Clinton body count

[[File:Clinton body count.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Bwah-ha-ha!<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2007/09/bwahhaha.html Bwah-Ha-Ha! What's with Hillary's laugh?] by John Dickerson (Sept. 28 2007 5:29 PM) ''Slate''.</ref>]]
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{{Cquote|In some corners of the internet, every crisis traces back to Bill and Hillary Clinton. No matter how many times fact-checkers swat down hoaxes faulting them for murders and other mischief, there’s always another conspiracy floating around, or so it seems. This time, a [[Facebook]] post suggests that the political family is responsible for more deaths than the novel [[coronavirus]] that’s infected more than 153,000 people worldwide.|||Bill McCarthy<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/facebook-posts/no-clintons-arent-responsible-more-deaths-coronavi/ No, the Clintons aren’t responsible for more deaths than the coronavirus] by Bill McCarthy (March 16, 2020) ''PolitiFact''.</ref>}}
The '''Clinton body count''' (formerly '''Clinton body bags''')<ref name=snopes>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-body-bags/ Clinton Body Bags: Decades-old political rumor claims Bill Clinton quietly did away with several dozen people who possessed incriminating evidence about him.] (24 January 1998) ''Snopes''.</ref> is an anti-Clinton propaganda [[conspiracy theory]] originally perpetrated by Larry Nichols and Pat Matrisciana who made the 1990 direct-to-video ''Bill and Hillary Clinton's Circle of Power'',<ref>''Bill and Hillary Clinton's Circle of Power'' (1990) Liberty Alliance.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130701125751/https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Hillary-Clintons-CIRCLE-POWER/dp/B007PCRXQA ''Bill and Hillary Clinton's Circle of Power'' (1990) Liberty Alliance] ''Amazon'' (archived from July 1, 2013).</ref> followed by the 1994 direct-to-video ''The Clinton Chronicles''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433674 ''The Clinton Chronicles''] (1994) ''IMDb''.</ref><ref name=snopes/><ref name=weiss>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/23/magazine/clinton-crazy.html Clinton Crazy] by Philip Weiss (Feb. 23, 1997) ''The New York Times Magazine''.</ref> The 1994 video was promoted and sold by [[Jerry Falwell]].<ref name=weiss/> Conspiracy-promoter [[:Conservapedia:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] has alleged without substantiation on [[Conservapedia]] that Danny Casolaro {{lived|1947|1991}} initiated the conspiracy in this largely lost manuscript ''The Octopus''.<ref>[http://archive.ph/EQkLY Difference between revisions of "Clinton body count"] ''Conservapedia'' (archived from 25 Dec 2019 18:38:54 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191127002108/https://www.conservapedia.com/Clinton_body_count Clinton body count] ''Conservapedia'' (archived from November 27, 2019).</ref> The conspiracy alleges that [[Bill Clinton|Bill]] and [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]] Clinton are responsible for the deaths of around 140 people.

The conspiracy theory is based on finding various vaguely suspicious but unconnected deaths, and then [[bullshit]]ting a great deal to make it seem like the Clintons were somehow responsible. Generally the Clintons are portrayed as leaders of a [[deep state]] group, or as pawns of the [[military-industrial complex]]. Any holes in the theory are explained away as a "[[coverup]]". The sub-conspiracies contained within this [[unified conspiracy theory]] include:
*[[2012 Benghazi attack]]
*[[Vince Foster]]'s death
*Deaths of [[FBI]] agents at the siege of the [[Branch Davidians|Branch Davidian]] compound in Waco, [[Texas]] (but none of the deaths of Branch Davidians)
*[[Whitewater]]
*[[Murder of Seth Rich]]
*[[Pizzagate]]
*[[QAnon]]

Needless to say, the entire idea is the fabrications of straw-grasping conspiracy theorists, and has been thoroughly [[debunked]].<ref name=snopes/>

==Premise==
===Origin and evolution===
The basic premise is that Bill and Hillary Clinton have quietly bumped off dozens of people in order to hide their criminal conspiracy/ties to the [[NWO]]/ties to the [[QAnon|global Satanic pedophile consortium]]. This conspiracy is ''old''. It seems to have begun in 1993 with a list compiled by Linda Thompson, a [[Gun nut|pro-gun hack]], which was titled "The Clinton Body Count: Coincidence or the Kiss of Death?"<ref name="snopes"/><ref name=thompson>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190811203953/https://www.fpparchive.org/media/documents/war_on_terrorism/The%20Clinton%20Body%20Count%3B%20Coincidence%20or%20the%20Kiss%20of%20Death_Linda%20D.%20Thompson_1993_AEN%20News.pdf The Clinton Body Count: Coincidence or the Kiss of Death?] by Linda D. Thompson (1993) ''AEN News'' via ''First Principles Archive'' (archived from August 11, 2019).</ref> Thompson admitted that she had no evidence whatsoever that the Clintons were guilty of any wrongdoing, but this didn't stop [[GOP]] Representative William Dannemeyer from making his own list and spreading it around.<ref name="snopes"/> The conspiracy theory reemerged during the 2008 election cycle.

The "Clinton body count" is laughably stupid no matter how one looks at it. To believe the claims, one must accept that the Clintons are hyper-competent criminal masterminds who were able to arrange dozens of murders and cover them up perfectly. One must accept that Bill Clinton was able to suppress any evidence, leaks, or whistleblowers despite having proven that he was unable to lie effectively about getting a blowjob.

Nonetheless, the conspiracy reared its ugly head and hit its peak during the absolute shitshow that was the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], no doubt to the glee of the [[Birtherism|conspiracy-minded]] [[Donald Trump]]. This time, claims centered around the murder of Democratic Party campaigner Seth Rich in an apparent robbery gone bad. The story went national because it happened shortly after [[WikiLeaks]] dumped a large number of embarrassing emails from the Democratic National Committee, sparking rumors that Seth Rich had been assassinated in retaliation for his presumed involvement.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43727858 Seth Rich: How a young man's murder attracted conspiracy theories]. ''BBC News''.</ref> The conspiracy theory was successfully used by right-wing pundits and [[fake news]] sources to contribute to an atmosphere of distrust towards Hillary Clinton, and this almost certainly contributed to her election defeat.<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2019/07/10/how-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-theory-put-trump-in-the-white-house/ How the Seth Rich conspiracy theory put Trump in the White House]. ''Salon.''</ref>

===How to add to the conspiracy===
*Find literally any recently deceased [[journalist]], lawyer, or [[politician]].
*Invent something to connect them to one or both the Clintons.
*Claim their death was "highly suspicious".
*[[Argumentum ad nauseam|Bullshit until everyone stops bothering to argue]].
*Bask in your delusion of having "proved" that "the Clintons did it".

==Specific individuals==
===Vince Foster===
[[File:Sketch of Vince Foster.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Sketch of Vince Foster]]
{{main|Vince Foster}}
A central "starting point" for the conspiracy is the allegation that Vince Foster's [[suicide]] was murder and a coverup, often by sarcastically alleging he "committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the back of the head". This is a complete and total fabrication. The gun ''was'' fired two times, once when he shot himself in the mouth (specifically the posterior {{wpl|oropharynx}}) and once when [[police]] officers tested the ballistics of the gun in a crime lab.<ref name="autopsy report">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/docs/fosterva.htm Whitewater: The Foster Report: V. Forensic Analyses] (1998) ''The Washington Post''.</ref> The first appearance of these claims is not clear, but there's no legitimate source for them.

===Seth Rich===
{{main|Murder of Seth Rich}}
Seth Rich was a campaign worker for the Democratic Party who was sadly murdered in a robbery gone wrong. 
Or is that just what they ''want'' you to think?
 After his murder, conspiracy theorists and right-wing pundits started propagating the baseless idea that Seth Rich was responsible for sharing internal Democratic Party documents with Wikileaks.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/may/23/newt-gingrich/claim-slain-dnc-staffer-seth-rich-gave-emails-wiki/ The baseless claim that slain DNC staffer Seth Rich gave emails to WikiLeaks]. ''Politifact.''</ref> There is zero evidence to back up the claim, and they obviously started "[[JAQ|asking questions]]" just to manufacture a supposed motive for the Clintons to bump Rich off.

Peddlers of the conspiracy include [[Sean Hannity]], who persisted even after [[Fox News]] claimed to have pulled the story, and [[Julian Assange]], who started using the conspiracy theory was a way to publicly distract from his organization's ties to [[Russia]].<ref>[https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/24/15685560/seth-rich-conspiracy-theory-explained-fox-news-hannity The bonkers Seth Rich conspiracy theory, explained]. ''Vox.''</ref> The Russian Embassy in London also got in on the action by tweeting a picture of Seth Rich and Hillary Clinton in the background, with text saying, "Who Killed Seth Rich?"<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/russian-embassy-twitter-seth-rich-murder-dnc-612446 Russian Embassy In London Joins In Seth Rich Murder Speculation] ''Newsweek.''</ref>

Conspiracists like to say that Rich's murder was most likely a hit because his valuables were still on the scene. However, it's not unusual for would-be robbers to flee the scene after shooting someone for fear of being caught, and Rich was still conscious and breathing when authorities found him, rendering theories of a professional hit very unlikely.<ref>[https://people.com/crime/seth-rich-friends-say-dnc-staffer-was-honest-dependable/ Friends of Slain DNC Staffer Seth Rich Remember Him as 'Honest' and 'Self-Sacrificing']. ''People.''</ref>

The conspiracy theory has caused anguish among Rich's family, and his parents wrote that "With every conspiratorial flare-up, we are forced to relive Seth’s murder and a small piece of us dies as more of Seth’s memory is torn away from us."<ref>[https://time.com/4791788/seth-rich-parents-speak-out-fox-news-retraction-conspiracy-dnc/ Seth Rich's Parents to Conspiracy Theorists: Stop Politicizing Our Son’s Murder]. ''Time.''</ref>

===Jeffrey Epstein===
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[[File:Epstein 2013 mugshot.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Jeffrey Epstein, 2013 mugshot]]
When billionaire scumbag Jeffrey Epstein was indicted in July 2019 for [[Rape|raping]] underage girls at his private island and possibly selling them out to his rich asshole friends, both the media and the public immediately focused on the fact that Epstein had been friends with both [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2018/12/3/18116351/jeffrey-epstein-indictment-arrested-trump-clinton-acosta Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who was friends with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, explained]. ''Vox.''</ref> 
Surely that had no negative impact on political tensions in the United States.
 Epstein had also previously received a sweetheart plea deal from former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta (then a federal prosecutor in Florida), the scandal which later led to Acosta's resignation.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/us/politics/acosta-resigns-trump.html Acosta to Resign as Labor Secretary Over Jeffrey Epstein Plea Deal]. ''New York Times.''</ref> Bill Clinton, meanwhile, was revealed by flight logs to have ridden on Epstein's private plane, allegedly called the "Lolita Express."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/10/jeffrey-epstein-trump-clinton-friends Who were the rich and powerful people in Jeffrey Epstein's circle?]. ''The Guardian.''</ref>

When Epstein was found dead in his cell by apparent [[suicide]], various pundits and politicians noted that it was suspicious that a man who could have indicted other rich assholes in a pedophilia ring was suddenly silenced.<ref name=bbc>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49312746 Jeffrey Epstein: How conspiracy theories spread after financier's death]. ''BBC News.''</ref> Online, the phrase "Epstein didn’t kill himself" became a meme.<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/epstein-didnt-kill-himself Epstein didn't kill himself], ''KnowYourMeme''</ref> Naturally, a dead guy with a salacious story around him was perfect fuel for the internet's conspiracy theorists, and they started acting as if Epstein had been found with Bill Clinton's fingerprints on his constricted throat, and with Bill Clinton's photo ID clutched in his dead hand.

In reality, his suicide seems to be a result of basic negligence. Epstein, who had previously tried to hang himself, was taken off suicide watch prematurely and left alone in his cell with no cellmate and no supervision.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-his-suicide-watch-ended-jeffrey-epstein-was-left-to-look-after-himself After His Suicide Watch Ended, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left to Look After Himself]. ''The Daily Beast.''</ref> It's apparent that the lower Manhattan federal prison in which Epstein was incarcerated had utterly failed to follow its own protocols.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/nyregion/epstein-death-manhattan-correctional-center.html Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored]. ''New York Times.''</ref> "Both officers who were guarding Epstein were working overtime because of staffing shortages. One of the guards, who did not primarily work as a correctional officer, was working a fifth straight day of overtime. The other guard was working mandatory overtime, meaning a second eight-hour shift of the day."<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jeffrey-epstein-guards-falsifying-records-1.6037236 Jeffrey Epstein prison guards admit to falsifying records, make deal to avoid jail time], ''CBC'', 21 May 2021</ref> Reports suggest that Epstein was having difficulties adjusting to prison life, as you might expect from a dickwad billionaire, and he was also among the demographic of inmates who are most likely to commit suicide (recently incarcerated prisoners awaiting trial).<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-11/jeffrey-epstein-death-suicide-murder-conspiracy-theories Op-Ed: Forget the conspiracy theories. Here’s why it’s likely Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.] ''LA Times.'' Op-ed by Danny Cevallos.</ref>

Conspiracy theories also ignore that Mr. Epstein was not the sole source of evidence that could, hypothetically, be used against those with purported motivation to kill him. His accusers are still alive and have a voice.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-hearing-victims.html Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims, Denied a Trial, Vent Their Fury: ‘He Is a Coward’.] Ali Watkins et al. “New York Times.” Aug. 27, 2020 (updated Aug. 30, 2020).</ref> Moreover, evidence of other possible crimes (e.g., emails, phone records, financial statements, address books,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-case-address-book.html Jeffrey Epstein Case: Over 1,000 Connected to Him in Address Book], Amy Julia Harris, New York Times (Sept. 4, 2019).</ref> etc.) would easily survive Mr. Epstein. Assuming that conspirators were powerful and clever enough to murder Mr. Epstein in a secure federal detention facility by himself, yet incapable of eliminating other witnesses and destroying other evidence, or too stupid to consider that killing Mr. Epstein might not be enough to cover their tracks, is beyond credulity.

Trump naturally joined in on the hysteria by retweeting a post suggesting that Epstein was murdered by the Clintons, even including #ClintonBodyCount.<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/457022-conway-defends-trumps-epstein-conspiracy-theory-retweet-as-2020 Democrats blast Trump's Epstein conspiracy theory retweet as Conway defends the president]. ''The Hill.''</ref> Of course, the honorable and trustworthy Donald Trump would ''never'' peddle baseless conspiracies.{{lie}}

As a follow-up to this theory, when Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel committed suicide while awaiting trial in France [[Ted Cruz]] accused Hillary Clinton of being responsible.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-hilary-clinton-epstein-b2019497.html Ted Cruz under fire for attempt to link Hillary Clinton to Epstein associate found dead in cell], The Independent]</ref>

===Tim Bergling===
[[File:Avicii 2014 003cr.jpg|thumb|165px|Tim Bergling, 2014]]
Tim Bergling, the Swedish [[music]]ian known under the stage name ''AVICII'', born 1989, committed suicide in April 2018.

According to conspiracy theorists however, including those in [[YouTube]] comment sections, his death is related to his September 2015 music video “''For A Better Day''”, which shows fictional scenes of child trafficking, a topic related to the ''[[Pizzagate]]'' theory. The video has been viewed 87 million times as of January 2020.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-knHXSKYY ''Avicii - For A Better Day''] (music video)</ref>

Originally, the conspiracy had nothing to do with Pizzagate, and was spread by a [[fake news]] website known as "Neon Nettle" that is known for posting false stories about pedophiles.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dj-avicii-expose-pedophile-ring/ Did DJ Avicii Try to Expose a Pedophile Ring Before He Died?], David Mikkelson, ''Snopes'' 24 April 2018</ref> However, by 2020, the theory became inextricably linked to Pizzagate, as evidenced by the comments on the "For a Better Day" video.

The conspiracists additionally believe Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, both of whom had committed suicide, to have been killed as a part of the conspiracy as well.<ref>[https://amp.marca.com/en/lifestyle/2020/06/03/5ed7fbf222601d18678b457a.html Anonymous' theory about the deaths of Avicii and Kurt Cobain: They didn't commit suicide], Tiramillas, ''MARCA'' 3 June 2020</ref> Why wouldn't any of their bandmates have ever brought this up if this was the case is unanswered by the theorists.

In reality, all three were known to have mental health issues.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/avicii-suicide-father-klas-bergling-on-depression-tim-bergling-foundation/ A year after suicide, Avicii's father opens up about his "brave" son], ''CBS'' 21 October 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/23/us/talinda-bennington-suicide-town-hall-cnntv/index.html There were warning signs before Chester Bennington’s suicide, the Linkin Park singer’s widow says], Alexandra King, ''CNN'' 23 June 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19516660/chris-cornell-death-depression-suicide-interview/ ​What Chris Cornell Told Me About His Depression Years Before His Suicide], Mike Zimmerman, ''Men's Health'' 19 May 2017</ref> Spreading these kinds of conspiracies is problematic, as asserting that there's no way these people could have killed themselves may cause people to take warning signs such as depression less seriously.

==Proponents==
*[[Conservapedia]]<ref name=conservapedia>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190326212021/https://www.conservapedia.com/Clinton_body_count Clinton body count] ''Conservapedia'' (archived from March 26, 2019).</ref> 
*Patrick Matrisciana, maker of a documentary film called {{wpl|The Clinton Chronicles|''The Clinton Chronicles''}} which [[The Washington Post]] described as "bizarre and unsubstantiated".<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/enemies030298.htm A Core Collection of Clinton Enemies] by Lois Romano (March 2, 1998) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>
*Victor Thorn {{lived|1962|2016}}, [[neo-Nazi]]/[[Nazi]] apologist, [[Holocaust denier]], [[antisemite]] and conspiracy theorist.<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/victor-thorn-facebook-trending-topic/ Facebook Trending Topic for Victor Thorn hides anti-Semitic past] by Andrew Couts (2016-08-05 02:18 pm | Last updated 2017-02-24 05:45 pm) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/sunrise-sunset-five-leading-extremists-dead-2016 Sunrise, Sunset: Five Leading Extremists Dead in 2016] (February 15, 2017) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref><ref>''The Holocaust Hoax Exposed: Debunking the 20<sup>th</sup> Century's Biggest Lie'' by Victor Thorn (2012) Sisyphus Press. ISBN 1467506389.</ref> He was the author of the book ''Hillary (And Bill) The Murder Volume'', published by the conspiracy theory publisher [[American Free Press]].<ref name=thorn>''Hillary (And Bill): The Murder Volume'' by Victor Thorn (2008) American Free Press. ISBN 0978573382.</ref>  Thorn committed suicide, so by conspiracy logic he must have been murdered<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/08/10/4th-mysterious-death-connected-to-the-dnc/ Fourth Mysterious Death Connected to the DNC?] by David Mikkelson (10 August 2016) ''Snopes''.</ref> (or "suicided" in conspiracy parlance.<ref name=conservapedia/>)
*[[Roger Stone]], political strategist and quintessential [[Ratfucking|ratfucker]], who accused the Clintons of killing multiple supposed opponents (including Thorn) on social media.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/trump-ally-roger-stone-clintons-recently-had-four-people-murdered Trump Ally Roger Stone: The Clintons Recently Had Four People Murdered] by Eric Hananoki (August 9, 2016) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref> Stone is 
coincidentally
 a prominent ally of Hillary Clinton's political rival [[Donald Trump]].

==Supposed victims==
As with most conspiracy theories, the narrative is always evolving, and new "victims" are added all the time. Most of these people had little or no fame particularly before their deaths (e.g. Foster). The lack of fame for most of these people probably fuels the conspiracy mindset into thinking that it is therefore easily covered up, although with the rise of QAnon and Pizzagate, more famous people started showing up in the list as well. Several of these alleged victims survived the purported assassination attempts.<ref name=snopes/><ref name=conservapedia/> [[Crank magnetism|The sheer amount of conspiracy theories]] you'd have to believe in to think all of these people were killed by the Clintons is staggering, but that keeps the conspiracy going, as any new deaths can easily be added to the narrative. The list:<ref name=thompson/><ref name=thorn/><ref name=conservapedia/>
{{collist|4|
*Donald Joe Adams
*{{wpl|John William Ashe|John Ashe}} {{lived|1954|2016}}
*William S. Barkley {{lived||1993}} (Presidential helicopter crash in Quantico, [[Virginia]])<ref name=quantico>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/20/us/4-marines-die-in-crash-of-presidential-copter.html 4 Marines Die in Crash Of Presidential Copter] (May 20, 1993) ''AP'' via ''The New York Times''.</ref>
*Robert Bates
*Gandy Baugh {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Chester Bennington}} {{lived|1976|2017}}
*Tim "{{wpl|Avicii||"}} Bergling {{lived|1989|2018}}
*Sabrina Bittencourt
*{{wpl|Anthony Bourdain}} {{lived|1956|2018}}<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-bourdain-clinton-idUSL1N2PI0NF Fact Check-Anthony Bourdain did not tweet that he has information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton]</ref>
*{{wpl|Ron Brown (U.S. politician)|Ron Brown}} {{lived|1941|1996}}<ref>{{wpa|1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash}}</ref><ref name=snopes/>
*Jean-Luc Brunel {{lived|1946|2022}}
*{{wpl|Kobe Bryant}} {{lived|1978|2020}} and by extension the other eight victims of the {{wpl|2020 Calabasas helicopter crash}}<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/27/viral-image/no-kobe-bryant-didnt-tweet-about-having-dirt-hilla/ No, Kobe Bryant didn't tweet about having dirt on Hillary Clinton before his helicopter crashed], PolitiFact</ref>
*James Bunch
*Eric Butera
*{{wpl|Berta Cáceres}} {{lived|1971|2016}}
*{{wpl|Danny Casolaro}} {{lived|1947|1991}}
*[[Kurt Cobain murder conspiracy theories|Kurt Cobain]] {{lived|1967|1994}} (No, seriously.)
*{{wpl|William Colby}} {{lived|1920|1996}}
*Suzanne Coleman {{lived||1992}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Gregory Collins {{lived||1989}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Keith Coney {{lived||1998}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Chris Cornell}} {{lived|1964|2017}}
*John Crawford
*{{wpl|L.J. Davis}} (Lawrence James Davis) {{lived|1940|2011}}<ref name=snopes/><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/arts/l-j-davis-journalist-and-novelist-dies-at-70.html L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70] by Bruce Weber (April 9, 2011) ''The New York Times''.</ref>
*William Densberger {{lived||1993}}, US Army helicopter crash in [[Germany]]<ref name=snopes/>
*Steve Dickson {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/><ref name=spohrer/>
*David Drye
*Daniel Dutko
*Klaus Eberwein
*Dennis Eisman
*[[Jeffrey Epstein]] {{lived|1953|2019}}<ref name=bbc/>
*Emory Allen Evans {{lived||1997}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Kathy Ferguson {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*[[Vince Foster]] {{lived|1945|1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Eric S. Fox
*Hershell Friday {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Duane Garrett
*Carlos Ghigliotti
*Judi Gibbs
*[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] {{lived|1933|2020}}<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/9436494638 Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not author a tweet about Hillary Clinton], Associated Press</ref>
*{{wpl|Virginia Giuffre}} {{lived|1983|2025}}<ref>[https://ifunny.co/picture/add-another-to-the-clinton-s-body-count-nbc-news-btwW96gLC Add another to the Clinton's body count], ''ifunny''</ref>
*Aaron Goodrich
*Paula Grober {{lived||1992}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Larry Guerrin
*Brian Hanley {{lived||1993}} (Presidential helicopter crash)<ref name=quantico/><ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings}} {{lived|1980|2013}}
*Stanley Heard {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Death of Don Henry and Kevin Ives|Don Henry}} {{lived|1970|1987}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Lance Herndon
*John Hillyer (or John Hillier)<ref name=snopes/>
*Stanley Huggins {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Death of Don Henry and Kevin Ives|Kevin Ives}} {{lived|1970|1987}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Michael Jackson}} {{lived|1958|2009}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200610230508/https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/06/the-anonymous-scandal-continues/ The Anonymous scandal continues], ''Yucatan Times''</ref>
*Niko Jerkuic
*Gary Johnson{{efn|No, not that [[Gary Johnson]].}}
*John Jones
*{{wpl|John F. Kennedy Jr.}} {{lived|1960|1999}}
*Robert Kelly {{lived||1993}}, US Army helicopter crash in Germany<ref name=snopes/><ref name=spohrer/>
*{{wpl|1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash|Shelly Kelly}} {{lived||1996}}
*Jordan Kettleson (or Jordan Ketelsen) {{lived||1990}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Alan Krueger}} {{lived|1960|2019}}
*Johnny Lawhorn Jr.
*Conway Charles LeBleu {{lived||1993}} (FBI agent at the Branch Davidian siege)<ref name=snopes/>
*Shawn Lucas
*Todd Madison
*Mary Caitrin "Caity" Mahoney (or Mary Mohane) {{lived||1997}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Florence Martin {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*[[John McAfee]] {{lived|1945|2021}}
*[[Madeleine McCann]]<ref>Kim LaCapria (December 12, 2016). [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tony-and-john-podesta-match-madeleine-mccann-police-sketches/ "Do Tony and John Podesta Match Madeleine McCann Police Sketches?"]. ''Snopes''.</ref> {{lived|2003|disappeared 2007}}
*Todd McKeehan {{lived||1993}} (FBI agent at the Branch Davidian siege)
*Keith McKaskle (or Keith McMaskle) {{lived||1988}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Charles Meissner {{lived||1996}}<ref name=snopes/>
*James Milam<ref name=snopes/>
*Charles Wilbourne Miller
*Ron Miller
*Carolyn Moffet
*Jenny Moore
*{{wpl|Larry Nichols}} {{lived|1950|2020}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Paul Olson
*Jerry Luther Parks {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Dennis Patrick<ref name=snopes/>
*Job W. Price
*Montgomery Raiser 
*C. Victor Raiser, II {{lived||1992}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Scott J. Reynolds {{lived||1993}} (Presidential helicopter crash)<ref name=quantico/>
*Jeff Rhodes {{lived||1989}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Gary Rhodes {{lived||1993}}, US Army helicopter crash in Germany<ref name=snopes/><ref name=spohrer/>
*[[Seth Rich]] {{lived|1989|2016}}
*Jarrett Robertson (or William Robertson) {{lived||1993}}, US Army helicopter crash in Germany<ref name=snopes/><ref name=spohrer>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160612203444/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/federal-jury-awards-229-million-in-us-army-blackhawk-helicopter-crash-announces-spohrer-wilner-maxwell--matthews-73513897.html Federal Jury Awards $22.9 Million in U.S. Army Blackhawk Helicopter Crash, Announces Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews] by Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews (Jun 09, 2000, 01:00 ET) ''PR Newswire'' (archived from June 12, 2016).</ref>
*Roger Rodas {{lived|1975|2013}}<ref name=walker />
*Ronald Rogers (or Donald Rogers) {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Tim Sabel {{lived||1993}} (Presidential helicopter crash)<ref name=quantico/>
*Captain Schic
*{{wpl|Barry Seal}} {{lived|1936|1986}}
*Bill Shelton {{lived||1994}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Peter W. Smith}} {{lived|1936|2017}}
*{{wpl|Ian Stuart Spiro}} {{lived|1946|1992}}
*Alan Standorf
*[[Roger Stone]] {{lived|1952}} (made the extremely dubious claim that he was poisoned by [[polonium]])<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/04/07/trump-confidant-roger-stone-cant-stop-claiming-he-was-poisoned-by-polonium/ Trump confidant Roger Stone can't stop claiming he was poisoned by polonium] by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (April 7, 2018) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>
*Victor Thorn
*Paul Tully (or Paul Tulley) {{lived||1992}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Jon Parnell Walker {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Paul Walker}} {{lived|1973|2013}}<ref name=walker>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/facebook-posts/no-evidence-support-paul-walker-clinton-conspiracy/ No evidence to support Paul Walker-Clinton conspiracy theory], Samantha Putterman, ''Politifact'' 10 February 2020</ref>
*Calvin Walraven
*Russell Welch
*Paul Wilcher {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Jim Wilhite
*{{wpl|Kathleen Willey|Edward Willey}} {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*{{wpl|Death of Gareth Williams|Gareth Williams}} {{lived|1978|2010}}
*Robert Williams {{lived||1993}} (FBI agent at the Branch Davidian siege)<ref name=snopes/>
*Steve Willis {{lived||1993}} (FBI agent at the Branch Davidian siege)<ref name=snopes/>
*John Augustus Wilson {{lived||1993}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Richard Winters
*Barbara Alice Wise {{lived||1996}}<ref name=snopes/>
*Terrance Yeakey
*Christopher Mello
*
[[Conservapedia:RobSmith|RobSmith]]

*1 person unnamed in the Quantico helicopter crash report<ref name=quantico/>
*5 random Navy aviators (1993)<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-27-mn-15821-story.html 5 Missing as Plane Crashes Off Coast of Italy, Navy Says] (March 27, 1993
12 AM) ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref>
*{{wpl|1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash|34 random Air Force personnel in Croatia (1996)}}
*And many more!
}}

The high "body count" is used both to make the conspiracy sound more impressive, and by continually adding new "victims", to keep it going over a long period.

==See also==
{{collist|2|
*[[2012 Benghazi attack]]
*[[Frazzledrip]]
*[[Iraq War|Bush body count]]
*[[COVID-19 pandemic#Trump body count|Trump body count]]
*[[Pizzagate]]
*[[QAnon]]
*[[Fun:Trump Bodycount|Donald Trump Bodycount EXPOSED!!! Not a conspiracy theory!]]
*[[Vast right-wing conspiracy]]
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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