Conspiracy Cabal
Conspiracy Cabal is a podcast that explores conspiracy theories, from Big Pharma and the deep state to alien life and spy agencies. Hosted by award-winning journalist Richard Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth, the show aims to separate fact from fiction by tracing conspiracies to their origins. The hosts bring their expertise in exposing corruption and dealing with public backlash to provide an entertaining and informative take on modern paranoia.
Episodes
35: Satanic Panic
A murdered family, a charismatic cult leader, children describing secret rituals, and a wave of accusations that spread across America. It sounds like the plot of a horror film.But the Satanic Panic was very real. From the 1960s through the 1980s, fears about Satanists, occult rituals and organised networks of child abusers moved from the fringes of religious communities into mainstream American l
THIS WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Spies, social sabbath and satanism
In this episode of This Week in Conspiracy Dr. Nick Coatsworth and Richard Baker talk about Iran and Chinese intelligence ops in Australia, how Nick’s social media sabbath went, and we foreshadow this weeks full episode on Satanic Panic in the 70's 80's & 90's.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them.We search for the kernel of truth in every s
34: Could AI create a Bio-Weapon? | Russian Plague Theory
A broken test tube, a dead lab worker, a Russian anti-plague institute, and a flood of alarming posts online. It sounds like the opening scene of a thriller. Yet there really was a young scientist who died after working at a facility that studied dangerous pathogens, there really was a quarantine response, and there really were questions about what authorities knew and when they knew it.This week
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Brendan Nugent and the alleged attack on MP Helen Haines
Brendan Nugent has been charged over the alleged attack on independent federal MP Helen Haines outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. Police allege the incident was targeted, while investigators continue to examine the motive behind the attack. Nugent has not entered a plea, and the matter remains before the courts. Questions have since emerged about Nugent's background, his online activ
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Allegations made against Jordon Steele-John & The Greens
Senator Jordon Steele-John is under-fire for alleged mistreatment of women, which he denies. However, the story also points to an alleged cover up by The Greens, and a secret dossier on how to handle the allegations against Steele-John.The Greens have denied any existence of a secret dossier. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel o
33: They're Turning The Frogs Gay... | Bill Clinton Sex Scandal
Alex Jones has said plenty of strange things, but few have travelled further than his claim that chemicals in the water are changing the sexuality of animals, and of people too. It sounds absurd. Yet there’s a real pesticide, a real scientist’s frog research, and real restrictions in Australia on where that chemical can be sprayed. Nothing makes a conspiracy go off like a sex scandal, so this week
32: The 9/11 Tip Off | Following the Money Trail
In the days before the attacks, traders placed unusually large bets that United and American Airlines stock would fall. Those were the two airlines whose planes were hijacked. The 9/11 Commission found no sign that anyone had advance knowledge. A finance professor, a former Australian market regulator, and a widow who testified before the Commission all saw something different. "Follow the mo
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Was Netanyahu tipped off about October 7th?
Reports in Israel are suggesting that Benjamin Netanyahu received a warning about the October 7th attacks and failed to take action. As well, Manchester City faces punishment for mass cheating.Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies st
31: What happens if Aliens find us? | Dark Forest Theory
In the mountains of southwest China sits a radio telescope big enough to swallow the MCG. It's built to listen to the cosmos. Meanwhile, Beijing has reportedly brought in a science-fiction writer to advise on what to do if something out there answers. That writer is Cixin Liu, author of The Three-Body Problem. His big idea, the "dark forest," says the universe is full of silent hunte
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: OpenAI Hacks Medicare, Lachie Neale Gets Off
Lachie Neale got off, and he's now free to play in the Grand Final. Couldn't have happened to a better bloke. Also, the PM has called a hasty press conference to detail how a rogue Open AI agent hacked into Medicare. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every stor
30: Who helped Ivan Milat? | 60+ Unsolved Murders
Ivan Milat was convicted of seven murders and died in a prison hospital bed in 2019, still insisting he didn't do it. Almost nobody in Australia believes him. But a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into unsolved murders and missing persons is now asking a different, more uncomfortable question: were seven enough?This week, Rich and Nick dig into the growing list of cold cases with Milat&#
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Princess Diana's Brother and COVID Mandates Re-examined
Dr Nick says we need to have a conversation about covid mandates (again), and Rich loses his dog mid recording. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them.Contact the show at con
29: Elvis is alive, and living in Arkansas? | Part 2 | Greg 'Yellow Wiggle' Page (Special Guest)
Every Sunday morning in Benton, Arkansas, a small congregation gathers to hear a sermon from a man some of them believe is Elvis Presley. Not "sounds like him." Not "channels his spirit." Actually him — alive, aged into his eighties, and preaching under an assumed name because, as one longtime fan put it, he hopes "one day he will stand up and say who he is." Pastor Bob Joyce has said, on the reco
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: AI is comin' to getcha, and you can't do anything about it
Yeah, maybe we're all cooked? Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.comGet in touch with us:https://forms.gle/VaZB5S32KUGcuQVb6The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them.Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com
28: Elvis Presley | Part 1 | ft. Greg 'Yellow Wiggle' Page (Special Guest)
On the morning Elvis Presley died, someone booked a plane ticket out of Memphis under the name John Burrows — the alias he used on every hotel rooming list for the better part of two decades. It's the detail conspiracy theorists reach for first. It's also, according to the guest on this episode, one of the least mysterious things that happened that week, because what actually emptied out Graceland
27: Pyramids | The Alien Theory
For the best part of recorded history, it was the tallest structure human beings had ever built. 2.3 million blocks of limestone, some weighing three tons, stacked with a margin of error so small it wasn't even detectable until the 19th century. Nobody has ever fully explained how it was done - or why anyone would bother getting a tomb that precise.This week we dig into Graham Hancock's Fingerprin
FEATURE: The Disappearance of Flight VH-MDX | Barrington Tops
Five souls. A sailing trip in the Whitsundays. A charter flight home. And then, nothing.On the evening of 9 August 1981, a Cessna 210 carrying four Sydney workmates and their pilot who were on their way back back from a holiday in the Whitsunday Passage lost contact after flying into adverse weather, with the last known contact placing it over the Barrington Tops. More than four decades on, no tra
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Big Build Royal Commission feat. Dan Andrews?
Will the former Premier be forced to face the music ahead of misconduct relating to Victoria's Big Build? Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.comGet in touch with us:https://forms.gle/VaZB5S32KUGcuQVb6The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what driv
26: This Australian Predicted JFK's Assassination | Canberra Chauffeur
Thirteen months before Dallas, a phone rang in the U.S. embassy in Canberra. A man claiming to be a Polish chauffeur for the Soviet embassy said Iron Curtain countries had put $100,000 on the president's head. The Americans wrote it up, filed it, and moved on.Then the president was shot. And the same voice called back.This week we dig into one of the strangest footnotes in the declassified JFK fil
25: Robert F. Kennedy Jr's War on Health | The Nestle Baby Formula Scandal
In the 1970s, Nestlé sent representatives into some of the poorest communities in the developing world. They wore white coats. They carried themselves like nurses. And they told new mothers, again and again, that formula was better for their babies than breast milk — knowing that once lactation stopped, that mother was a customer for as long as the baby needed feeding. There was no wreckage to poi
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Convicted Rapist Ralph Carr & Victoria's Suppression Order Bias
Rapist Ralph Carr's name was suppressed for years under a loophole rule utilised by savvy lawyers. But why is this law in place, and what can be done to change it? Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories - we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what d
24: Putin's Secret UFO Documents | What is he hiding?
Russia has been tracking unidentified aerial phenomena since before the term existed. The Soviet military ran a classified investigation called Program SETKA from 1978 to 1990 - twelve years, thousands of filed reports, senior military personnel as witnesses - and when the USSR collapsed and the files were briefly, partially opened, what came out was strange enough that the Russian government quie
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Jacinta Allan departs, Fauci questioned
Jacinta Allan has resigned as Victorian premier. What does this mean for a building sector royal commission? As well, Anthony Fauci faces questions and gives some rogue answers. Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out.Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.comThe Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in
23: Where is Fred Valentich? | UFOs over Bass Strait
On the night of October 21, 1978, a 20-year-old pilot named Frederick Valentich radioed Melbourne air traffic control to report an unidentified aircraft pacing him over Bass Strait. He described a long shape with a green light, an engine that didn't sound like a normal aircraft, and then, seventeen seconds of unexplained metallic scraping. Then nothing. No wreckage. No body. No confirmed radar tra
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Barnaby says SIT DOWN, US Senator isn't alive?
Barnaby goes BANG on his dog. Or maybe there wasn't a dog?? Also, a US senator dies, but then another one doesn't? Or maybe not. Who knows ffs. Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out.Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how consp
22:The Gerson Diet | Curing Cancer with Coffee Enemas
Every morning at the Gerson clinic in Tijuana, patients wake up and drink juice. Then they drink more juice. Then they have a coffee enema. Then more juice. Thirteen glasses before dinner, every day, for weeks - at a cost that runs to thirty thousand dollars a month. The people doing it are not gullible. He also prescribed coffee enemas and carrot juice to cancer patients, charged them a sign
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: One Nation x Alex Jones? New Smoking Data.
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts is in the spotlight after his chemtrails take, alrighty Malcolm go off? Plus, some more UFO gear from Trump and a whole heap of new smoking data drops. HUFF IT UP! Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories- it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies
21: The World Cup Cartel Murder | Australia's FIFA Dealings
The murder of Andres Escobar rocked Colombia. Plus, did Australia try to bribe their way to a world cup?In 1994, Colombia entered the World Cup tipped as one of the favorites to win it all. But after a shocking own-goal by beloved defender Andrés Escobar led to their early exit, the national tragedy turned fatal. Just days after returning home to Medellín, Andrés was gunned down in a nightclub par
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: TELSTRA f**ck up or Chinese attack? Yes, FIFA is corrupt - we're not surprised.
Donny's on the phone, and FIFA is listening! What's the DJ? No red card? Yes sir no problem sir. Half of Australia can't pay for a flat white because Telstra went down, Beijing is just "testing the waters," right? Hosted by Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth, the Conspiracy Cabal is on the hunt for the kernel of truth.Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't prom
20: Labor's BIG BUILD Corruption 'Conspiracy' | ft. Nick McKenzie (Special Guest)
Are bikies running the Labor government? And how big is the CFMEU influence?For years, the Big Build has been promoted as the largest infrastructure investment in Victorian history. But behind the billions of dollars in public spending, allegations have emerged of intimidation, organised crime infiltration, corruption, and extraordinary failures of oversight. For decades, rumours about the influen
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: UFOs near Geelong, World Cup Match-fixing and Russian spies in Australia
Geelong is the place to go for many things, but UFOs? Well, apparently so. Plus, more World Cup match-fixing controversy (Sepp are you there?) and some Aussies have been charged with spying on behalf of the Russians. What is this, 1979? Hosted by Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth, the Conspiracy Cabal is on the hunt for the kernel of truth. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com.The Consp
19: The Wizard of Oz | Abuse, Tragedy and The Hanging Munchkin
Released in 1939, it transformed Judy Garland into an international star and became a defining piece of Hollywood history. But behind the Technicolor magic was a production marked by exhausting schedules, dangerous working conditions, and an industry that abused women and children.For decades, stories surrounding the film have grown into something much darker.Because when a movie is surrounded by
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Bill Gates STIs, World Cup Abductions and Epstein Blackmail
Your weekly conspiracy update, tuck in folks this is a good one. This week, Bill Gates' links to Jeffrey Epstein are back in the spotlight, we look at the bizarre alleged abduction during Brazil v Scotland at the World Cup, and Richard Baker shares the story of the time he and Nick McKenzie were sued after an investigation into organised crime.Some stories are backed by evidence. Others are fuelle
18: The Death of Princess Diana | ft. Angie Simpson (Special Guest)
On 31 August 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel. The official investigation concluded that the driver was intoxicated, driving at excessive speed, and attempting to evade pursuing photographers. Multiple inquiries in both France and the United Kingdom reached the same conclusion. The case was closed.But for millions of people, it never really ended.Because when the most pho
17: Chemtrails | Government Population Control
In 1977, a US Senate hearing confirmed that the American military had been secretly seeding clouds over Vietnam for a decade. The program was called Operation Popeye. Its existence had been classified. Its goal was to extend the monsoon season and flood enemy supply lines. It worked. And when it came out, the government's position was essentially: yes, we did that, and no, we won't be discussing w
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Ticks that make you allergic to meat & Disclosure Day (Spoiler Free Review)
Bill Gates bug goes BITE and now you can't eat a souva?? Between 2010 and 2022, the CDC identified more than 110,000 suspected cases of alpha-gal syndrome in the United States, with estimates suggesting the real number could be closer to 450,000. People developing a potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat after a tick bite, and never knowing why. And the lone star tick is spreading north,
16: Kurt Cobain's Death | The New Evidence
On April 8th, 1994, an electrician arrived at a Seattle mansion to install a security system and found the body of the most famous musician on the planet. He'd been there for three days. Seattle Police ruled it suicide before the week was out. Thirty years later, a peer-reviewed forensic paper published in an international journal says they got it wrong.So what does it mean when the official story
15: Trump's UFO Evidence | What it means, and why now?
TRUMPY, look at you go big fella dropping some unreal UFO, UAP gear for us to go through. Thank you our orange friend, thank you. On May 8th, the Pentagon quietly uploaded 162 declassified files to a new government website. No press conference. No briefing. Just a link. Two weeks later they did it again. 51 videos, audio recordings, infrared footage of a 2022 formation over Iran. Objects doing thi
14: Melbourne Fire Bombings | What's really behind them?
The $7 billion crime industry. The excise rate that built it. The health department that knew — and kept raising the tax anyway. The global protocol to combat illicit tobacco that 100 countries signed, and Australia quietly ignored. The enforcement agency with no enforcement powers, led by someone with no law enforcement experience. The smoking rate data that nobody's measuring — or maybe nobody w
13: SEASON FINALE & BONUS: Robert Booth Nichols | The Kennedy Assassination
The meeting. The man. The tape that wasn't supposed to exist.Chris Koch isn't someone who went looking for Robert Booth Nichols. But Nichols — the self-described "government facilitator" tied to the CIA, arms dealing, organised crime, and the suspicious death of journalist Danny Casolaro — has a way of finding people. And once you're in his orbit, you don't leave unchanged.Koch, a man who has face
12: COVID-19 | The Lab Leak Theory & Vaccine Mandates
The lab leak. The five-eyes suppression. The gain-of-function funding trail. The Beagle experiments. The suppressed treatments. The modellers whose predictions shaped policy but whose data no one could check. The social media companies that quietly moved the goalposts on what counted as misinformation - and who told them to.The thing is - some of this is now documented. The lab leak hypothesis, on
11: George Soros | Is he secretly controlling the world?
He was fourteen years old when he helped his father forge documents to survive the Nazi occupation of Budapest. He arrived in London with almost nothing. He became, for one day in September 1992, the man who broke the Bank of England — and pocketed a billion dollars doing it.And somewhere between that refugee boy and the most vilified billionaire on the planet, George Soros became something else e
10: The Nugan Hand Bank Affair | Did the CIA influence Australian elections?
A man is found dead in his car on a remote New South Wales road in January 1980, a rifle between his legs and a business card in his pocket bearing the name of a former director of the CIA.Within weeks, his bank — a merchant institution with branches in Chiang Mai, Taipei, Saudi Arabia, and almost nowhere you'd expect an Australian bank to be — had collapsed. Millions were missing. His business pa
09: Nikola Tesla | Did the US Government kill him?
The man who lit the world died in Room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel in January 1943, broke, largely forgotten, and in the middle of a world war that desperately wanted what was in his head.The FBI seized his files within hours. His nephew was told they'd found nothing of interest. A government physicist was quietly brought in to review the "death ray" papers. And somewhere along the way, a questio
08: The Vanishing of Harold Holt | The Chinese Spy Theory
A Chinese submarine loaded with "frog men", the CIA nabbed him with an underwater assassination or...get this...he drowned. Which of these three could it possibly be!Harold Holt had been Prime Minister for less than two years. He was an experienced ocean swimmer. And in the months before he disappeared, Australia was navigating one of the most politically sensitive periods in its history. Vietnam
07: Antarctica | Secret Nazi Base
Okay so bear with us on this one, we know they're not actually down there....but maaaaybe...nah we know they're not. Or are they....In 1938, Adolf Hitler sent an expedition to Antarctica. They mapped the terrain, claimed a chunk of it for the Reich, and called it Neuschwabenland. Then the war started, and the story gets buried.Fast forward to 1946. The US Navy launches Operation Highjump - the lar
06: Cattle Mutilation | Strange Lights Above NSW
Something's killing cattle out in rural Australia - and whatever it is doesn't leave tracks, doesn't leave blood, and doesn't leave a single explanation.Since the 1970s, thousands of livestock have been found dead across the US with surgical-precision wounds, missing organs, and zero evidence of predators or human activity. Then there's Skinwalker Ranch - a stretch of Utah land so plagued by unexp
05: Civilisation Reset Theory | Ancient Aliens
So aliens came down and supercharged the sh*t out of a civilisation???4500 BCE, advanced civilization appeared virtually overnight in Mesopotamia. The Sumerians developed writing, complex mathematics, astronomical charts, and sophisticated architecture with no apparent predecessor cultures. Some claim this wasn't evolution - it was a reset. A remnant of lost advanced knowledge, or even extra-terre
04: Sovereign Citizens | Dezi Freeman
They reject laws, courts, and parking tickets. Sov cits are comin' for the government.Armed with YouTube legal advice and a creative interpretation of the Magna Carta, sovereign citizens believe they've found the ultimate life hack: opting out of government authority entirely. From roadside confrontations that go viral to courtroom stunts that baffle judges, the movement blends DIY micronations, m
03: Big Pharma | Cure for Cancer
Would you take medical advise from Mel Gibson? We hope the answer is no, but you should listen to this episode either way. From patent games to profit margins that make tech monopolies blush, the pharmaceutical industry has been accused of putting shareholder returns ahead of patient lives for decades. But is Big Pharma actively suppressing a cure for cancer to protect their treatment goldmine? In
02: Epstein | QAnon
Financier, sex trafficker, and perhaps the greatest networker in criminal history. From a working-class background on Coney Island to mansions in Manhattan, Florida, and his private island in the Caribbean, Jeffrey Epstein built an empire of abuse protected by powerful men across Wall Street, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and perhaps even the British Royal Family. His 2019 death in prison left more q
01: The Mystery of Westall | UFOs in Melbourne
On April 6, 1966, at Westall High School in Melbourne, over 200 students and teachers witnessed three unidentified flying objects performing aerodynamically impossible maneuvers in broad daylight. One craft descended into a nearby field, sparking decades of questions, government silence, and conspiracy theories.In this episode, we explore:Eyewitness accounts from students who saw the craft up clos
