American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders(2024)

I wanted to say that I saw the Netflix documentary series AMERICAN CONSPIRACY: THE OCTOPUS MURDERS

I saw it when it dropped at the end of February and I’ve been trying to figure out what to say.

The problem is that I’ve been reading and following the story since it all went down and my opinions of the series are tied to that.

For those who don’t know the series follows the story of journalist Danny Cosolaro who was found dead in a hotel room. He had been working on a story about corruption involving people inside and outside the government which he called the Octopus because it had so many tentacles they reached everywhere. Along the way he uncovered some bad things the government was doing as well as he brought some bad people into the light. The thought of many people was that he was killed to silence him.

It’s clear that he did find something was going on but how much of it past a certain point is really a conspiracy is open to debate. I say this because the grand conspiracy that he proposes and that many people have grabbed onto is so huge as to be unwieldy. You can’t have something that big and not have it slip into the light. Is it absolutely possible it was a bunch a rogue bad guys trying to make a buck, but the idea that they actually are controlling so much is pretty near impossible, even if they cast shadows over some corners.

Yes, that’s convoluted but so is the alleged uber conspiracy.

Just because bad people know other bad people doesn’t mean they are in connections in their badness. It’s a fact that is best seen in the various JFK conspiracies, many of which link up all these unconnected people because they were in and near Dallas  or had met tangentially somewhere along the way.

I mention this because the Netflix show at times seems to get a little lost and spins its wheels. My interest drifted in and out. It also didn’t help that the focus on Christian Hansen who was trying to finish what Danny Casolaro started prevented the series from dealing  with certain aspects that could have been more interesting.

Still this conspiracy’s legend is one of the reason that people don’t trust the government and are buying the bullshit of a deep state or hidden cabal controlling the world, and as such it’s worth a look.