'Elvis Presley is alive' and 11 more conspiracy theories

In a post-truth world, conspiracy theories are aplenty - here are some of the most intriguing and bizarre out there

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JFK

In November 1963, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald, a former US Marine who defected to the Soviet Union before returning to the US, was accused of the crime but was shot dead before he could stand trial. But was he just a scapegoat? Did the real killers get away with murder?

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