History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories
Hosted by Rob Attar · History Extra
3.6from 54 ratings
- 24
- Episodes
- 19
- Transcribed
- 54
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 19M
- YouTube views
About History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories
Was the moon landing faked? Did Shakespeare actually pen his works? And were the pyramids really built by aliens? In History's Greatest Conspiracies, Rob Attar takes a deep dive into the theories in the company of expert historians to uncover if there's any truth behind the murky myths. History’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories is produced by the team behind History Extra. For more fascinating stories from the past, head to HistoryExtra, the home of ‘History’s Greatest’ podcasts. There you can find other feeds including History’s Greatest Cities and HistoryExtra LongReads. Find out more at historyextra.com/podcast. We'd love to know what you think about the podcast, so leave us a review and let us know the topics you think we should be covering. Or, follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram or YouTube to keep in touch. You can listen ad-free to this podcast and more by subscribing to HistoryExtra Plus here: https://historyextra.supportingcast.fm/.
- Publisher
- History Extra
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Oct 2024
- Latest episode
- 6 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
19 of 24 episodes have a transcript.
6 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Was the Great Sphinx built by a lost civilisation?
30 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Did an alien spacecraft crash-land in Russia?
23 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Did 300 years of history never happen at all?
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Was the Great Sphinx built by a lost civilisation?
Published 6 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And we have to sit with the discomfort of not knowing. That is something that requires different levels of kind of mental gymnastics. As much as imagining how the thing was built in the first place, we have to sit with not knowing. That is why the Sphinx and the pyramids in particular have attracted so many alternative explanations. And just to be clear, there's nothing about the Sphinx and its construction that would have been beyond what we know of the capabilities and technology of ancient Egypt. Absolutely not. No, we know where the builders lived and worked and some of them were buried. We know about the tools. […]
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- Campbell Price
- Andy Bruno
- Philipp Nothaft
- Steven Cockcroft
- Helen Bond
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- YouTube views
- 19,372,287
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
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- 3.6 / 5
- 54 ratings
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- 9
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 84
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