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Any Howard Hughes conspiracy theorists here?

Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:03 pm
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:03 pm
Ive been reading up on the Gemstone Files. Any thoughts on Hughes disappearing? Im late to the game but im enjoying the rabbit hole.

What do yall think about Hughes? Did he go crazy? Kidnapped?

It's hard not to draw comparisons between him and Musk.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 7:04 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:07 pm to
That’s a Hughes ask, to think there’s a conspiracy.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:10 pm to
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Did he go crazy?

Didn't he used to walk around with kleenex boxes on his feet? I remember reading about him doing some odd things.
Posted by LSUballs
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:11 pm to
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That’s a Hughes ask, to think there’s a conspiracy.



Posted by Rambone
Member since Sep 2026
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:24 pm to
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Didn't he used to walk around with kleenex boxes on his feet? I remember reading about him doing some odd things.


Yup.

He collected jars of his own urine too. He suffered profoundly from obsessive compulsive disorder, and on the subject of that. There's no worse form of mental illness to suffer from.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:24 pm to
He was Musk, before Musk. A visionary that went koo koo. Hope Elon is above the insanity.
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:38 pm to
A family and our church in Houston lived next door to Hughes childhood home
after HH died the guy caught some people digging underneath the house these were on the piers so you could crawl underneath the house on Houston's East Side in Eastwood

That's all I got
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:41 pm to
He almost killed himself piloting his XF-11 that crashed. He also cracked Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Gene Tiereny, Ava Gardner, Joan Crawford, and Olivia de Havilland among others.
Posted by Beer did clam
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:41 pm to
US Gov. and CIA used Howard for the M/V Glomar Explorer to cover operations recovering a russian sub.
Posted by Traveler
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:46 pm to
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M/V Glomar Explorer to cover operations recovering a russian sub.

That is one incredible story and how close they came to being caught in the process. With the leaks in government now, I’m not so sure this secret op could be successful.
Posted by Cleathecat
Houston
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:55 pm to
I'd love to be able to sit and listen to a conversation between Hughes, Tesla, and Musk.

I have no doubt I wouldn't understand anything but know it was special
Posted by Bullfrog
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 7:59 pm to
I think he died on the top floor of the Alcapulco Princess hotel. The body was secretly flown to the US before he was pronounced dead.

All I got.
Posted by jmarto1
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:08 pm to
My parents met because of Howard Hughes
Posted by TheFonz
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:24 pm to
Posted by LCA131
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:28 pm to
HE liked to watch, 'Ice Station Zebra', while I'VE never seen it.

That's got to mean or prove or show something... Or not

That's all I've got. Well, that and the ice cream story.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:50 pm to
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He suffered profoundly from obsessive compulsive disorder, and on the subject of that. There's no worse form of mental illness to suffer from.
Sorry about your OCD but I'm sure there are some way worse ones.

My grandfather was acquainted with Hughes. His mental illness was definitely legit. What caused it or made it worse? That's the real question, but some or all of it is likely answered by the fact that he'd been badly injured in multiple plane crashes. The drugs alone would mess up a lot of people.
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:59 pm to
He opposed the deep state; thus he’s painted as a weirdo.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
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Member since Jun 2012
19034 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:10 pm to
Im partial to the theory that he was kidnapped by Aristotle Onassis.

Anybody else familiar with the theory?
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 9:11 pm
Posted by SalE
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Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:17 pm to
That's only part of his service to the IC....the planting of ICBMs in the Atlantic floor..
Posted by Rambone
Member since Sep 2026
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:37 pm to
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Sorry about your OCD but I'm sure there are some way worse ones.

My grandfather was acquainted with Hughes. His mental illness was definitely legit. What caused it or made it worse? That's the real question, but some or all of it is likely answered by the fact that he'd been badly injured in multiple plane crashes. The drugs alone would mess up a lot of people.


I don't have OCD, but I am a mental health professional. As far as debilitating mental illness goes, OCD is far and away the worst.

I would rather have schizophrenia than the level of OCD that afflicted Howard Hughes. It's saddening to see how badly people with debilitating OCD suffer.
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