9 of the weirdest, most persistent Disney conspiracy theories

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These days, it seems any large corporation, franchise, or famous figure is fair game for conspiracy theorists, so it comes as no surprise that Walt Disney and his living empire have served as the subject of a wide variety of far-fetched speculations. Even by Conspirasphere standards, however, the conjectures surrounding Disney skew toward the decidedly odd.

Here are 10 of the most enduring and bizarre of the many myths and misconceptions that have sprung up over the years around the House of Mouse.

A Century of Disney

This might be the most widespread and popular of all myths concerning Walt Disney and the Disney corporation. The story goes that, when Walt died in 1966, his head (or in some versions of the tale, his entire body) was cryogenically frozen, to be reanimated when the technology to do so became available. It seems the story may have first appeared in the tabloid newspaper The National Spotlight in 1967, cropping up later in the French magazineIci Paris, and again in The National Tattler.

While it is true that the first instance of cryogenic freezing of a human took place in 1967, there is zero evidence that the Disney creator’s head or body are on ice. In 1972, his daughter, Diane, publicly repudiated the idea. Speculation may have been fueled by Walt’s particularly private funeral. In fact, he was cremated, and his ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

This might be the least far-fetched theory on this list. Walt’s death from lung cancer was relatively sudden, and came at a pivotal moment for the company. Walt Disney World was still under construction, and Walt’s brother Roy deferred his retirement to oversee the project. The myth persists that, during his last days, Walt