5 Dumbest Conspiracy Theories People Actually Believe

Jack The Ripper Was Lewis Carroll

Yes, you read that correctly. Some conspiracy theorists believe that Lewis Carroll — the beloved author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — was actually Jack the Ripper. The theory claims that Carroll sprinkled anagrams throughout his works that admitted his guilt. One book even claims that Carroll gave a clue to his crimes in the poem Jabberwocky — which was written 16 years before the Ripper murders even happened. Proponents have to rearrange Carroll’s words so much they’re basically cutting them up to make them fit. It’s a massive reach to turn a beloved children’s author into a Victorian serial killer.