Richard Nixon
Appears in 13 conspiracy theories
NASA Conspiracy & Cover-Up
Broad claims that NASA conceals evidence of extraterrestrial life, hides the true shape of Earth, stages space missions, and suppresses discoveries that would fundamentally alter human understanding.
CIA Overthrow of Allende — Chile 1973
Declassified documents confirm CIA and State Department under Kissinger worked to 'make the economy scream' and supported the 1973 military coup that killed democratically elected Salvador Allende.
The Petrodollar Theory
How the US dollar's reserve currency status is maintained through Saudi oil agreements — and whether nations that challenged it were targeted for regime change.
Bohemian Grove Secret Rituals
The Bohemian Grove is a real private retreat for elite men in California. Claims of occult rituals and shadow governance remain largely unsubstantiated.
London Gold Pool -- Confirmed Price Fixing
From 1961 to 1968, eight Western central banks secretly coordinated to suppress the gold price at $35 per ounce. When the scheme collapsed, it set the stage for the end of the gold standard and Nixon's 1971 decision to close the gold window.
OPEC Oil Embargo / Artificial Scarcity Conspiracy
Theories that the 1973 oil embargo was engineered not just as Arab retaliation but as part of a broader US-Saudi agreement to dramatically raise oil prices, strengthening petrodollar hegemony.
Operation CHAOS — CIA Domestic Surveillance
A confirmed illegal CIA program that collected files on 7,200 Americans and indexed 300,000 names — all because the Johnson and Nixon administrations refused to believe the antiwar movement wasn't run by Moscow.
Pentagon Papers — Government Vietnam Deception
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked a top-secret study proving four presidents systematically lied about the Vietnam War. The government tried to stop publication. The Supreme Court said no.
Petrodollar System / Oil-Dollar Monopoly
Examining the theory that the US dollar's global dominance is maintained through a secret 1973 deal requiring oil to be priced in dollars, enforced by American military power.
Prison-Industrial Complex Conspiracy
Watergate — The Conspiracy That Toppled a President
The confirmed conspiracy in which President Nixon's administration broke into DNC offices, covered it up, and triggered the only presidential resignation.
J. Edgar Hoover Murdered for His Files
Hoover died on May 2, 1972 — five weeks before Watergate. He ran the FBI for 48 years, kept blackmail files on every president, and his death was suspiciously convenient. Natural causes? Maybe.
The Huston Plan — Nixon's Secret Surveillance Program
In 1970, Nixon approved a plan authorizing warrantless wiretapping, mail opening, and domestic burglaries against antiwar groups. It was so extreme that J. Edgar Hoover — a man who ran COINTELPRO — killed it.