who moved their bases underground -- according to some rumors, quite literally -- and continued working toward the Fourth Reich.

Some sources argue that they are trying to breed genetic supersoldiers, while others allege that they have indeed frozen Hitler's brain and are building it a new cyborg body.

This topic is particularly in vogue right now. However, it must be admitted that neofascism does seem to be on the rise again.

Secret Ninja Bids for World Domination

Everyone knows that the ancient art of ninjitsu is alive and well in the 21st Century. Why, even now, there could be shadowy clans in far off Tibet or Katmandu, practicing their arts on an unsuspecting world in a bid for, well, world domination. Because ninjas are like that.

Secret Russian Bids for World Domination

Whacked-out fundamentalists like Jack Van Impe claim that the Cold War never ended, that the "collapse" of Communism was nothing more than a carefully orchestrated sham to catch the United States off-guard.

While it's true that Russian spetznaz are still active, they appear to be no more so than similar special forces of the United States, China, Britain, and so forth.

ProsVyat

ПроÑ?Ð’Ñ?Ñ‚ (ProsVyat, short for Project Svyatogor) is believed to be a secret Russian genetics project designed to understanding and manipulating the genomes that control superhuman powers.

Some conspiracy theorists argue that nuclear accidents such as the one that happened at Chernobyl were cover-ups for more sinster behavior.

Spetznaz

Spetznaz (Ñ?пецназ) is shorthand for ВойÑ?ка Ñ?пециального назначениÑ? [Voiska spetsialnogo naznacheniya], Russia's special purpose units. Ironically, Russians use the term to refer to special forces of all countries.

Spetznaz are known to have carried out all sorts of secret missions in peacetime and wartime. Most infamous, perhaps, was the assassination of Afghanistan's president in December 1979. They may operate under the direction of the KGB, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Ministry of Interior (of the police) MVD, and or the military intelligence service GRU.

Although America's CIA and FBI still top most conspiracy theorists' lists when it comes to nefarious underhanded dealings in darkened backrooms, spetznaz operations aren't very far behind. They are widely believed by conspiracy theorists to have their own agenda when it comes to genetic manipulation, including removing any perceived threats from competitors.

As with all governments, the spetznaz have been accused of having their own super-stealth black helicopters, usually referred to as Black Marias (mah-rye-ahs). Ironically, the Russian term for them is черный ворон, literally "black ravens," and the term itself originated from a 19th-century American slang term for police vans. During the Stalinist era, the phrase migrated over to Russia and caught popularity.