The basic premise is Jesse and his team (Alex Piper, June Sarpong, and Michael Braverman) investigate all sorts of conspiracies. In season three, Ventura's son Tyrel Ventura and Sean Stone, (the son of director Oliver Stone), are part of the investigative team.
Although I really enjoyed the show, it definitely didn't present both sides of each issue. As with "Ancient Aliens" (where everything is caused by aliens), on "Conspiracy Theory" everything is caused by conspiracies. The show should be regarded as "entertainment" vs "informational".
There were 7 episodes in season 3 which originally aired in 2012. Episode overviews from Wikipedia are listed below (my notes are in italics):
| 301 (16) | "Reptilian" | November 7, 2012 |
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| Ventura looks into one of Time Magazine's "Top 10" ranked conspiracies – that some world leaders and other influential people are really shape-shifting lizard beings from another planet who are manipulating the world in human form. Tyrel and Shawn interview a self-proclaimed hybrid, while Jesse reviews video of alleged shape-shifting in progress, searches for a rumored alien base in Dulce, New Mexico, and finally interviews the man who popularized the conspiracy, David Icke. This one makes me laugh. I think its TOTAL BS. I did enjoy when Jessie corned David Icke. | ||
| 302 (17) | "Death Ray" | November 14, 2012 |
| Ventura looks into rumors that the government is using directed-energy weapon technology, not only for strategic missile defense, but as a tool for assassination and possible false flag operations. Ventura feels he's on to something when he learns numerous people involved in the project have died under mysterious circumstances, (including whistle-blower Fred Bell, who died two days after an interview), and a theory that a ray may have been used to disintegrate and collapse the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. A very thought provoking episode. People sometimes forget that Tesla invented a potential Death Ray 100 years ago. | ||
| 303 (18) | "Time Travel" | November 21, 2012 |
| Ventura investigates rumors that the government has developed secret time travel technology beginning with the Philadelphia Experiment and Montauk Project and that it has been used as a weapon to alter historical events. Later he meets Andrew D. Basiago, a man who claims that as a child, he was "chrononaut" working for his father at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on a DARPA experiment called "Project Pegasus" and was sent back in time to meet historical figures such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I will definitely give this one points for entertainment value. But if the government actually could do this, do you think they would entrust it to small children? The answer would be 'NO". And the guy that wanted them to visualize their bodies down to the cellular level as a way to time travel was too much. I would have left too. | ||
| 304 (19) | "Ozarks" | November 26, 2012 |
| Ventura looks into rumors that the elite are building fortified retreats and underground bunkers in remote areas of the country in preparation for a doomsday event. He travels to Ozark, Missouri to investigate the construction of an alleged 75,000 sq. ft., "single-family," fortified mansion owned by a satellite surveillance mogul and government defense contractor. Later, Ventura and his team are guided by a local informant to a massive underground warehouse facility, complete with railroad access, that is located in nearby Springfield, Missouri. Hmm, can anyone say preppers? | ||
| 305 (20) | "Skinwalker" | December 3, 2012 |
| Ventura looks into various corporations that are filling the void left by NASA and continuing space research and technology under private enterprise – some of which may be used to weaponize space. His leads focus him on billionaire aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow who purchased Utah's mysterious "Skinwalker Ranch" – a site with a long history of claims of paranormal activity, specifically UFOs, leading to rumors that Bigelow is reverse engineering his own alien technology. While Tyrell and Shawn have an unexplained encounter near the ranch, Ventura seeks answers from Bigelow himself. I had never heard of Skinwalker Ranch before so this was interesting. It also brought up some good points about what happens is space is not regulated/controlled in some way. | ||
| 306 (21) | "Manimal" | December 10, 2012 |
| Ventura looks into various alleged human-animal hybrid experiments, beginning with a ranch suspected of breeding animals with human organs used for medical research, and when slaughtered, could end up mixed with animals later processed for human consumption. Afterward he is led to the gates of Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where an animal rights crusader believes a real-life "Planet of the Apes" is being created by the government to secretly breed "humanzee" super-soldiers. | ||
| 307 (22) | "Brain Invaders" | December 17, 2012 |
| Ventura interviews a group of so-called "targeted individuals" (or "TIs") – people who claim that they are being manipulated and tortured by mind-control signals after they have spoken out against the government. He further looks into the technology that could be behind these attacks, such as microwave transmitting GWEN towers, and meets with insiders who claim to have worked on and developed the technology for the government that began with Project MKUltra. It's a fine line between being a victim of conspiracy and a crazy person. I don't doubt that the government does this to some degree but I don think they're wasting their time on some guy that didn't vote for who they wanted 10 years ago. | ||
Grade: 4 Monsters (out of 5). They don't remotely present both sides of the issues but its still great fun to watch. My favorite episodes in season 3 were "Time Travel" and "Reptilian". I'm hungry. Where'd I put those frozen rats?
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