''Conspiracy Files'' is a 2006

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Episodes

(in chronological order) # ''

JFK Assassination John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...

'': A bullet's bizarre trajectory. A grassy knoll. A suspect shot to death just two days after a president's assassination. Was it a plot by a national or international agency: the CIA, the

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, the

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? Find out who had the most to gain—and to lose. This episode was reported to be based on information in the book ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' by Lamar Waldron. # ''Secret History of

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of Jesus faked? Did he have children? This conspiracy, suggesting a direct

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from the Son of God, has had profound effects through the centuries and has been linked to the most creative thinkers and artists in history. # ''

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'': It has all the makings of a government plot, and in this case, it happens to be true. The CIA did perform experiments with

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as a mind-control agent. But conspiracy theorists insist it was on a much larger scale than officials ever admitted. # '' Roswell'': Venture sixty years into the past to examine the body of Roswell evidence. Hear the stories of civilians whose lives were changed by what they saw and of military men who may have been ordered to cover-up what they knew.

References

External links

Discovery Times: ''Conspiracy Files'' schedule

CTV Media Conspiracy Files press release
- more detailed descriptions of the episodes
TV Guide: ''Conspiracy Files''
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