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..And the 1958 World Cup never took place
According to 2002 documentary Conspiracy 58.
That 1958 tournament confirmed Brazil to be among the sport’s heavyweight nations and announced Pelé to the world as the greatest player that football had ever seen. However, according to famed historian, author and professor Bror Jacques de Wærn, the tournament never actually took place. Allegedly, Sweden didn’t have the resources to go ahead with their World Cup plans, and rather than cancelling it, they co-conspired with America to ‘test the effectiveness of televised propaganda’.
As a result, the entire tournament was staged in a Los Angeles television studio by the CIA, but what makes De Wærn so certain that the tournament never took place? Well, houses next to pitches that shouldn’t have been there and shadows that didn’t match up to the position of the sun in Sweden at the time, among other minor giveaways.
By now you’re probably thinking that both De Wærn and his theory are absolutely nonsense, and you’re right. As the credits roll at the end of Conspiracy 58, the entire documentary is revealed to be faked. However, some people seemingly missed this small detail, as rumours of a staged World Cup tournament have been rife ever since.
According to 2002 documentary Conspiracy 58.
That 1958 tournament confirmed Brazil to be among the sport’s heavyweight nations and announced Pelé to the world as the greatest player that football had ever seen. However, according to famed historian, author and professor Bror Jacques de Wærn, the tournament never actually took place. Allegedly, Sweden didn’t have the resources to go ahead with their World Cup plans, and rather than cancelling it, they co-conspired with America to ‘test the effectiveness of televised propaganda’.
As a result, the entire tournament was staged in a Los Angeles television studio by the CIA, but what makes De Wærn so certain that the tournament never took place? Well, houses next to pitches that shouldn’t have been there and shadows that didn’t match up to the position of the sun in Sweden at the time, among other minor giveaways.
By now you’re probably thinking that both De Wærn and his theory are absolutely nonsense, and you’re right. As the credits roll at the end of Conspiracy 58, the entire documentary is revealed to be faked. However, some people seemingly missed this small detail, as rumours of a staged World Cup tournament have been rife ever since.
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