The Virgin Queen

              There are many secrets that were buried along with Queen Elizabeth I, otherwise known as The Virgin Queen. Queen Elizabeth I never married and she didn’t produce an heir to take her place either. This post won’t be about a conspiracy just a couple of theories that may explain the reasoning behind Queen Elizabeth’s negligence to marry and not produce and heir to England’s thrown.

              Elizabeth ruled over England for forty four years and today we know this time period as England’s golden age. She was very successful in her political duties to the country but many historians are still puzzled about her disinterest in marriage. Many theories circulate, even today, behindnElizabeth and her disregard for marriage.

The small, quite village of Bisley claims to know the reason why Elizabeth never married. A legend has spread throughout the small village and it claims that Elizabeth has not a she, but a he. Young Elizabeth was staying in the village for a short period of time, while staying at Overcourt, a hunting village of her fathers, King Henry VIII, she was in the company of a young boy around her age. However Elizabeth, soon after arriving, fell very ill and died. Her caretakers were terrified because her father was due for a visit and they didn’t not want to be held responsible for the young girls’ death. According to the theory, the caretakers quickly came up with the idea of dressing up the young boy Elizabeth played with. This boy resembled the young princess in complexion and hair color and the swap would have been unrecognizable. Elizabeth was known for her man-like features and she was rather good at hunting and men sports. There are portraits painted of her that look manly rather than feminine. The Bisley boy theory does explain why Queen Elizabeth I avoided marriage, although it is a stretch, even for a theorist.

Another theory surrounding Queen Elizabeth I decision to never marry lies in modern science. Some people are born with a condition called Complete Androgen Sensitivity Syndrome. People who have this syndrome have both male and female sex organs, and when they are born they appear to have female genitalia. However, people with this condition do not have a uterus or ovaries instead they have undescended testicles. Queen Elizabeth I had certain characteristics that those who have this condition have, such as long hands and fingers. In paintings of her she always is presented to have extremely long fingers. Elizabeth strictly stated that her body was not to be embalmed for any reason when she died, which supports her reasoning for not wanting people to find out about her condition. Also Elizabeth wore very thick white face makeup and some suggest that it was to cover up stubble. She was known for wearing neck collars and that accessory could have been a tool to cover an Adams apple.

Queen Elizabeth I was one of the most influential rulers of England. She was a pioneer for women’s rights and could be called a modern day feminist because of her bold decision to rule without a husband. Her life and privet decisions produce many questions among historians today. Was The Queen really a woman? Or was she both a man and a women? Queen Elizabeth I died at age sixty nine and she took whatever secrets she had, with her when she died.

Life After Death

The British royal family has been an interest to the public for centuries. People cannot seem to get enough of what goes on during their daily rituals, future plans and their impending love interests. Another interest the public cannot seem to stop talking about is the extraordinary life and horrific death of Princess Diana. Her life was broadcasted to the world for years. She was someone who lived an extraordinary life however, Diana is more widely known because of her all too ordinary death. Diana died on August 31^st 1997. She, along with her romantic interest at the time, Dodi Fayed, were involved in a car accident that resulted in tragedy. People have speculated for years that Princess Diana was murdered. Many believe that her ex-husband, Prince Charles, was involved. Was Diana’s life cut short because of a fatal accident, or is there a more sinister plot surrounding the death of Princess Diana?

Diana was adored by the public. She had grown very popular in a very short period of time. People loved the relatable aspect of Diana. She didn’t pretend to be someone she was not, she acted as an ordinary person, which was considerably different compared to the rest of the royal family. Often times during public events Diana would out shadow her husband, Prince Charles. She stole the spotlight which didn’t seem to bother Charles, at least in the beginning. Charles soon began to feel almost unwanted in the public’s eye because Diana was receiving all of the attention. This, along with other problems, was a contributing factor in the royal couples divorce.

After the divorce, which was a devastating event in the public’s eye, Diana let the smoke blow over. She stayed out of the headlines and focused on her personal time to start over and begin a new life. Diana graced the headlines once again when she began a new romantic relationship with Dodi Fayed. Their relationship seemed to be moving at a rather fast pace, which was a concern to the royal family. There were engagement rumors surrounding the couple’s relationship. The royal family was supposedly not going to stand for the future king, Prince William’s, step father because he was a Muslim. Days before the crash, a letter said to be written by Diana, was sent to her former butler, Paul Burral, said that she had a suspicion that there was a plot to have her killed. Another strange occurrence happened on the night of December 31^st, there were reports that the driver of the vehicle, Henri Paul, was drunk behind the wheel. The French police released a statement that said Henri Paul was more than three times over the drunk drinking limit. However, only four days after that statement was released there was a press conference held and at the conference a security video was released. The footage was from the night of the crash that captured Diana, Dodi and their driver all in a hotel lobby, just moments before the crash occurred. In the footage, Henri Paul didn’t appear to be intoxicated what so ever. He seemed to be acting quite normal and this footage speculated even further questions of what really happened that night. Another disconcerting fact about the crash was that the ambulance took a reported two hours to arrive to the scene when the nearest hospital was only ten minutes away. 

There was also speculation that Diana was pregnant with Dodi’s child. Pictures had been taken that looked as if she could have been with child. A close friend of Diana’s confirmed that Diana herself had told him that she was pregnant. This information fuels the speculation that the royal family did have something to do with her death. It would give them more of a reason to get rid of Diana. The royal family would never accept a Muslim step brother for the young prince and the future king of England. Also if Diana was pregnant then it would be assumed that she and Dodi would get married. Which again was a problem that concerned the royal family.

              Diana was such a beloved women that was admired all around the world. Her death brought devastating news to all. Diana’s death was hard to accept, especially as just being an accident. Her face will be forever be linked to the conspiracy theories surrounding her death. Diana’s life story may be know my millions, however her death is know all around the world.

  

The Ship That Never Sank

              We all know the great love story of Titanic. The Titanic was called the unsinkable ship, people claimed that not even God could sink that ship. The ship hit an iceberg that caused too much damage to stay afloat. She sank into the Northern Atlantic Ocean only about 400 miles from Canada. Titanic split into to two halves due to immense pressure as the ship was being swallowed by the sea. The ship that was called unsinkable now lies at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in two pieces.

              

Or does it?

People say that Titanic was the greatest shipwreck of all time, but what if I told you that Titanic never left port on April eleventh. 

              Titanic had a sister ship called the Olympic. The Olympic was damaged in an accident and White Star Line, the company that owned both ships, couldn’t get insurance money for it. The Olympic was basically given a death sentence because of the damages she had received during the accident. White Star Line needed that insurance money because if they didn’t get it they would have gone bankrupt. Isn’t considerably ironic that the Titanic gave them just that, millions in insurance money. Theories are educational guesses that have a great deal of support. However they do not have facts, just support, which means they cannot be accepted as the truth until proof is given with facts. The great Titanic conspiracy theory is a combination of highly strange coincidences, claimed eye witnesses and certain facts that just don’t match up.

              Just before the launch of the Titanic in 1912 the Olympic was slowly starting to resemble the Titanic more and more. They were built as sister ships and created to look almost identical, with only a few minor differences. However, White Star Line was re-designing the Olympic just before the launch of the Titanic. Now why would White Star Line worry about the design aspects of the Olympic considering that the ship was damaged and needed a lot more attention than a design makeover? The Titanic had five port holes on the focsial deck, while the Olympic did not have the five port holes at the time of its launch. In the winter of 1911 the Olympic suddenly appeared with the exact same port hole arrangement as the Titanic. Also there are drawings of both ships after their accidents that show the impact points from the collisions Titanic and Olympic endured. Both ships have almost identical impact points in the drawings. Another eerie fact is that at the launch point were both ships were there is only one dry dock. The Olympic was brought in to have a propeller replaced. That task really should have only taken about two days, the Olympic was at the launching site for one week. The two ships were changing places in and out of the dry dock for a time period of about four days. Many people speculate that this is the moment when the ships were switched. The only things that would have needed to change in order for the ships to switch was rearranging the life boats and changing the name plates on each of the ships.

It is known that out of all of the crew members that sailed Titanic to South Hampton from Belfast only one of those men signed back on to go on Titanic’s maiden voyage. This information is very strange considering that there was a coal strike in Britain and many seamen were out of jobs. So the question is, why would those men willingly give up their jobs? Did they know about the switch, or at least have a pretty good idea that Titanic was never going to set sail for New York on April eleventh 1912? Not only did many of the crew members who built the ship not sign back on but many passengers cancelled their voyages only weeks before the Titanic was to set sail. There were fifty five cancellations, most of them being first class tickets. Also the owner of the ship, James P. Morgan cancelled his voyage as well. His reasoning was ill health, however a French reporter stated that only days after the Titanic set sail he spotted Morgan and his mistress on vacation and his health was not an issue or at least didn’t seem to be. 

The Olympic was to be switch and pose as the Titanic. Then during “Titanic’s” maiden voyage there was to be an “accident” that would provide insurance money to White Star Line and save the company from going belly-up.  Now the story goes that there was a plan to save all of the passengers aboard the Titanic after the accident. Morgan also owned a ship called the Californian. The Californian left the port of London rather quickly and the only explanation given was the ship had to be somewhere for an emergency. On board the Californian was very little people, however there was about three thousand wool sweaters and blankets. Why would a ship with no passengers and no cargo sail into the middle of the Atlantic? The ship was ordered to go at full speed until April fourteenth, when the captain ordered the ship to a stop. However if the plan was to have the Californian come to the rescue then sadly the plan was wreaked. (No pun intended) When the Titanic hit the ice berg Captain Smith swerved the ship and because of the swerve the Titanic was no longer headed in the same direction as the Californian. As the Californian sat and waited, the Titanic was sinking.    

All of this information adds up to support the theory of what would have been the greatest insurance scam in all of history. However the supposed insurance scam turned into a murder scene rather quickly. Titanic was said to be unsinkable, that statement may still may be true. Maybe the Olympic sunk on the night of April fourteenth and not the Titanic. Could all of these claims be true? Could the two ships, Titanic and Olympic really have been switched? People have argued for years about the truth behind the switch theory. The truth behind the real story however can only be found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Could the rusted ship at the bottom of the ocean really be the Olympic?

Truth can be a powerful tool, some people spend their whole lives trying to understand it, however very few find what they are searching for. Most of them drowned in their own ambitions.    

The Beginning of the End

I have discovered that I am often attracted to the mystery, death and conspiracy while watching documentaries or when I am reading a book. Something about the chase, the power that questions have as they pour out of my mind, draws me to these dark themes. I often find myself guessing the culprit or outcome of the story as it unfolds. The word conspiracy is defined as “a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful,” which again seems to reel me in as I think about the motives it takes to create such a conspiracy. Conspiracy theories are created by the unwillingness to believe the word of authorities or other persons involved. They are theories which means they cannot be accepted until proven true.

Documentaries are my addiction. I watch anything and everything, however my favorites involve conspiracy theories. Some of my favorites include, The Death of Marilyn Monroe, Titanic: The Great Depression Conspiracy, 911 Exposed, Fema Camp Coffins, The Conspiracy of Princess Diana’s Death, In Search of Our Lost Princess: Anastasia Romanov and Secrets of the Virgin Queen Exposed. The chills that run through my body as I watch such conspiracy theories are addicting just as much as they are scary. I agree that sometimes conspiracies can be outlandish, however if you think about it the dots align perfectly and the motives behind the events seem to benefit some specific people while destroying others.  

              From the very first time I watched a documentary on a conspiracy theory I knew I was hooked. I was in tenth grade and in my history class we were learning about the end of the Romanov rule over Russia. As I sat in class the story that was being told was not the same story I grew up hearing. You see one of my favorite childhood movies is Anastasia, however the endings didn’t match up. I wanted to find out more about the truth behind the ending of the Romanov dynasty. Thus began my addiction to not only documentaries and conspiracy theories, but to the truth.

              I began searching for answers, however those answers just led me to even more questions. With each new topic and story I slowly but peacefully began submerging myself into the theories. My mind wanted to make sense of the theories, but each one had a devastating and deadly (no pun intended) ending. I think my interest in death comes from the unfairness of life. The people involved in each of the conspiracies didn’t have the brightest of lives. Their lives, some may say, were ended for the better.

              I am interested in one thing, the truth. I want to find out what actually happened on all of those days that led to such devastation. As I watch more and more conspiracies I realize that I may never know the complete truth. I have to live with the conspiracy, or choose to create my own. Now, because I am such a nice person, I will drag you into the world of conspiracies as well. You too will be left to put the puzzle pieces together and try to make sense of each one of the stories and the truth that leads behind a trail of devastation.