Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? New research shows which conspiracies people believe in and why
- Written by Mathew Marques, Lecturer in Social Psychology, La Trobe University

The Apollo moon landings were faked, Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone to assassinate JFK, governments are hiding the existence of UFOs.
These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable number of people agree with. But little research has investigated “homegrown” conspiracy theories in...