A myth promoted by antivaxxers claims that an experimental vaccine was the main cause of pneumonia in patients with the 1918 influenza. This can’t be true as the vaccine was based on different bacteria than those found in the patients.
Category: Conspiracy

Debunking Fall Cabal by Janet Ossebaard – Parts 6-10
In parts 6-10 of her Fall of the Cabal video series Ossebaard mixes other conspiracy theories with Q-mythology. It gets even more far fetched and in the end reads like science fiction.

Debunking Fall Cabal by Janet Ossebaard – Part 5
Part 5 of the Fall Cabal series is mostly about #PizzaGate. It was removed by YouTube. Ossebaard just rehashes all QAnon nonsens that has been debunked a long time ago.

Debunking Fall Cabal by Janet Ossebaard – Part 4
Ossebaard rehashes criticism on Hillary Clinton that originated from Wikileaks and fake news websites, eagerly spread via pro-Trump QAnons. And she claims that Hollywood is a den full of pedophiles. Don’t ask her about her sources ….

Debunking Fall Cabal by Janet Ossebaard – Part 3
Part 3 of the Fall Cabal series deals with the migrant caravans of Central America. According to Ossebaard these were organised by anti-Trump forces and financed by George Soros.

Debunking Janet Ossebaard’s COVID-19 video series
Dutch cropcircle enthousiast and ufo believer Janet Ossebaard made a video series on the crisis cause nu the outbreak of coronavirus. It is full of lies and conspiracy theories that are easily debunked.

Debunking Fall Cabal by Janet Ossebaard – Part 1
Fall Cabal is a YouTube series made by Janet Ossebaard propagating the Qanon conspiracy theory. Already millions of people have watched it. The sometimes shocking claims made in the series are easily debunked. however.

Poll shows 0.9 per cent of Dutch people believe the Earth is flat
Dutch newspaper Trouw set out a poll, in collaboration with Kieskompas, to investigate the belief in several conspiracy theories. One of the results they reported is that ‘almost one per cent of the Dutch, 0.9 per cent to be exact, think that the Earth is not round, but flat.’ This would amount to about 150.000 […]

Conspiracy Playlist on Spotify
A playlist on Spotify with all kinds of songs that have a link with conspiracy theories. Suggestion are welcome!

Sued by Willem Middelkoop over a review of his book Patronen van Bedrog (‘Patterns of Deception’)
On 12 June 2018, I published a book review of Patronen van Bedrog, a book written by Willem Middelkoop and Tim Dollee. The title translates into Patterns of Deception. In this review (published on Kloptdatwel.nl) I argue that this is not a very good book, to say the least. It repeats conspiracy theories thrown up […]