FACT CHECK: Jesse Ventura's "Conspiracy Theory" episode "Ozarks" is highly misleading.

Jessie is a buffoon.

To think how ignorant and backward the merry bunch of retards in Mn are to vote this guy in.

I don't get people like you.

Back in the 70's, when Leonard Nimoy was doing 'In Search Of', it was cornball and the topics were far more tame then what Jesse Ventura is covering. But conspiracy folks considered him a hero for bringing these issues into the mainstream media.

Now, 40 years later, when Jesse Ventura comes along with a similarly rare show in the mainstream media, certain internet warriors take pride in knocking Ventura, that he doesn't go far enough, and every which way.

Well, I got news for ya SuperBowlDave, after Ventura's show is cancelled, 40 years from now, in 2050, I'm sure you will take great delight in criticizing the next time the mainstream media presents such a show. And you know what, you'll be a moran then, just like you are now.

Don't get me wrong, I love Jesse Ventura, but his Season 3 "Conspiracy Theory" episode titled "Ozarks" is so full of mischaracterizations and hooey I can't help but conclude it must have been intentional. In my mind, it puts into serious doubt who this guy is working for, or whether he has either been compromised or the show has been sabotaged.

1) The episode spends an inordinate amount of time speculating over Pensmore Castle, or Overwatch Manor, located outside of Branson, Missouri. It is a 72,000 sq ft home being built by billionaire, defense contractor and former spook Steven Huff [link to www.pensmore.com]

While it is built like a fortress and heavily fortified, it's no secret; it's been heavily covered by the MSM. The show gives the impression they are reporting on it for the first time, yet they show close-up archive footage of it throughout the episode shot from various MSM interviews with Huff (for something so supposedly secret, I kept thinking, "Where did they get all this close up footage?").

Jesse speculates it must be connected to all of the underground bases nearby, implies it has been built with government money and will act as a "command center" when the "Illuminati" starts "WWIII." (He also acts shocked that it is zoned as a "single family home", even though in rural areas, big mansions are built just like this one so owners can avoid city codes). None of this is backed by a shred of reality. I agree the mansion is certainly an anomaly and worth looking into, but so much for sticking to the facts.

2) Sean Stone (who acts like a complete nitwit during the episode) later visits with the "white rabbit" (he requests to have his face blurred out), a local with knowledge of Ozark caves, presumably connected to this rather interesting web site about old buildings and historical relics in the area: [link to www.undergroundozarks.com]

The "rabbit" takes him to a few nearby caves, and while in them, Sean says he "hears" something and you can hear some people talking in the background. I got the feeling they added this audio to the soundtrack. Sean acts all spooked and ridiculous and runs out of the cave (instead of investigating it), but never brings it up to Jesse and the team and it's never mentioned again. To me it looked staged, and gave new meaning to TruTV's admonition that "Conspiracy Theory" is an "entertainment show".

3) The "white rabbit" then takes Jesse and the team to what is implied to be a nearby super-sized underground installation (the episode is based in Ozark, Mo.). They eventually make their way to an impressive facility built into the side of a mountain.

Then they drive right into it! It's huge, a vast underground network of roadways and loading bays. It's very impressive and at first I was pretty shocked and spooked.

They then drive out and Jesse says, "Oh my god, look at the railroad tracks right nearby! And the parking lot full of government vehicles!"

The impression given is that this is located in the Ozarks and it's some kind of secret facility, one of many the government is building there.

Well, it's patently false and a total mischaracterization of the location and type of facility.

Check out the end of the episode in this clip showing all of the above:



What Jesse didn't tell you is that this facility is located SIX HOURS AWAY from Ozark, Missouri -- in Kansas City!

He didn't tell you that this "base" is an old limestone mine converted into a storage facility (there are a few of these in the state of Missouri, including one in Carthage and another in Kansas City). It is public. Anyone can go there. In fact, you can rent space in it. It's run by Hunt Midland and known as "Subtropolis."

They even have a promotional video on their web site:

[link to www.huntmidwest.com]

In my view, this season is off-the-rails and Jesse is threatening his own *cough* reputation with crap like this. It's a shame, because some of the episodes in previous seasons were awesome and actually revealed new information (particularly one of the 9/11 episodes, if I recall).

I don't get people like you.

Back in the 70's, when Leonard Nimoy was doing 'In Search Of', it was cornball and the topics were far more tame then what Jesse Ventura is covering. But conspiracy folks considered him a hero for bringing these issues into the mainstream media.

Now, 40 years later, when Jesse Ventura comes along with a similarly rare show in the mainstream media, certain internet warriors take pride in knocking Ventura, that he doesn't go far enough, and every which way.

Well, I got news for ya SuperBowlDave, after Ventura's show is cancelled, 40 years from now, in 2050, I'm sure you will take great delight in criticizing the next time the mainstream media presents such a show. And you know what, you'll be a moran then, just like you are now.

Jessie is a buffoon.

To think how ignorant and backward the merry bunch of retards in Mn are to vote this guy in.

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