Ep 255: Birds Fly, Joe Doubts (Moon Pt 4)

We reach the critical crunch of our space odyssey, and back on our home planet we find the story of the moon landing beset by very earthly problems. Sections of an increasingly cynical and distrusting population start to question if humanity’s greatest achievement was all that was claimed, or just a big spoof.We go through the strange sequence of events & a peculiar cast of characters, who began the claim that the moon landing was a hoax. There are men smashing up their TVs and hating supermarkets, stories of astronauts hiding out in the casinos of Las Vegas, allegations the Mafia ran security for NASA, and possibly the most entertaining of all conspiracy theories – that Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing, and secretly confessed to it in one of his most famous films.It’s the story of a conspiracy theory that begins among a strange secret society (possibly a drinking club) and then simmers on the fringes for decades until a few key events, and people, supercharge it.There are also too many snooker references.This episode was originally in one part, but our own strange sequence of events has led to us having to split it into two – all of which we try to explain.Send all of your questions, comments, complaints and conspiracies to [email protected]