iParticipate Nine

For this blog post, I picked up a copy of Time Life Magazine, and it was a special issue on "History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories." Surprisingly enough (I suppose because it was a special issue) there were no ads in this magazine. It was full of stories, though, with interesting photographs. The contents were divided into sections, with "A Conspiracy Primer" as the first heading, with stories about conspiracy theorists. The second heading was "Scapegoats and Subversives," with stories ranging from witches to spies. The third heading was "What do the Feds Have to do With It?" with stories about governmental conspiracy theories. The final heading was "The Unfriendly Skies and Beyond," with stories about aliens and the moon landing.

The photographs in this issue were interesting, from a full two page spread of the back of a dollar bill with diagrams describing each component of the design, to a photo of Adolph Hitler, to a close up of JFK and his wife on the fated day he was assassinated. Photos of alien beings, the warning sign outside of Area 51, and of the Apollo 11 team on the moon round out the magazine.

The news photos in this issue of Time Life are definitely related in one way: they are about conspiracy theories. The lack of ads is perplexing, but again, I assume it is because this was a special edition.