Within the fifth a part of our summer time audio collection on essentially the most well-known conspiracy theories, which we’re getting ready in cooperation with the publishing home Supraphon, you’ll hear in regards to the loopy theories in accordance with which the singers Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson are nonetheless alive. Why ought to the king of rock ‘n’ roll supposedly be in hiding?
“The singer formally died on August 16, 1977. He was discovered within the rest room of his Graceland mansion in Memphis by his lover Ginger Alden. In keeping with the official model, the reason for loss of life was a coronary heart assault. Nonetheless, it was in all probability a mix of unlucky circumstances, wherein an overdose of medication and intestinal obstruction additionally figured. Already shortly after his loss of life, there have been a number of speculations that he was solely faking his departure from the world,” reads the introduction to the most recent a part of our collection Probably the most well-known conspiracy theories, which relies on audiobooks from the Supraphon publishing home.
After the funeral of the 42-year-old singer, his solely recognized posthumous picture was printed within the media, and in accordance with some witnesses, the person’s physique and look didn’t match Elvis. One idea claims that the musician needed to pretend his loss of life with a view to be positioned within the witness safety program. “The FBI modified his id in alternate for offering data towards the mafia, with whom he has been concerned on a number of events,” the conspirators search to elucidate why Elvis is supposedly alive.
Since his loss of life, there have additionally been various impersonators and singers, whose singing sounded nearly similar to Elvis’s on recordings. “For instance, there was a performer named Orion performing in a masks, whose voice was strikingly much like that of Elvis. There are reportedly a number of audio analyzes that verify that it’s the similar particular person’s voice. A lot of followers have come to consider that Orion is definitely Elvis,” one other of the rumors presents itself within the audiobook.
One of many extra outlandish theories claims that Elvis acted as an additional in Dwelling Alone as a result of he preferred director Chris Columbus’s earlier movie The Elvis Kidnap. Nonetheless, the actual fact stays that Elvis Aaron Presley continues to be one of the profitable musicians with 500 million albums bought worldwide. He obtained three American Grammy Awards in his lifetime and is inducted into 5 Halls of Fame.
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