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Paul Is Dead …Not!

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

How a Nation of Hysterical Teenagers and Respectable Journalists Was Duped Into Thinking Paul McCartney Was Dead, and Why

First published in The Epitaph, Volume 2, Number 1, January-March, 1996; reprinted in Implosion No. 6, and Paranoia: The Conspiracy Reader, Issue 15, Winter, 1996 / 1997. New material added 1998, 2002, and 2008.

In 1969, rumors of the death of Paul McCartney were, like those of Mark Twain’s demise, greatly exaggerated. Where the “Paul Is Dead” rumor began, no one knows for sure, but suddenly every Beatles fans was looking for clues that would reveal the “truth” about the obvious coverup. … Read more…

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