The Most Outrageous U.S. Conspiracy Theories

The Kentucky Derby

Fuller took the claims to court. The situation rocked the community which led to speculation on what actually happened. Fuller was a supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and even donated money to his family. There are suspicions that an anti-civil rights group sabotaged the horse. Another theory is that the FBI plotted against Fuller because J. Edgar Hoover disliked King and Fuller. 

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