Too many facts are in place with years of investigations that should not be ignored. If you think you are still living in America, perhaps staying asleep would be a proper activity. I admire Mr. Ventura for his courage in attempting to open the closed doors of this dark period of American History. I believe that there is more information available with more research that would make the cases more intelligent and credible, but naming sources unfortunately makes a network liable. The very simple fact is that information would be open to media scrutiny if there were not criminal and dangerous activities being addressed. It is difficult to swallow sensationalism, but I for one no longer find it easy to sleep at night or accept that half of my life savings disappeared into the coffers of unspecified institutions when in a Casino I could at least have enjoyed a drink on the house.
14 Reviews
The real X Files
shaundowning1366631 January 2021
It's great show. The big problem is its overly dramatic and like all American Reality show it feels fakeish.
Take June Sarpong only just gone over to the US. In the UK she was a Presenter on a kids show T4.
So could she have developed "the man in the white van" contact who worked in almost every secret project.
That felt fake to me.
But are there people like that and would help investigators, take deep throat, so yes.
Then every show starts with a clandestine encounter that felt a little fake to me until the Manimal and a guy on a BMX shouted at the contact.
But if you Google search moat of these people turn out to be what they claim.
I think the investigations are factual but the slip in filmed bits that are fake as hell, to make it feel like a deep throat style show.
The main point in all the investigation is its all plausible, the ones that they prove are possible.
Take "The Reptilian Elite" there was literally no evidence except for 1 psychic running away as she claimed she could "hear" them. There was no proof the video expert guy said 90% of them on the net had been artificially changed.
Yet the one person who came up with it is raking up millions a year on the conspiracy.
Conspiracy theories are notoriously hard to prove out right but you cannot completely disprove then 100%.
Also the first 2 seasons were better. They had 2 different
Guys a Daniel and Alex who were sceptical of all of it at the beginning but with the right evidence would start leaning and be like OK the evidence isn't 100%.
Sean Stone and Tyrrel Ventura started taking the group into areas that didn't need to go.
But overall its not bad.
Site filled with shills
adultmaturity-4668521 November 2017
There sure are a lot of shills on this site. I watched the series and found them interesting. But I can see how the government and their shills would vote this down. Go away shills!!! It is always interesting to me that the government is willing to do all types of illegal activities, manipulate the truth, and no one ever calls them on it. My advise is to just ignore those negative votes and just put them down to more of the governments manipulations. It's only obvious that the government wouldn't want this information out, much less to have people believe the truth.
Mockers don't know jack
aforceforgood26 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
*****VERY MINOR SPOILER WARNING*****
Oh yeah, it's all made up, sure, like when Dr. Robert Duncan of the CIA admits the government tortures people with microwave attacks. S03E07.
And not only admits it, CORRECTS Jesse Ventura when he asks "are there people being abused by this technology?" Dr. Robert Duncan: "abused is a light word - they're being tortured."
GTFOH idiot.
Oh yeah, it's all made up, sure, like when Dr. Robert Duncan of the CIA admits the government tortures people with microwave attacks. S03E07.
And not only admits it, CORRECTS Jesse Ventura when he asks "are there people being abused by this technology?" Dr. Robert Duncan: "abused is a light word - they're being tortured."
GTFOH idiot.
Great Presentation on Conspiracy Theory
ebiros226 December 2012
Governor Jessie Ventura goes out with his team of investigators to uncover secret corporate or government projects that (usually) is in opposition to the welfare of the public.
Many of the weapons, or programs that's featured in this series has been out on the public domain, but not part of the mainstream media. HAARP, Genetically enhanced animal soldiers, mind control weapons, deep underground military bunkers. All has been taken to public by other whistle blowers. But whet these low profile whistle blowers lacks is the brand recognition governor Jessie Ventura has. Jessie Ventura can take some extreme subject, and present them in a way that's easy to understand to anybody..
There are lot of mention of secret government/black project in this series. I somehow feel that these subjects that're taken up on these programs are subterfuge to take our eye off the real issues.
The real conspiracy that's important to us now is that
1. Government has been stealing money from the public through various means. Take for example there're no reason for the American citizens to "borrow" money from the FRB, and their tax used to pay back the loan. Economic terrorism has been rendered to other countries as well (Google "Confession of an Economic Hit-man" for some eye opening whistle blower information). The economic downturn we're experiencing is because it's been planned it seems.
2. The underground facilities that almost every nation now has that are made to house exclusively the government and scientific elites in the upcoming war and natural disasters (Google: "A letter from a Norwegian politician" for example). This topic has been taken up on this program, but it doesn't make the connection between them, and the politicians who has the "ticket" into these bunkers.
If you feel that nothing bad is coming down the pike, all of these are rhetoric of a paranoid conspiracy theorists, but look into what local governments are now starting to do to stand up against the Federal Government (like in the case of Missouri), and you might be able to assess where you are in the learning curve of the big picture of what's going on in our world today.
This program is an excellent overview of the various points of secret projects that are done by the (mostly) government, and is recommended for viewing.
Many of the weapons, or programs that's featured in this series has been out on the public domain, but not part of the mainstream media. HAARP, Genetically enhanced animal soldiers, mind control weapons, deep underground military bunkers. All has been taken to public by other whistle blowers. But whet these low profile whistle blowers lacks is the brand recognition governor Jessie Ventura has. Jessie Ventura can take some extreme subject, and present them in a way that's easy to understand to anybody..
There are lot of mention of secret government/black project in this series. I somehow feel that these subjects that're taken up on these programs are subterfuge to take our eye off the real issues.
The real conspiracy that's important to us now is that
1. Government has been stealing money from the public through various means. Take for example there're no reason for the American citizens to "borrow" money from the FRB, and their tax used to pay back the loan. Economic terrorism has been rendered to other countries as well (Google "Confession of an Economic Hit-man" for some eye opening whistle blower information). The economic downturn we're experiencing is because it's been planned it seems.
2. The underground facilities that almost every nation now has that are made to house exclusively the government and scientific elites in the upcoming war and natural disasters (Google: "A letter from a Norwegian politician" for example). This topic has been taken up on this program, but it doesn't make the connection between them, and the politicians who has the "ticket" into these bunkers.
If you feel that nothing bad is coming down the pike, all of these are rhetoric of a paranoid conspiracy theorists, but look into what local governments are now starting to do to stand up against the Federal Government (like in the case of Missouri), and you might be able to assess where you are in the learning curve of the big picture of what's going on in our world today.
This program is an excellent overview of the various points of secret projects that are done by the (mostly) government, and is recommended for viewing.
Pretty Good for what it is
Chris122914 May 2023
There aren't many series specifically covering popular conspiracy theories, but Ventura seems to cover the broad strokes well enough for the runtime. The nature of the subject matter is polarizing but Ventura is an interesting enough character who doesn't bring too much of the wrong baggage to this subject matter - some of the people he interviews for the show are perhaps a bit unsuitable and detract from the serious inquiry of the stories they are trying to convey, but his team's adversarial approach to scrutinizing the accounts and motives seems to ground the presentation well enough while being playful and accessible - you're never going to be able to go over all the details in the time allotted, and all the pieces matter usually when it comes to conspiracy so armchair experts will find much to be desired, but otherwise it's decent edutainment.
This show is very much a product of its time (simpler times of 2009) and probably not the sort of thing a lot of networks would be comfortable airing in the 'post-truth' era, certainly not without a lot more careful editorial oversight - some of the people interviewed for this show have been so thoroughly cancelled that we're not going to see them again; personalities like David Icke are arguably so demented that even back in 2009 he shouldn't have been platformed on this show at least not without a strong disclaimer; because popular conspiracy theorists like Icke and Alex Jones are important to the story of how CT's are sustained and propagated, whether they be dangerously ignorant peddlers like the aforementioned, or whistleblowers or journalists whose suppression might not be fully realized today these characters are relevant to the stories so there is an argument for their inclusion in any holistic presentation even if you were making this show today, but since a lot of those guys make their money peddling disinformation and selling products off their personal brands they should come with clear disclaimers.
This show is very much a product of its time (simpler times of 2009) and probably not the sort of thing a lot of networks would be comfortable airing in the 'post-truth' era, certainly not without a lot more careful editorial oversight - some of the people interviewed for this show have been so thoroughly cancelled that we're not going to see them again; personalities like David Icke are arguably so demented that even back in 2009 he shouldn't have been platformed on this show at least not without a strong disclaimer; because popular conspiracy theorists like Icke and Alex Jones are important to the story of how CT's are sustained and propagated, whether they be dangerously ignorant peddlers like the aforementioned, or whistleblowers or journalists whose suppression might not be fully realized today these characters are relevant to the stories so there is an argument for their inclusion in any holistic presentation even if you were making this show today, but since a lot of those guys make their money peddling disinformation and selling products off their personal brands they should come with clear disclaimers.
The show's bias and soft facts hurt its credibility.
danielbbutts1 June 2013
While Ventura attempts to draw viewers in with an often aggressive 'I'm going to get to the bottom of this' attitude, the show's research methodology and lack of hard evidence beg ridicule. Those sources interviewed by the show tend to lack credibility, such as an accredited degree in the subject matter, and few such sources are able to provide any verifiable evidence. On occasion, the show triumphs by denying the conspiratorial claims and, in so doing, brings them further ridicule. However, the show consistently provides inflamed or outright false information when representing their claims. I have found that this show can be quite useful as a tool for sharpening one's critical thinking skills. Such skills are not taught in the show, but can be exercised by attempting to prove or disprove that which is demonstrated by Mr. Ventura and his team.
Half baked, poorly researched, melodramatic and laughable.
evilwillhunting-633-90468114 March 2013
Oh boy.
Watch a few of Jesse Ventura's debates, and you'll see that he has a hard time dealing with anyone challenging his facts, and he often will tell you you're wrong, pretty much because he said so.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree here. It IS entertaining and slickly made, but it's about as fictional and one-sided as it gets. You're basically listening to Jesse give his many paranoid (and poorly researched) crackpot theories an hour of unopposed banter.
Jesse has also flip flopped on if this show is a "documentary" or "entertainment" (basically depending on how much shaky ground he's on when asked). The "experts" are highly suspect, and it gives "eyewitness" accounts a baffling 100% credibility rate.
What makes the show hard to swallow is the OVERWHELMING narcissism of The Governor. He basically couches himself as the head of The Mission Impossible Team, as well as its loose cannon and muscle (Jesse, you're still a huge guy but the tough guy act doesn't work like it did before you were pushing 60). In fact, the whole "crack team" seem to be random goofs with no credentials whatsoever.
And THAT is probably the most fictional part of all.
Watch a few of Jesse Ventura's debates, and you'll see that he has a hard time dealing with anyone challenging his facts, and he often will tell you you're wrong, pretty much because he said so.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree here. It IS entertaining and slickly made, but it's about as fictional and one-sided as it gets. You're basically listening to Jesse give his many paranoid (and poorly researched) crackpot theories an hour of unopposed banter.
Jesse has also flip flopped on if this show is a "documentary" or "entertainment" (basically depending on how much shaky ground he's on when asked). The "experts" are highly suspect, and it gives "eyewitness" accounts a baffling 100% credibility rate.
What makes the show hard to swallow is the OVERWHELMING narcissism of The Governor. He basically couches himself as the head of The Mission Impossible Team, as well as its loose cannon and muscle (Jesse, you're still a huge guy but the tough guy act doesn't work like it did before you were pushing 60). In fact, the whole "crack team" seem to be random goofs with no credentials whatsoever.
And THAT is probably the most fictional part of all.
Jesse shames Conspiracy Theorists
matthijsalexander16 June 2017
How do I put this.
Lets say you go to Church, the priest is trying to sell you god and all the bible stories, but he does this while wearing a red nose, Pink John Lennon glasses and a head made of a dead skunk.
Jesse Ventura is such a bad actor and such a bad 'face' for this show that it becomes more difficult to believe these conspiracies.
9-11. A relatively OK episode but of all the things Ventura could have done Ventura stupidly chooses to yell at a closed door of a hanger where some debris lies around, and has a half ass interview with an FBI agent. The subject remains interesting and the truth isn't out, not at all.
Bilderberg. Dummy Venture meets with Alex Jones. Alex Jones is the least credible person on this earth. Bilderberg is a group of globalists who discuss whatever they discuss. It was created by the Dutch Royals, people not powerful or big enough. Queen Beatrix had no power, has no influence in business or government, in 2012 whatever little power she had was stripped away from her. What use could she be for the group she herself (and Bernard) have started? None. There is no conspiracy here. As a member of the Bilderberg said: If we are a secret society that want to dominate the world, we are doing a horrible job at it.
Manchurian Candidate, another BS episode with BS people. Surely mindcontrol has been explored, why wouldn't they? But Jesse makes a big old mess of it by interviewing a bunch of lunatics.
If one wants to do a show on CT, do it seriously and leave out the bloody Hollywood element. Above all, have a credible person with an IQ higher than a goldfish present it.
Lets say you go to Church, the priest is trying to sell you god and all the bible stories, but he does this while wearing a red nose, Pink John Lennon glasses and a head made of a dead skunk.
Jesse Ventura is such a bad actor and such a bad 'face' for this show that it becomes more difficult to believe these conspiracies.
9-11. A relatively OK episode but of all the things Ventura could have done Ventura stupidly chooses to yell at a closed door of a hanger where some debris lies around, and has a half ass interview with an FBI agent. The subject remains interesting and the truth isn't out, not at all.
Bilderberg. Dummy Venture meets with Alex Jones. Alex Jones is the least credible person on this earth. Bilderberg is a group of globalists who discuss whatever they discuss. It was created by the Dutch Royals, people not powerful or big enough. Queen Beatrix had no power, has no influence in business or government, in 2012 whatever little power she had was stripped away from her. What use could she be for the group she herself (and Bernard) have started? None. There is no conspiracy here. As a member of the Bilderberg said: If we are a secret society that want to dominate the world, we are doing a horrible job at it.
Manchurian Candidate, another BS episode with BS people. Surely mindcontrol has been explored, why wouldn't they? But Jesse makes a big old mess of it by interviewing a bunch of lunatics.
If one wants to do a show on CT, do it seriously and leave out the bloody Hollywood element. Above all, have a credible person with an IQ higher than a goldfish present it.
US TV Fails again.
irishdecky24 July 2011
The initial thought we get if a person believes a conspiracy theory is they are paranoid and gullible (because somehow in our own gullibility, we believe our politicians tell us the absolute truth and act only in our interest), so when a former US governor puts his name to a show that is investigating these mad allegations we should take heed. I've just watched the first episode about HAARP and while the information given is vital and informative, American TV fails again. The information and whole point of the show becomes lost and irrelevant as the makers try to focus and capture the viewers imagination with spooky misleading music and narration, really annoying sound effects makes this show (like most US documentary shows) completely artificial, pompous and patronizing. The most annoying thing about this is that instead of the angry shock of what the investigators discovered, the viewer is left with a sense of comfortable normalization of the topic discussed. I don't blame Jesse Ventura, instead I blame the makers for making it more of a reality show about him than the topic at hand. However, Jesse should take responsibility for some of the rhetoric one-liners he used such as "I don't get intimidated, I get angry" which was used at least 3 times. I'll give this a rating of 4 or 5 for drawing credible attention to topics that have become sneered at in a world with an easily controlled status quo. But I would honestly recommend YouTube for these topics instead.
Complete and utter dross.
del99626 March 2017
They may have a few points in there but it's packaged inside hours of dross, with absolutely no common sense applied in any of the episodes I've watched so far.
His 'investigator' June is a well known TV host from England with, I suspect, no actual knowledge or experience in the field of investigation. Ventura himself just seems like a knuckle head who'll believe anything told to him so long as it's by some 'informer/insider' with zero credibility.
The whole show is melodramatic, over the top rubbish that'll feed the already fruit loop conspiracy theorists out there while leaving the more sane ones among us scratching our heads as to how this lasted for three series.
His 'investigator' June is a well known TV host from England with, I suspect, no actual knowledge or experience in the field of investigation. Ventura himself just seems like a knuckle head who'll believe anything told to him so long as it's by some 'informer/insider' with zero credibility.
The whole show is melodramatic, over the top rubbish that'll feed the already fruit loop conspiracy theorists out there while leaving the more sane ones among us scratching our heads as to how this lasted for three series.
Incredibly dumb
carlosgaido200219 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
There are so many issues with this show that it's hard to know where to even start.
Jesse Ventura summarizes the "facts" that he found from his "reliable" sources to the camera as if he were taunting a fellow wrestler (or "fighter" as he calls himself). Can people really take that seriously?
Ventura takes everything at face value, but only from the conspiracy side. "But that random guy says he saw this, so it must be true. He doesn't have any proof beyond his word, but hey, a garbage collector's word HAS to be more reliable than that of our sinister's government!" He actually uses the word "sinister" to describe the government a few times.
The show is not even fun to watch. When I read the explanation of the show and saw that he "took both sides and made a decision on whether the conspiracies are true" made me think that this was a somewhat intellectually based show, but this is only sparks and glitter. In the second episode, for example, he starts the show admitting that he already believes in the conspiracy, so for the rest of the show he simply tries to prove what he already "knows to be true."
There is no substance at all in this show, and Ventura and his minion's acting is awful and over the top. Yes buddy, they're acting, like when Ventura was a wrestler (sorry, "fighter"), he was acting too. In the first episode, for example, when he is trying to enter a military research base, he says that he can't believe that a former governor, former navy seal can't be admitted, therefore there has to be something shady going on, so he starts yelling at the manager of the base that when he doesn't get what he wants, he "gets angry." With this, he does two things: 1. By yelling at the manager, he looks tough making sure he WON'T be admitted into the base, making sure he can't disprove his nutty theory, and 2. he makes his ignorant viewer base believe that he is correct, but he is not. He is not a governor navy seal, he is a FORMER all that, making him a simple civilian. Why would a civilian have access to a strongly guarded military base? And by the way, why is so strongly guarded? Because the stuff they have there is incredibly dangerous, the military even admits that, so why let anyone walk in? The janitors at my school won't let me get into the machine room, so maybe there's something shady going on there, maybe some mind control technology or something.
So, skip this one if you still have a functioning brain, because it will turn it into mush after a few episodes. Luckily I stopped only after one and a half, when some gray matter started to leak through my ears.
Jesse Ventura summarizes the "facts" that he found from his "reliable" sources to the camera as if he were taunting a fellow wrestler (or "fighter" as he calls himself). Can people really take that seriously?
Ventura takes everything at face value, but only from the conspiracy side. "But that random guy says he saw this, so it must be true. He doesn't have any proof beyond his word, but hey, a garbage collector's word HAS to be more reliable than that of our sinister's government!" He actually uses the word "sinister" to describe the government a few times.
The show is not even fun to watch. When I read the explanation of the show and saw that he "took both sides and made a decision on whether the conspiracies are true" made me think that this was a somewhat intellectually based show, but this is only sparks and glitter. In the second episode, for example, he starts the show admitting that he already believes in the conspiracy, so for the rest of the show he simply tries to prove what he already "knows to be true."
There is no substance at all in this show, and Ventura and his minion's acting is awful and over the top. Yes buddy, they're acting, like when Ventura was a wrestler (sorry, "fighter"), he was acting too. In the first episode, for example, when he is trying to enter a military research base, he says that he can't believe that a former governor, former navy seal can't be admitted, therefore there has to be something shady going on, so he starts yelling at the manager of the base that when he doesn't get what he wants, he "gets angry." With this, he does two things: 1. By yelling at the manager, he looks tough making sure he WON'T be admitted into the base, making sure he can't disprove his nutty theory, and 2. he makes his ignorant viewer base believe that he is correct, but he is not. He is not a governor navy seal, he is a FORMER all that, making him a simple civilian. Why would a civilian have access to a strongly guarded military base? And by the way, why is so strongly guarded? Because the stuff they have there is incredibly dangerous, the military even admits that, so why let anyone walk in? The janitors at my school won't let me get into the machine room, so maybe there's something shady going on there, maybe some mind control technology or something.
So, skip this one if you still have a functioning brain, because it will turn it into mush after a few episodes. Luckily I stopped only after one and a half, when some gray matter started to leak through my ears.
Fake!
chucknorrisfacts18 December 2010
Warning: Spoilers
I'm a little concerned that a channel that calls itself TruTV seems to play nothing but fake reality television, and that's what I'd classify "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura" as.
I think a lot of the show is staged, from the "war room" Ventura and his crew meet in, to the bunker he films his promos in, etc. It's all intended to create a certain secret "feel" for the show.
The most ridiculous part of every episode is the supposed "confrontations" that take place. There's no way in hell Ventura is really confronting the people responsible for the conspiracies they're covering on the show. One tip off is how the cameras always seem to be in the right place, even if it's in a room Ventura supposedly hasn't been in before so they can catch him entering in dramatic fashion. Has nobody noticed this before?
One thing in particular that bugs me is how Ventura claims to be a former Navy SEAL, and/or allows people to think he is, despite the fact that in reality he was part of an underwater diving team that would later merge with the Navy SEALS some eight years after Ventura had already left the military how in the hell does that make him a Navy SEAL?
The show is good for a laugh, and maybe even the tiniest sliver of factual information, but other than that it's pretty much a joke as far as I'm concerned. If you're really seeking knowledge, this isn't the place to gain it. I wouldn't recommend the show to anyone looking for any sort of serious program.
I think a lot of the show is staged, from the "war room" Ventura and his crew meet in, to the bunker he films his promos in, etc. It's all intended to create a certain secret "feel" for the show.
The most ridiculous part of every episode is the supposed "confrontations" that take place. There's no way in hell Ventura is really confronting the people responsible for the conspiracies they're covering on the show. One tip off is how the cameras always seem to be in the right place, even if it's in a room Ventura supposedly hasn't been in before so they can catch him entering in dramatic fashion. Has nobody noticed this before?
One thing in particular that bugs me is how Ventura claims to be a former Navy SEAL, and/or allows people to think he is, despite the fact that in reality he was part of an underwater diving team that would later merge with the Navy SEALS some eight years after Ventura had already left the military how in the hell does that make him a Navy SEAL?
The show is good for a laugh, and maybe even the tiniest sliver of factual information, but other than that it's pretty much a joke as far as I'm concerned. If you're really seeking knowledge, this isn't the place to gain it. I wouldn't recommend the show to anyone looking for any sort of serious program.
This program sucks because of Jesse Ventura!
Annunaki877 December 2020
This program was created for money and to discredit the conspiracy REALISTS.
Jesse Ventura is a paid shill, and his mission is to discredit and laugh at people who put a lot of time and effort to investigate what's really happening in this world. The world is not what you think it is.
SHAME ON YOU JESSE 'PAID SHILL' VENTURA!!!
SHAME ON YOU JESSE 'PAID SHILL' VENTURA!!!
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