The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Theory

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08/09/19 • 70 min

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In our modern world, conspiracy theories are widely shared and circulated throughout the population. Most everyone has heard of at least one or two. One of the more popular ones revolves around the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. However, this is not the first time an assassination spawned theories. For this episode, we’ll be going back to the one that started it all. Hey, have you heard about the Lincoln assassination conspiracy theory? Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/hhyhapodcast/ Merch store: https://teespring.com/stores/hey-have-you-heard-about-2 ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO NCMEC Maddie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mads_elise/ Music: "Ripples" by Jennings Duncan. Find more of his music on Spotify and iTunes! Follow him on Twitter:https://twitter.com/JenningsDuncan/ Cover art by Brianne Powers. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hbpowerss/. SOURCES Biography. “Abraham Lincoln | Assassination Conspiracy | Biography.” YouTube, 15 April 2019. https://youtu.be/xDBqIzdWSaA. Brandenburg, Molly and Carter Roy, narrators. “The Lincoln Assassination.” Parcast Network, 17, April 2019. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lincoln-assassination/id1337195586?i=1000435127711. Brandenburg, Molly and Carter Roy, narrators. “The Lincoln Assassination.” Parcast Network, 24 April 2019. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lincoln-assassination-pt-2/id1337195586?i=1000436242228. Discovery. “What was the Lincoln Conspiracy?” YouTube, 15 April 2011. https://youtu.be/9EHEu_0gSas. Good News Network. "When Animal Shelter Uses Area 51 Internet Meme to Appeal for Adoptions, They Are Flooded With Support." Goodnewsnetwork.org, 23 July 2019. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/animal-shelter-uses-area-51-meme-to-get-dogs-adopted/.

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FINAL THOUGHTS: Elisa Lam

Thank you to BlurryBigfoot for sharing your theory with me! You can find it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/c49zqw/the_simplest_elisa_lam_theory_bear_with_me/. Body Language video: https://youtu.be/WpJofxcAmnU. Sorry about the audio in this episode! I have my mics packed up and ready to move so I had to record through my phone. Next episode will sound a lot better. Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/hhyhapodcast/ Merch store: https://teespring.com/stores/hey-have-you-heard-about-2 ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO NCMEC Maddie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mads_elise/ Music: "Ripples" by Jennings Duncan. Find more of his music on Spotify and iTunes! Follow him on Twitter:https://twitter.com/JenningsDuncan/ Cover art by Brianne Powers. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hbpowerss/.

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H. H. Holmes

Chicago, 1893. The World Fair is open and the city is bustling with millions of tourists from around the globe. Each looking and praying to find a cheap place to stay for the festivities. While some get to live comfortable, some, unfortunately, fall prey to one of the most sadistic and prolific serial killers the United States have ever know. Hey, have you heard about H. H. Holmes? Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/hhyhapodcast/ Merch store: https://teespring.com/stores/hey-have-you-heard-about-2 ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO NCMEC Maddie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mads_elise/ Music: "Ripples" by Jennings Duncan. Find more of his music on Spotify and iTunes! Follow him on Twitter:https://twitter.com/JenningsDuncan/ Cover art by Brianne Powers. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hbpowerss/. SOURCES “H. H. Holmes.” Crime Museum, crimemuseum.org, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/. Corbin, McKinley. “For the First Time Ever, Canadians Use Crowdfunding to Buy Up Land For New Protected Public Park.” Good News Network, Good News Network, 3 Sept. 2019, https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canadians-crowdfund-purchase-of-new-public-park/. Garau, Annie. “Inside the Incredibly Twisted Murder Hotel of H. H. Holmes.” All that is Interesting, allthatisinnteresting.com, 29 April 2017, https://allthatsinteresting.com/hh-holmes-hotel. Jenkins, John Philip. “H.H. Holmes.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes. Martin, John Bartlow. “The Master of the Murder Castle.” Harper’s Magazine, Harper’s Magazine Foundation, December 1943, https://harpers.org/archive/1943/12/the-master-of-the-murder-castle/2/. Last Podcast on the Left. “H. H. Holmes Part I, II, III.” The Last Podcast Network, 10, 19, 26 Nov. 2015, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-200-h-h-holmes-part-i-the-horrid-meat/id437299706?i=1000356901195.