39. Y2K Conspiracies

New Year’s Eve 1999 filled some with fear over what would happen when the clock struck midnight. The threat of the Y2K bug was real; a computer glitch that potentially could rock the world as we know it and send us into armageddon. People prepared for the worst and of course conspiracy theories ran wild with thoughts of what was going on behind the scenes of Y2K. Join us this week as we discuss all the theories behind Y2K!

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Episode Pictures and Videos:

https://vapor95.com/blogs/darknet/what-was-y2k

Other Episode Sources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvXVWCckDMY&t=174s

• https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/300135057/fear-of-the-y2k-bug-was-the-catalyst-for-many-of-the-conspiracy-theories-we-now-hear-about

• https://capitalcurrent.ca/archive/centretownnews/1997-2016/1999/01/22/y2k-conspiracy-theory-the-bug-is-a-plot-to-boost-business/

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-02-10-9902100228-story.html

• https://coloradosun.com/2020/09/06/conspiracy-qanon-trump-election-opinion/