Jeez, dude. Howard Hughes is a fascinating man at the heart of many conspiracies. Watergate? Nixon wanted to see if Hughes was funding the DNC. My favorite is the GloMar explorer.
In my opinion, he never "went crazy". That was more or less a hit-piece put out against him by Rockefeller and enabled by Time and Life magazines. Rockefeller and Luce? Not jooz. Rockefeller orchestrated a class action suit against Hughes by his own shareholders. Luce provided fuel for the shareholders' ire.
He never "lost his empire" and he died a billionaire. This feeds the conspiracy because he apparently died intestate -- which seems unlikely -- and several fake wills appeared.
I dunno. Hughes had a drug problem, but people noted in thread that his "weirdness" was self-medication. The "tissue boxes on the feet" were a response to an overflowed toilet. He had had syphilis when it was a death sentence and fear transmitting it to others. Hence, his kindness in not shaking hands was recast as a "fear of germs".
He's a pretty admirable guy.
Mormons come out of it looking like real shits, though.
Hughes came to trust very few people. He believed that Mormons were reliable. That is, they couldn't be corrupted. Once bought, they stayed bought. So, he surrounded himself with the "Mormon mafia". In part, this is due to one of his engineers being a Mormon and the fact that, like many marginalized groups, once you let one Mo in, they bring their friends and "take over". Hughes never tried to become Mormon and seemed to think it was dumb.
At any rate, once he was dead, a lot of his personal papers and effects went missing. Like his will. A will showed up. It left everything to the Momo Chuchu. It seems to have been fabricated by some higher-ups in the Momo Chuchu. It was thrown out of court, but no one was prosecuted.
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pitenius ago
Jeez, dude. Howard Hughes is a fascinating man at the heart of many conspiracies. Watergate? Nixon wanted to see if Hughes was funding the DNC. My favorite is the GloMar explorer.
In my opinion, he never "went crazy". That was more or less a hit-piece put out against him by Rockefeller and enabled by Time and Life magazines. Rockefeller and Luce? Not jooz. Rockefeller orchestrated a class action suit against Hughes by his own shareholders. Luce provided fuel for the shareholders' ire.
He never "lost his empire" and he died a billionaire. This feeds the conspiracy because he apparently died intestate -- which seems unlikely -- and several fake wills appeared.
Have some respect for Hughes.
madhatter67 ago
That sounds about right.....weren't the hairy fungernaily mad recluse Hughes stories just about a drugged up guy on Hughes payroll as a smokescreen?
pitenius ago
I dunno. Hughes had a drug problem, but people noted in thread that his "weirdness" was self-medication. The "tissue boxes on the feet" were a response to an overflowed toilet. He had had syphilis when it was a death sentence and fear transmitting it to others. Hence, his kindness in not shaking hands was recast as a "fear of germs".
He's a pretty admirable guy.
Mormons come out of it looking like real shits, though.
ethtirlomalral ago
I’m unfamiliar with the Mormon thing. What’s the significance there?
pitenius ago
Hughes came to trust very few people. He believed that Mormons were reliable. That is, they couldn't be corrupted. Once bought, they stayed bought. So, he surrounded himself with the "Mormon mafia". In part, this is due to one of his engineers being a Mormon and the fact that, like many marginalized groups, once you let one Mo in, they bring their friends and "take over". Hughes never tried to become Mormon and seemed to think it was dumb.
At any rate, once he was dead, a lot of his personal papers and effects went missing. Like his will. A will showed up. It left everything to the Momo Chuchu. It seems to have been fabricated by some higher-ups in the Momo Chuchu. It was thrown out of court, but no one was prosecuted.