Conspiracy Theories

*see: Conspiracy Theories miniseries*

"Conspiracy Theories" is the tenth episode of *Daniel Kravitz, Chosen One (Volume 3)*, and the thirty-sixth installment of the series overall. It was performed on March 28, 2020 on Instagram Live, with the actors performing in their own homes. It was the first segment done this way, chosen as an experiment because of its simplicity and two-actor cast. This segment was originally written for the Roulette 2 show in May that was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. None of the main cast appeared in it. It has not yet been released on the podcast, and will be re-recorded for audio before release.

Written by Jerome Wetzel

Directed by Samantha Stark

Previous episode: "Deceit of Clay"

Next episode: "Cave of Wonders"

## **The Story**

The story beings in 2021 in a cramped office. Issues of *Conspiracy Today* and *The National Enquirer* are strewn among books, some of them overdue from the library. A corkboard with photos, notes, and red string is on the wall, with a similarly marked-up map of the United States and Europe nearby.

Michelle Meyers is sleeping on the desk. Kelly enters and wakes her. Michelle says she's close. When Kelly points out that she's months behind paying him, she asks for an extension, which he grants. Michelle says if she can confirm where they are, she can sell proof and dig herself out. She won't just be the crazy conspiracy theorist anymore. Kelly believes that Michelle is right in her theories.

Kelly has brought Michelle a newspaper article confirming a large group of campers that went missing in Montana two years ago. It mentions a woman who claims her husband was among the campers. Given the number of people and the location, Kelly and Michelle assume the article isn't straight-forward, but the wife was worried about her spouse and wanted to police to look into things without giving away what her husband was really doing.

Michelle sees this as a vital key and looks at her map. She triangulates the story with other reports and settles on Whitefish, Montana as the location of the secret base. Then she sees another nearby town name and is convinced otherwise due to the obvious nature of its name. She sticks a tack in it.

As Michelle packs, she asks if Kelly will go with her to follow the lead. He says no, and not because he's scared, though he is. Kelly implores her to be careful, as she never is, and Michelle returns that her determination will see her through.

The two leave to get a bit to eat before Michelle leaves town and the narration reveals the thumbtack has been placed on Kalispell, Montana. Then the narrator says this will be continued in *Daniel Kravitz, Chosen One* Volume 4, coming in 2021.

## **Guest Starring**

* Kristin Green as Michelle Meyers
* Jerome Wetzel as Kelly and narrator

## **Trivia**

* Instagram was undergoing an update at 1PM, the scheduled time of the performance, and the live option was not available on the IABDPresents account. After more than ten minutes of trying to make it work, it was instead performed on Jerome's personal account JMSWDLY.
* Kristin and Jerome thought IG was a bit choppy, so re-recorded it on Zoom immediately following the performance. This re-record is what IABDPresents posted on IG TV and was shared with the Patreon donors.
* Michelle Meyers and Kelly are characters in the segment *Morning Show*, but that segment takes place in Dimension AAA, while *Daniel Kravitz, Chosen One* is in Dimension C. Thus, the individuals that appear in this segment, which are not dimension-travelers, are a different version of those characters.
* This story takes place in the future from Volume 3, meant to set up Volume 4, but references the events of the Volume 3 episode "Cult of B.O.B."