Cartoon Conspiracy Theories: The Lost Episodes We Remember That Never Existed

What happens when the internet starts reinterpreting childhood cartoons through a much darker lens? In this episode I explore some of the most infamous cartoon conspiracy theories from the Rugrats imagination theory to the mysterious Squidward creepypasta and look at the psychology behind why people create them in the first place.   https://abc7.com/spongebob-kwarantined-crab-inappropriate-episodes-removed/10462487/ https://www.wired.com/1997/10/in-his-way-john-k-will-challenge-the-world/ https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/crossroads.htm https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/us/crossroads.html  https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/operation-crossroads/  https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/35/ https://nyupress.org/9780814742815/convergence-culture/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/spongebob-squarepants-mid-life-crustacean-episode-removed-from-paramount/1100-6489459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC80580/  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns/ https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-05360-0 https://www.history.com/articles/nuclear-bomb-tests-bikini-atoll-facts  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads https://time.com/4446927/rugrats-chuckie-mom-nickelodeon/  https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rugrats-never-happened-theory  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/creepypasta  https://www.washington.edu/news/2004/12/06/two-thirds-of-school-age-children-have-an-imaginary-companion-by-age-7/   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns/  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050308101309.htm