Long-form investigations, sourced lists, and editorial analysis on conspiracy theories that were proven true — and the patterns behind how they get confirmed.
Bank of America foreclosed on hundreds of thousands of homeowners using forged documents and fake notarizations. Court records and federal settlements prove it.
Read article →FDA officials owned pharma stock while approving drugs. FBI leaders took corporate board seats mid-investigation. SEC commissioners traded on insider tips. Documented conflicts of interest that shaped policy.
Read article →BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street collectively hold 88% of S&P 500 stocks. SEC filings and congressional testimony expose unprecedented market concentration.
Read article →BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street hold combined voting power over S&P 500 firms. SEC filings and congressional testimony reveal concentration risks.
Read article →The August 1964 Tonkin Gulf incidents that justified the Vietnam War were largely fabricated. Declassified NSA documents and congressional testimony prove the second attack never happened.
Read article →SEC filings reveal the Big Four asset managers collectively hold massive voting shares in Fortune 500 firms. We traced the ownership chains through primary documents.
Read article →Wells Fargo employees opened millions of unauthorized accounts to meet sales targets. Court records and SEC filings expose systematic fraud spanning over a decade.
Read article →DuPont knowingly hid PFOA toxicity data for 20+ years. Court records and EPA documents prove the company withheld cancer research from regulators and the public.
Read article →Three asset managers control trillions in stock. SEC filings show they hold majority stakes in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies through index funds.
Read article →BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street hold voting shares in 88% of S&P 500 companies. SEC filings reveal the concentration of corporate power in three asset managers.
Read article →SEC filings reveal the Big Three asset managers hold controlling voting power in thousands of Fortune 500 firms. Here's what the documents show.
Read article →SEC filings reveal the Big Three asset managers collectively own 20%+ of S&P 500. We mapped their disclosed holdings across top 1000 global firms.
Read article →In 2016, the U.S. officially named three Antarctic peaks. Declassified State Department memos show the decision tied to geopolitical territorial claims and Cold War legacy operations.
Read article →BlackRock, Vanguard, and Fidelity collectively own stakes in 88% of S&P 500 companies. SEC filings and academic research document the concentration.
Read article →Declassified SEC filings and institutional ownership data reveal the three largest asset managers control $17.6 trillion and majority stakes in dozens of Fortune 500 firms.
Read article →The CIA's multi-decade covert operation against Cuba included 638+ documented assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Declassified files confirm the plots.
Read article →SEC filings reveal the Big Three asset managers hold majority stakes in non-US firms while dominating US markets. An analysis of ownership concentration across borders.
Read article →BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street collectively own 88% of S&P 500 stocks. SEC filings and shareholder data reveal unprecedented market concentration and potential antitrust violations.
Read article →Declassified documents reveal the U.S. government secretly recruited 1,600+ Nazi scientists after WWII. Here's what the evidence shows.
Read article →June 1967 attack by Israeli forces killed 34 sailors. Declassified documents and testimonies contradict official narratives about the incident.
Read article →How Searle executive Donald Rumsfeld influenced aspartame's FDA approval in 1981. Declassified memos and congressional testimony reveal the regulatory capture.
Read article →Shadow government is real. Declassified documents prove unelected officials bypass elected representatives. We cite FOIA releases, court records, and congressional testimony.
Read article →Bank of America signed thousands of foreclosure documents without reviewing them. Court records and federal settlements prove the practice was systemic.
Read article →Declassified documents reveal how former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld leveraged political connections to fast-track aspartame's FDA approval in 1981, overriding safety concerns.
Read article →The 15-day coronavirus guideline became 18+ months. Declassified emails and FOIA releases reveal how the messaging shifted from temporary to indefinite.
Read article →SEC filings reveal the Big Three asset managers hold controlling stakes in Fortune 500 companies. Here's what regulatory documents show about their market concentration.
Read article →Declassified SEC filings reveal the Big Three asset managers hold controlling stakes in foreign corporations across 195 countries. Primary source analysis.
Read article →Three official probes into Clinton aide Vince Foster's 1993 death reached suicide conclusions. Documents reveal gaps, disputed forensics, and lingering questions.
Read article →Five official investigations concluded Vince Foster died by suicide. Yet questions persist about missing documents, witness contradictions, and the torn note found six days later.
Read article →BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street collectively manage $25+ trillion and own major stakes in 90% of S&P 500 companies. The data, the voting power, and what it means.
Read article →Amazon employees listen to your Alexa recordings. Leaked documents, whistleblowers, and patent filings reveal how your private conversations are harvested and monetized.
Read article →An Oxford researcher created a mathematical model proving large conspiracies are doomed to fail. We integrated his formula into every claim on They Knew.
Read article →The stories of corporate whistleblowers who risked everything to expose fraud, cover-ups, and corruption — and the legislation they inspired.
Read article →The anatomy of how dismissed claims become confirmed facts: from initial dismissal to evidence accumulation to official acknowledgment.
Read article →The full timeline of government UFO disclosure — from Project Blue Book to David Grusch's whistleblower testimony and congressional hearings.
Read article →An investigative deep dive into the most significant government cover-ups of the 20th and 21st centuries, from CIA mind control to NSA mass surveillance.
Read article →Six documented cases of pharmaceutical companies hiding deadly side effects, manipulating clinical trials, and putting profits over patient safety.
Read article →A comprehensive, sourced list of conspiracy theories that were dismissed as paranoia but later confirmed by declassified documents, congressional hearings, and government admissions.
Read article →The complete history of NSA mass surveillance — from the secret ECHELON network to Edward Snowden's PRISM revelations and the ongoing debate over government spying.
Read article →How the FBI systematically infiltrated, surveilled, and destroyed civil rights organizations, antiwar movements, and political dissidents from 1956 to 1971.
Read article →The full story of the Tuskegee Study — how the US government deceived 600 Black men for 40 years in one of the most unethical medical experiments in history.
Read article →How the CIA recruited over 400 journalists and media figures to shape public opinion during the Cold War — and what it means for media trust today.
Read article →The complete story of MKUltra — the CIA's illegal mind control program that experimented on unwitting citizens with LSD, torture, and psychological manipulation from 1953 to 1973.
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