Michel Jacques Gagné teaches courses in critical thinking, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and ethics in the Humanities Department of Champlain College Saint- Lambert, a junior college (CÉGEP) located near Montreal, Canada. He has an M.A. in History (Concordia University, Canada, 2005), with a thesis on civil rights protests in Northern Ireland during the 1960s, and undergraduate degrees in Education (McGill University, Canada, 1999) and History and Political Science (with joint-honors, McGill University, Canada, 1995). He has published articles in Skeptic , the National Post , the Encyclopedia of Religion and Violence , and History Studies: The History Society Journal at the University of Limerick. He is also the creator and host of the Paranoid Planet podcast, which discusses conspiracy theories and related phenomena. He resides with his wife and two children in Montreal, Canada.

1. Introduction: Knowledge and Conspiracy Theories PART I: MYTH AND COUNTER MYTH: Will the Real JFK Please Stand Up? 2. Three Dead in Dallas: The "Official Story" 3. The Kennedy Mystique: From Irish Mafia to Camelot 4. Case Never Closed: The Evolving Conspiracy Narrative PART II: MOTIVE: "Like Caesar, He Is Surrounded by Enemies..." 5. The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Right Wing Racists, Nixon, and the FBI 6. "Double Cross! Double Cross!": The Mafia and Jack Ruby 7. Spooks and Nukes: The CIA and its War on Cuba 8. Dominoes and Dictators: The Pentagon and the War in Vietnam 9. "A Damned Murder, Inc.!": LBJ and the Warren Commission 10. "I'm Just a Patsy!": Lee Harvey Oswald's Life and Motive PART III: MEANS: "It's Gonna Be a Turkey Shoot!" 11. The Shooting Gallery: The Motorcade and Dealey Plaza 12. The Man in the High Window: The Evidentiary Case Against Lee Harvey Oswald 13. Going Ballistic: Of Missing and Magic Bullets PART IV: OPPORTUNITY: "We're Through the Looking Glass Here!" 14. The Secret Cleaning Service: Did JFK's Bodyguards Cover Up a Conspiracy? 15. Of Missing Wounds and Fake X-Rays: Was JFK's Autopsy a Fraud? 16. Crop Marks on My Face: Were Lee Oswald's Backyard Photos Doctored? 17. America's Bloodiest Home Video: Is the Zapruder Film Authentic? 18. Conclusion: Why Conspiracists Rewrite the Past