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5 of the craziest Beatles conspiracy theories

by Sam Sutherland

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There’s a swamp full of Beatles craziness out there. Here’s the five crazier conspiracy theories surrounding the greatest rock band of all time™.

The “Aquarian” Conspiracy: The Beatles “were pumped up and used by the Illuminati (in particular, the mysterious Tavistock Institute) to introduce soft drugs among middle class American youth.”

The Fib Four: For years, record collectors desperately sought to prove the existence of four unreleased Beatles songs supposedly being kept secret by Apple. But then some kid admitted he made it all up. But then a bunch of people still didn’t believe him.

Sgt. Pepper is about Satan: “It was 20 years ago today…” that Aleister Crowley died!

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the occult: Transcendental Meditation was used to influence elections and something something about Mormonism?

Destroying Michael Jackson: After the failure of Invincible, the King of Pop became convinced the music industry and the Beatles were trying to ruin him for breaking their sales records (with his earlier, good albums).