CONSPIRACY’S GREATEST HITS
By Jacques Daviault
Jacques Daviault is a Montreal-based writer and art director with a curiosity that knows few bounds.
Paul McCartney and the death that never was Everyone loves a good conspiracy story. We may not
passing, I set out to collect the clues. I had to do my
believe them, but they are entertaining. To a point.
bit to ensure the truth would come out.
In this series we’ll walk through several of the best ones – some quite compelling and some laughable, all of them indicative of our need to explain the unexplainable.
HE BLEW HIS MIND OUT IN A CAR...
Apparently, on November 8, Paul had been arguing with his bandmates during a recording session at Abbey Road and summarily drove off in a huff – leading him to being decapitated in a fiery crash on the M1 in the wee hours of November 9.
According to legend, Paul McCartney died in 1966.
Here’s an explanation of what was born, took root and
How could I have known? I wasn’t part of the British
emerged. Enjoy it for all of its intricacies, intrigue,
Invasion. I was five years old. But once I learned of his
and the attempt to provide light in the darkness.
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