The Lost Princess

On the night of July 16^th, 1918 the Russian Royal Family was brutally and unnecessarily murdered. The family of seven consisted of Tsar Nicholas II, the crowned Queen Alexandra, their only son and heir Alexei, and the four grand duchess Titania, Olga, Maria and Anastasia. History tells the story of the royal family being herded into a small room in the basement of their mansion, where twelve gunmen shot and killed off Russia’s royal family. However, there were many complications that occurred while the murders took place. Russian records explain that the small room were the murders took place quickly filled with smoke from the continual gun fire. Each of the twelve gunman had a specific target of the royal family to kill, for efficiency purposes. After each gunman fired several shots at their specific target the fire ceased and the door to the room was opened to let out the smoke. As the air cleared, to the gunmen’s shock, some of the girls sat up and began screaming. Shots were again fired and the screaming of the girls continued. Records explain that the gunmen were ordered to bludgeon the girls to death with their rifles. That is where the story ended.

However, after the assassination of the Royal Family rumors began surfacing around Russia that one daughter survived. Popular belief claims that it was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, Anastasia Romanov. 

In 1982, in a woods in Siberia, the bones of the Tsar and his family were found. The rumors of Anastasia's miraculous survival were fueled further because two bodies were missing; the Tsar’s son Alexei's body was missing along with one of his daughters.

              Throughout the years since the murder of the Romanov family, many women have claimed to be the grand duchess Anastasia. Unlike most of the claimants one of them didn’t attempt to chase the throne of Russia. This women lived out her life in fear and only told her relatives about her extraordinary story. This women has since passed and her relatives now believe that the time is right to share the truth behind her life. Now forensic scientists have the technology to examine her bones and find out if she is in fact Anastasia Romanov, the Grand Duchess of Russia.

              Before we look at the claims, we should first examine what happened on the night of the assassination.

Russia was in the middle civil unrest in 1918. The people of Russia looked to the royal family for help, however the Tsar didn’t do much in the way of helping. The Bolsheviks led by Yakov Yurovsky, were in charge of assassinating the royal family. The Bolsheviks were a group of people in Russia trying to overthrow the monarchy. So they devised a plan to get rid of the royal family. Yurovsky told the Tsar that fighting had broken out in nearby areas, so to insure the safety of his life as well as his family’s, they were to wait in the basement. Then, Yurovsky told the royal family that the people of Moscow believed that they were dead and to re-insure the people the family was alive and well he would take their picture and send it back to Moscow as proof. As the family lined up to take the false photograph, the twelve gunmen marched into the room. Yurovsky read a death sentence to the Tsar and his family and the shooting commenced. Like I stated in the beginning, the gunmen fired so many shots the room quickly filled with smoke. Eye witness of the assassination said that the bullets bounced off the girl’s bodies as the men began shooting. The royal family took many precautionary measures because of the war that was going on in their own backyard. One of those measures included lining each of the daughters and Queen Alexandria’s corsets with diamonds, pearls and rubies. This explains why the some of the daughters were still alive after the gun fire had ceased. After the men were certain that everyone was dead, the bodies were loaded up into a truck and driven to a nearby woods to be disposed of. This is where the stories begin to clash. The men try to figure out the easiest way to get rid of the royal bodies. They first try to burn the Tsar’s body however that proves to be difficult and tedious. A story comes from one of the gun men who was in charge of murdering the family. He claims the while the others were figuring out what to do with the bodies he witnessed Anastasia wake up in the bed of the truck. He states that he helped her out of the truck and told her to run away. Another story involves a witness of the crimes against the royal family. A women witnessed the gunmen attempting to get rid of the Tsars body. As the men were burning the body, she helped Anastasia out of the truck and led her to safety. Regardless if those stories are true or not, the fact is that there are two bodies that were not at the disposal sight and were still missing.

What happened to Anastasia Romanov? Did she meet the same fate as the rest as her family or did the Grand Duchess survive? To be continued…                     

The Greatest Disguise

              What on earth could be so important to keep secret that individuals who cross a red line will be shot on sight? Area 51 is the most mysterious, not so secret, secret location in the United States. Stories have been told, elaborated and conjured up about the military base in southern Nevada. Why is the base kept under lock and key? What could possibly be going on behind closed doors that the government doesn’t want citizens to know about? What on earth could be so important about Area 51? Maybe that’s just it, the answers don’t lie on earth. The answers are simply, out of this world.

              Chuck Clark is studying astronomy while juggling running from the government. Before the government was on to Clark, his studies began at a military base in southern Nevada, otherwise known as Area 51. Clark states that he stayed within the boundaries of the military base, however his house was raided by the FBI and the joint terrorist task force. Area 51 started in the 1950’s, but the government denied the existed of the base. Now they recognize it as an air force operating location. Area 51 cannot be found on any maps. The CIA has funded certain projects the base conducts since the late 50’s. Chuck claims that the base is used to create a series of air crafts that have no congressional oversight. He also states that he has witnessed multiple firers being stared inside the boundaries of the base, although he doesn’t know what was being burned. Chuck knew five men who worked inside of the base that also lived in Rachel, the nearest town to Area 51. Out of those five men, only one is alive today. The other four men died around ages fifty to sixty years old. Many of the widows have spoken out and demanded answers in their husbands early and unknown deaths.

              Michael Chrat believes that Area 51 holds a more sinister and harmful secret than any extraterrestrial being could possess. He believes that the base isn’t home to aliens but to technology that is beyond imaginable. Chrat claims that huge technological advances have been made in the last fifty years that would even put Star Wars to shame. The crafts and machines that are being constructed have zero oversight and no boundaries. He shows computer generated forensic composite demonstration of a lighter than air vehicle, otherwise known as a Neutral Buoyancy Craft. He also shows images of and F19 craft, which most of the time is reported as a UFO. Also he shares that the SuperStall is a vehicle that has the capability of taking off vertically. Chrat has dozens of other crafts that are just as mind blowing and “out of this world” as they come.    

              Could Area 51 be disguised as a military base to cover up alien air crafts? Or is the greatest disguise faking the alien conspiracy to cover up human technological advances that the world is not ready to behold?

To Be Continued…  

Plum Island

            Have you ever seen something that you couldn’t explain? Something that you have never seen before, and maybe something that you never want to see again? Plum Island has a dark history during the period of World War Two. Since then, the island has pretty much stayed off of the radar. However, several strange creatures have been found not far from the island. History is a great learning tool, the problem with history is that sometimes it repeats itself.    

Kenneth King is an expert on bio-warfare. He believes that a major bio-weapon threat is among us. There were 200 high containment facilities in 2001, now there are at least 1,356 facilities. These facilities are supposed to be used if there is a bio terror threat. However, King states that the facilities are very dangerous because proper precautions are not being followed.

              Plum Island is officially called Plum Island Animal Disease Center. The island is run by Homeland Security. They claim that the island is not used for biological weapons, however the government accountability office indicated a report in 2003 that they were doing a project for the department of defense to manipulate camel pocks so it would be similar to small pocks. Since then, there have been several outbreaks on the island itself. The Montauk Monster was found washed up on the shores of Long Island in July of 2008. The creature looked to be a mix between a sheep and a raccoon. Scientists couldn’t explain exactly what species the creature was. There was a second creature that washed up on the shore of Long Island not too long after the first. Many people believe that this creature was cross bread. This means that two animals were combined, in attempt to create one.

              In 1978 there was a serious accident on Plum Island. There was some type of screw up with the negative pressure system at the main laboratory. This caused a foot-mouth disease virus to spread out. There have been reports of contaminated raw sewage flushed into Long Island as well. Even after 911 there have been several serious outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. Experiments preformed on ticks are a big issue at Plum Island. Scientist inject ticks with different diseases. This practice started during World War Two, as an alternative on eliminating the Jews. This practice is said to still be performed today. People believe that the infected ticks are the reason behind lime disease. Because of this speculation people demanded to see the records of the ticks, dating back to Work War Two; they were told that no such records existed. Doesn’t that sound strange? It is standard procedure for the government to record everything. Also the Nazi party is known to have keep unbelievable records throughout World War Two. It seems very convenient that there are no records or traces of the ticks.

              Plum Island is not only a dangerous facility, it is also frightening. The idea that a disease could get out of containment so easily is scary. Some people speculate that this will be the cause of a catastrophic event involving bio warfare. Others say that an event like the movie Contagion is bound to happen. The question isn’t whether it will happen or not, it’s whether the contagion is by accident or if there is a more sinister plot behind Plum Island.            

Reasoning

            Conspiracy theories often make me question and wonder about the past. I know that in the beginning it was just something to do; a form of entertainment I suppose. When the hook of the conspiracies started to deepen, I didn’t pull away. The questions and thoughts each new theory brought up really gave me a creative outlook on the possibilities of other alternatives. Conspiracy theories provoked me to question situations that don’t quite make sense. Parents hate that dreaded why question. Because of these theories, I have come to realize that asking the why questions are extremely important.

              Looking at all of the different theories and the possibility of reconstructing a different story than the one you may have been told to believe, is a very powerful idea. With each new conspiracy I have the power to control my ideas and opinions of each of the individual theories. I think when I started watching these conspiracies, I felt like I had control and power over my own decisions. When you start to realize that another person’s opinion doesn’t have to be the same as your own, you feel powerful. It’s a strange thing to describe, but that is the feeling I got when I started watching conspiracy theories.

              I was completely fixated by conspiracy theories. More often than not, the theories involved murder, scandal and tragedy. I wanted to believe that people were generally good; however I found out the exact opposite, people were sometimes evil. I think when you grow up in a relatively normal family, that life sometimes becomes boring. All of these stories had adventure and mystery. The people in them, typically lived thrilling lives. Even if the stories ended in tragedy, it was still an escape.

              I understand the importance of asking questions now. I want to find the truth; however most of the conspiracy theories cannot provide the truth. Conspiracy theories are the reason I decided to study journalism. It’s a pretty bold move to use an entertainment source to validate choosing a career path. I think that the knowing the truth is the most important thing in any sort of relationship. If I can help uncover the truth in any situation, I would be satisfied. Sometimes people think that a lie is a safer alternative to the truth; I don’t agree. A lie is a slow process that eventually becomes dissolved. Yes, the truth sometimes hurts, but the pain disappears and is quickly replaced with gratitude.                     

Marilyn Monroe

               Norma Jean Baker was born on June 1^st, 1926 in Los Angeles California. She grew up as an orphan due to the fact that her mother was mentally unstable and her father was unknown. Norma Jean was a lonely child searching for only one thing; love. She would spend her life searching for love, more specifically searching for a husband. Norma Jean connected love with men because that was the one thing missing throughout her life. But the world does not know her as Norma Jean. To the world she is known as, Marilyn Monroe.  

              Marilyn was, without a doubt, Hollywood’s most unforgettable starlit. She was put on the earth to act, but tragically, she was taken from the earth too soon. Marilyn died on Sunday August 5^th, 1962 at twelve o’clock in the morning. She was only thirty six years old. Her death brought on enormous amounts of speculation. Whether the speculation came from the uncertain details about her death, or the simple fact that she was so famous that she couldn’t possibly have committed suicide. She was a depressed movie star, sex symbol and lived a rather scandalous life however, that isn’t reason to believe suicide was her answer to get out.

              Sargent Jack Clemmons was the first officer to report to the scene of the crime in the early hours of August 5^th. When he arrived to Monroe’s home, at four thirty in the morning, three people were waiting for him, Marilyn’s internist Dr. Hymen Ingleberg, Dr. Ralph Greenist her psychiatrist and her housekeeper Unis Murry. When Clemmons originally interviewed the trio all three claimed that Unis Murry found Monroe just past twelve o’clock in the morning. He then responded with the question of why the three did not call police right away, instead they waited over three hours later. Clemmons claimed that not one of the three witnesses could answer him. 

He also was put off by the way Monroe’s body was found. She was found lying flat on her stomach in what officers call a soldiers position. Clemmons had, in his career, witnessed several overdose crime scenes. He said that individuals who overdose will end up in a crippled up position because usually with overdosing people expericnce convulsions or seizers. Monroe’s body appeared, to Officer Clemmons, to be staged. Soon after Officer Clemmons arrived, he was replaced by state troopers. When Monroe was examined by medical officials they found a large amount of sleeping pills in her system. Her death was ruled a probable suicide. Mainly because her suicide had probability. She had tried to commit suicide in the past and most of those attempts involved barbiturates. The unanswered questions were gaining speed; however, no corners inquest was ever conducted, no grand jury was forced to investigate and no eye witnesses were ever put under oath.

 The truth behind Marilyn Monroe’s death is long gone and buried. Her life was so grand and extraordinary, that people did not want to believe suicide was the cause of her tragic. The only truth we really know is the fact that Marilyn was hurting. She had been depressed and lonely for years. Her failed attempts of suicide were cries for help, the help she so longed to receive, came a little too late.               

Voices

            What if your thoughts were not yours? If our thoughts control our actions and our thoughts are not ours, then who controls our actions? People all around the United States claim to hear other voices inside their heads. Voices that do not belong to them; so who do these voices belong to? Maybe these people are crazy? Or maybe they have an undiagnosed mental illness? Regardless, the number of these claims are growing. People are claiming that their minds are being invaded. The invaders? The United States Government.

            Dr. Terry Robertson had an alarming number of patients who all complained about the same problems, voices in their heads. They claimed that someone was interfering with their minds and sometimes these patients even felt physical reactions when they were near microwave radio towers. These towers are a part of a mass communication system that were built for nuclear war. The towers are now linked to the conspiracy of mind invasion. Dr. Robertson believes that his patients might be subjected to physiotronic weapons and bio-communication technology. Most of the people Dr. Robertson sees are individuals that are very intelligent, over 50% have a college degree and 12% have post graduate degrees.

            These people who hear the voices are called T.I.’s, which stands for targeted individuals. In Pennsylvania there is a man named Harland Gerard who claims that these voices have been in his head for over 30 years. He says that he thinks the reason he is a targeted individual is because of remark he made about George H. W. Bush. He said that “If I can’t support the Reagan administration, then I certainly can’t support moving the head of the C.I.A. into the White House.” He stated this to a Republican Party official. Gerard then claims that right after he made that remark he heard all kinds of static in his head. He claims that every year the voices grow louder. Sebastian Saberountas, an Electronic and Magnetic Field Radiation Protection salesman, claims that in the past few years his business has increased. The reason behind the increase is because people are claiming that they are being targeted by the government. Sabrountas says that the people that make these claims are intelligent people. People who have written books and believe that is the reason they are being targeted. These people call him to ask about his products, which include just about anything you could think of. He sells hats, paints, underwear, anything that might help keep out electronic/magnetic waves.   

            Are these people really crazy? Do they hear voices because they were purposefully put there? Or is this an attention seeking issue? People say that the government is targeting them because of their comments and actions. Whatever the truth is, the realization that these people who claim to hear voices in their heads is saddening. Something is going on with them, whether that be self or government inflicted. I believe the voices are real, whether they belong to the government is up to you.             

Hidden in Plain Sight

              This post will be another theory, not a conspiracy theory. This post also includes prior knowledge of human evolution.  

To understand the depths of the creatures I am going to talk about we have to go back, way back. Have you ever heard of the Aquatic Ape Theory? This theory explores the idea that instead of our ancestors running away from the sea, they went further into it. As time passes, our ancestors evolve, they become less human and more aquatic. This transition takes millions of years of course, just as evolution of human history did. The idea behind this theory is simple; as the water raised some apes moved back towards the land, others, moved into the sea.

In 2010 a recording was found. This recording captured the sound of something scientists had never heard before. The scientists who found it, call it The Bloop. The most significant thing about the recording was the fact that the scientists detected dialog among the recordings. The creatures were communicating with one another, which is incredible. The scientists found a creature with smart enough intellect to communicate. Soon after the recording were found a massive beach whaling happened on the coasts. There was suspicion that the military was using sonar technology underwater and that was somehow affecting the sea life. During this time the scientists stumbled upon another astounding discovery; they found part of a body that washed up with the whales. This was unlike any other sea creature known. The body had a tale of that of a dolphin however there were huge differences in comparing this creature to any other aquatic animal known. They immediately thought of the recordings. The body they found was almost mistaken as a dolphin or a manatee. However, they discovered that the creature had webbed hands, and more importantly their hip bones were of that of our oldest ancestor; apes. These animals once stood up right and walked. Some refer to these creatures as mermaids. As scientists where piecing together the mysterious body, another strange occurrence happened. They found what looked to be a handmade spear. The spear was held together by seaweed and had carving on the sides. This information was extraordinary because there have been lost lasting fisherman tales that talk about boats catching already speared fish in the middle of the oceans. All of the pieces where coming together. There was a creature out there that human had not seen or heard of. This creature is intelligent, the creature can communicate and most importantly it can hide. As the scientists were closing in on the creature and trying to uncover the mystery, disaster struck. The U.S government took all of the findings and stated that the case was of national importance. The scientists were left with nothing except the recording. They were absolutely devastated and furious. The creature has stayed hidden for millions of years and does not want to found.

The Bloop has yet to be determined as a new species. Every piece of evidence found was taken by the federal government. The scientists who made these discoveries eventually gave up. They realized that anything they find would again, be confiscated. They also realized that whatever this creature was, does not want to be found. Humans do not co-exist with other animals well. We use, take and destroy animals. These creatures would be better off if they stayed hidden. Whether you believe that these creatures are mermaids or not is not the point. There is a creature out there that scientists are unaware of. The Bloop is the evidence for that. Whatever these creatures are, they do not want to be found.