We’ve all heard the theories – some far-fetched, some hauntingly plausible. Figures like Stanley Kubrick (died just after Eyes Wide Shut was delivered), Princess Diana (the “establishment murder” theory that refuses to die), and Gabriela Rico Jiménez (the Mexican model who claimed elites ate human flesh, then vanished into a psychiatric ward) are often cited as examples of inconvenient people being “silenced.”

But beyond these well-known cases – who else comes to your mind?

I’m asking for real names (or pseudonyms) of journalists, whistleblowers, artists, or public figures you suspect were killed, discredited, institutionalized, or otherwise erased because they knew too much or threatened powerful interests.

Bonus points if you can briefly say why you believe the official story doesn’t hold up.

  • StopTech@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    Jeffrey Epstein is obviously one of the biggest (by “suicide”) along with the lone gunman assassinations of JFK (and his alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and his brother RFK senior), MLK and Abraham Lincoln.

    Recent suspect suicides include former OpenAI employee and critic Suchir Balaji, Epstein victim Virginia Guiffre and Boeing whistleblowers Joshua Dean and John Barnett. There’s also a lot of wild speculation around Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

    Lesser known older deaths ones include Terrance Yeakey’s “suicide” (police officer independently investigating the OKC bombing) and Huey Long’s assassination/body guard accident (potential opponent to FDR for president).