The Death Of Paul McCartney

by on January 20, 2009 · 9 comments

in Hoaxes And Conspiracies

Stories about celebrities dying are nothing new, especially since the advent of the internet.

Typically, they are hoaxes which are easily and quickly debunked, such as in the case of Hannah Montana’s Miley Cyrus who, it was claimed, had died in a car crash.

However, some such stories simply won’t go away, as in the case of the supposed death of Beatle’s member Paul McCartney, which has grown into a full-blown conspiracy theory.

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The theory suggests that McCartney died in 1966 and was rapidly replaced by someone who looked virtually identical and even sounded the same.

It sounds like an amazing story and quite a stretch, even for conspiracy theorists, who believe that the Beatle’s management and other band members agreed to keep the press and public from discovering the truth about McCartney’s demise whilst, at the same time, wanting fans to know about it.

For that reason, it has been suggested that clues were left in album covers.

For example, on the cover of the Abbey Road album, all four of the Beatles are photographed striding across a zebra crossing, but only McCartney is barefoot, and also out of step with the other three.

Does that really mean anything though, or are a small group of people just imagining things?

Even though the band have always denied the rumours, fans and conspiracy theorists alike have never let the story go.

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Tricia G January 26, 2009 at 7:41 pm

I’m with Clarissa. Conspiracy nuts will believe anything.

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Lee January 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm

The hardcore ones will, that’s for sure, but there’s also a lot of people who refuse to believe everything they are told about specific incidents too.

Are they nuts?

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Maverick January 20, 2009 at 1:11 pm

This sounds like an early viral mrketing plan–get people wondering if Paul is dead so they take an interest in the Beatles. Then leak that clues are on album covers so they go buy the albums.

Clever indeed.

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Lee January 20, 2009 at 1:25 pm

If it was a marketing plan (which is what I believe as it goes) then you are right, very clever indeed.

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Tony January 30, 2009 at 3:51 pm

Yeah, because The Beatles were really struggling for publicity at the time.

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Lee January 31, 2009 at 10:34 am

I’m not sure of the timeline – are you being serious Tony or was that really the case?

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Miles Conrad July 26, 2011 at 10:05 pm

Tony was being sarcastic…

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Clarissa January 20, 2009 at 12:23 pm

Some people will believe anything even if it is totally ridiculous,

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Lee January 20, 2009 at 1:24 pm

They sure will Clarissa, though sometimes the truth can be stranger than the fiction that the masses believe.

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