History knows many real events that were either not believed or tried to be explained by something other than the actual reasons. In other words, quite a few conspiracy theories have turned out to be true. In the following text, I will briefly present some such cases. I would like to make a reservation that I absolutely do not urge you to believe in every bizarre theory and do not urge you to reject them a priori. I only encourage you to consider each doubt yourself, avoiding the unreflective assumption of someone else's judgment.
The term "conspiracy theory" is colloquially and quite contemptuously defined as explaining various events by the action of third forces, other than the most likely in a given situation. Meanwhile, even ordinary life experience shows many times that what is most probably does not have to be true, and often correct turns out to be the most breakneck explanation. It also happens that an amazing story has its source in a hard fact that simply becomes gossip over time. To all this, it should also be added that ridiculing a theory may constitute deliberate disinformation carried out by these third forces, wishing to hide their actions.
Agent Lenin
Around 1915, the German government saw clearly that the country was doing poorly in waging a war on two fronts. Despite the enormous possibilities of the German Empire and its allies, such a conflict could end very badly, especially with gigantic Russia, which seemed to have endless resources. Therefore, it was decided that Russia should be eliminated, and as it was unlikely to be defeated militarily, a measure proven in many wars was used, that is, invoking a revolt in the enemy's territory. Russia was perfectly suited for this - not only had it experienced a period of internal unrest since at least 1905, but also as a "prison of nations" it had plenty of potential trouble spots in the form of enslaved countries. All that was needed for this keg of gunpowder was a fuse and a spark.
A strong opposition group of the Bolsheviks and their leader, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who used the literary pseudonym Lenin, who had been in exile for many years, were perfect for this. The Bolsheviks, unlike the orthodox Marxists, showed a great fascination with Jacobin methods, that is, bloody coup and terror. Can you imagine a better tool of diversion in the country of a formidable enemy? No wonder German intelligence had contacted Lenin as early as 1915, but then it was refused.
Unsuccessful investment
A new situation was created by the February 1917 revolution and the resulting attempt to build a democratic system in Russia, which provided an opportunity for the Bolsheviks to seize power. This time Lenin agreed to the German proposal. The Reich authorities organized a trip for him and a large group of his associates from Switzerland to Russia, through Germany and Sweden. After Lenin's arrival, as early as July 1917, an armed uprising by the Bolsheviks was suppressed by the new Russian authorities, bearing many of the hallmarks of the classic "battle reconnaissance".
Apparently, the reconnaissance was fruitful, because the coup of October (November) 1917 was already a complete success, going down in history as the October Revolution. However, the investment in Lenin turned out to be unsuccessful for the Germans, because although the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks really destabilized Russia and started the process of its withdrawal from the war, it did not go as smoothly as expected. To enforce peace, the Germans had to launch another offensive in the east in February 1918. Moreover, the Russian communists, on the other hand, began to aggressively agitate against the revolutionary forces in Germany, openly striving to destabilize this country and spark a proletarian revolt in it.
Another agent whose use had a different effect than expected was Adolf Hitler. After the end of World War I, while still in active service in the Reichswehr, Hitler was assigned to military intelligence with the task of influencing the soldiers and infiltrating the numerous political parties emerging in Germany at that time. In 1919 he was commissioned to infiltrate the German Labor Party (DAP) founded by Anton Drexler. Coming to her meetings, he discovered that the views presented there suit him immensely. So he became an active member of the organization, prompted his comrades to change the name to the National Socialist German Labor Party (NSDAP), designed a logo (swastika) for it, and after leaving the army in 1920, he became fully involved in politics and in 1921 he himself became the head of the NSDAP, starting her march for power.
American Medical Experiments
The secret medical experiments that the US government was supposed to conduct on its unaware citizens for many years constituted the flagship conspiracy theory, either ridiculed or inspiring the authors of thrillers and science fiction (including the series "From the X-Files"). And yet, at the end of the 20th century, the Bill Clinton administration officially admitted that reprehensible medical experiments had been carried out in the United States for many years.
Most of them took place during the Cold War years and concerning radiation and its effects on the human body, which was to prepare the country for nuclear war. When the details of these experiences are learned, the hair is spiked. In many medical centers, unaware patients were given plutonium and radium. Usually, people in serious conditions (for example, victims of car accidents) were selected in order to explain possible deaths due to more natural causes. There was also no hesitation in administering radium to pregnant women in order to study the effect of the isotope on fetal development. For research purposes, the inhabitants of the vicinity of nuclear tests were not specifically informed about the dangers of radioactive fallout. Military maneuvers were carried out during which normally equipped infantry set off to attack among fresh mushroom mushrooms.
The shocking experiments were not limited to issues related to radioactivity. For example, the town of Tuskegee, where the treatment of syphilitics was deliberately simulated in order to investigate the far-reaching effects of the disease, was made of dark fame.
Black Volga and black helicopters
In the times of the Polish People's Republic, the demonic black Volga was commonly threatened, into which innocent victims, especially children, were dragged straight from the street, and then sold for organs or blooded out of them. It would seem that it was a ghostly story, but nonsense, but it was born of a real event. In 1965, three-year-old Lilianna Hencel was kidnapped in Warsaw, and two women pretending to be distant relatives took her from her apartment on Grochowska Street. According to the testimony of the witness, the kidnappers and the child departed in a black Volga car. The police began a large-scale search, and the case was given great publicity, often mentioning the aforementioned Black Volga. Everything ended well, little Lilka returned to her parents safe and sound, but the black Volga made its way into the social consciousness, becoming an element of the urban legend. Probably an important role in this was played by the fact that the car was used by the security service - looking from this side, people were actually disappearing due to the black Volga.
In the United States, the role of such a demonic vehicle is played by black helicopters, as noiseless as vampires, invisible against the night sky, and used by secret government organizations in the implementation of various conspiracies, including, of course, kidnappings. Indeed, American special forces have helicopters of this color, including the 160th Special Operations Air Regiment, which uses them to operate in the US territory, especially in densely populated areas. Black painted machines are equipped with night vision devices, which allows them to operate at night without the use of lighting.
The wraiths from the ambulance
The Lodz (Poland) "skin hunters" scandal is an example that a true story may turn out to be so ghastly that it might seem that only the mind of a horror film writer can reveal it. For at least a decade, ambulance workers in the big city have deliberately and perhaps massively killed their patients, only so that selected funeral directors could bury them for a pre-arranged bribe.
In addition, those people who, after all, are entrusted with life and health in dramatic moments, are killed extremely cruelly, administering a muscle relaxant that made the paralyzed but conscious victim suffocate, unable to breathe. Paramedics, doctors, and dispatchers were involved to a greater or lesser extent in the ghostly practice, colloquially known as the "leather trade". There were many indications that there were murders on a huge scale. At one point in the investigation, as many as five thousand suspected deaths were investigated!
In the end, only five murders were proven in Łódź, but still five too many. Stories of ambulance workers (from different cities) not saving or killing the sick in exchange for money from funeral homes have circulated for years, but are most often laughed at as "conspiracy theories." It was only in 2001 that the record use of Pavulon, a dangerous muscle relaxant, noticed by the director of the emergency service in Łódź, led to the trial of the crime. The director notified the police, an investigation was launched ... and the terrible, unbelievable rumors turned out to be true.
Reptilians?
As you can see, taking something thoughtlessly for the good or bad coin can be risky, to say the least, especially if it doesn't seem like complete nonsense at first glance (like stories of a reptilian conspiracy, for example). Sometimes, ignoring an unbelievable story can lead to unbelievable tragedies. It is worth knowing that during World War II, people did not believe in the existence of extermination camps for a long time, despite the dramatic reports from German-occupied Europe.
The stories of industrial plants where prisoners are massively selected and killed using industrial methods, parts of the corpses are disposed of, and the remains of the bodies are burned in furnaces as waste seemed too ghastly to be true. It was assumed that this was certainly an exaggeration, denigrating the Germans by the citizens of the conquered countries. The idea of committing war crimes by the Germans, but rather… conventional ones, was allowed. The death camps were not really believed until 1945 when American and Soviet soldiers began to encounter them. But then, in most cases, it was too late ...
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