Introduction 1
Part I: Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies: The Improbable Wedded to the Inscrutable 7
Chapter 1: Everything You Know Is Wrong 9
Chapter 2: Conspiracism and the Origin of Modern Conspiracy Theories 19
Chapter 3: Building the Perfect Beast: Secret Societies through the Ages 33
Part II: A Colossal Compilation of Conspiracy Theories 45
Chapter 4: Everybody Knows About It: The World’s Most Common Conspiracy Theories 47
Chapter 5: JFK and Other Presidents: The Conspiracies Behind the Guns 67
Chapter 6: The World Ends Monday — Racial, Religious, and Apocalyptic Conspiracies 95
Chapter 7: Not of This Earth: Innocent Pawns in an Intergalactic Imbroglio 117
Chapter 8: Tracking the Evolution of the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 137
Part III: Secret Societies and Societies with Secrets 157
Chapter 9: The Freemasons: The World’s Longest-Running Secret Society 159
Chapter 10: Rosicrucians and the Evolution of Occult Secret Societies 183
Chapter 11: The Illuminati: The Bavarian Boogeymen 207
Chapter 12: Secret Societies of Terror and Death 219
Chapter 13: Frolicsome Fraternalism and Nefarious Foes of Freedom 249
Chapter 14: Thugs, Mugs, and Lugs: The Mafia and Other Underworld Societies 267
Chapter 15: Banks and Super Committees: Knowing All, Owning All, Controlling All 297
Part IV: The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 16: Ten Conspiracy Theories That Skirt the Edge of Madness 317
Chapter 17: Ten Conspiracies That Were Absolutely True 329
Chapter 18: Ten Weirdest Secret Societies of All Time 343
Index 351
Christopher Hodapp is also the author of The Templar Code For Dummies and a Freemason who has traveled extensively reporting on global Masonic practices. Alice Von Kannon is an author and historian.
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