An examination of two conspiracies that actually happened, in contrast to many conspiracy theories that are unsubstantiated. Conspiracies obviously happen -- and this video looks at two of them -- but this doesn't mean your pet conspiracy theory is legitimate. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceLiteracyChannel/ Twitter page: https://twitter.com/SciLiteracyChan SOURCES: 1:15 : Source: Meyer, Lawrence. “John N. Mitchell, Principal in Watergate, Dies at 75.” The Washington Post. 10 Nov 1988. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/stories/mitchobit.htm 1:32 : Simkin, John. “Alfred C. Baldwin”. Spartacus Educational. Sep 1997 (Updated Aug 2014). http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbaldwinA.htm 1:42 : Pear, Robert. “WATERGATE, THEN AND NOW; 2 Decades After a Political Burglary, the Questions Still Linger”. The New York Times. 15 Jun 1992. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/15/us/watergate-then-now-2-decades-after-political-burglary-questions-still-linger.html 1:52 : Hosansky, David. “Eyewitness to Watergate: A Documentary History for Students”. Chapter: “Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, May 5, 1973: Watergate: Traumatic Week for the Administration.” SAGE Knowledge. 2007. http://sk.sagepub.com/cqpress/eyewitness-to-watergate 2:30 : “Document for August 9th: Richard M. Nixon’s Resignation Letter, 08/09/1974”. National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=809 2:48 : Greenberg, David. “The Unsolved Mysteries of Watergate”. The New York Times. 5 Jun 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/weekinreview/the-unsolved-mysteries-ofwatergate. 3:05 : ibid 3:22 : Swan, Robbie. “Was sex the motive for the Watergate break-in?” The Telegraph. 16 Jun 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/9334804/Was-sex-the-motive-for-the-Watergate-break-in.html 3:30 : Files, John. “Prostitution Allegations Surface in a Congressional Bribery Case”. The New York Times. 30 Apr 2006. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/washington/prostitution-allegations-surface-in-a-congressional-bribery-case.html?mcubz=3 Marsh, Bill. “IDEAS & TRENDS; When Criminal Charges Reach the White House”. The New York Times. 30 Oct 2005. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E7DF1F3FF933A05753C1A9639C8B63 4:05 : “CIA v. Sims, 471 US 159 - Supreme Court 1985”. Supreme Court of United States. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?q=471+U.S.+159&hl=en&as_sdt=2,33&case=16297847318525168348&scilh=0 5:06 : “Project MKUltra, The CIA’s Program of Research in Behavioral Modification”. The Black Vault. 3 Aug 1977. http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mindcontrol/hearing.pdf 5:28 : Knight, Peter. “Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, Volume 2”. ABC-CLIO. 2003. P. 490. 6:07 : “History's greatest conspiracy theories”. The Telegraph. 19 Nov 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/16/historys-greatest-conspiracy-theories/project-mk-ultra/