Tweet The new film Sword of Trust features a deep-dive into a fictional conspiracy theory that the South actually won the Civil War. Directed by mumblecore veteran Lynn Shelton and starring everyone’s favorite curmudgeon Marc Maron, Sword of Trust is a comedy about a couple who inherit a Confederate sword that actually proves the South won the war and their journey into tinfoil hat-land to sell the sword to the highest bidder. Our colleague Scott Markus from What’s Your Ghost Story.com got to work the Sword of Trust red carpet at the film’s premiere at SXSW this year for the International Screenwriters’ Association and he asked the cast and crew (including director Lynn Shelton and lead Marc Maron) about what their favorite conspiracy theory was for this episode. In addition to that fun segment, Scott joins Wendy and I for a discussion of our favorite conspiracy theories. Because of course, July 20th 2019 was the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon and the idea that we faked it because we needed a big propaganda win at the end of the 60s continues to this day. Who doesn’t love this video of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin punching A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon filmmaker Bart Sibrel… In addition to discussing the movie and the moon landing conspiracy theories, here are some of the other topics we talk about: * Where the phrase “Your name is mud” actually comes from* A real Civil War conspiracy about assassinating Jefferson Davis* Was the the Pope behind Lincoln’s assassination? WHAT?!* The original book behind the claim that the Moon Landing was just a hoax* Why people thought that director Stanley Kubrick was the director behind a Moon Landing hoax Because Sword of Trust features a Civil War conspiracy theory, we wanted to record a song that was popular during the era. Released in 1861, you could hear “Aura Lee” on any night around army campfires on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. You might recognize the melody because it was repurposed for Elvis’ classic, “Love Me Tender”. As the blackbird in the spring, ‘neath the willow tree, Sat and piped, I heard him sing; sing of Aura Lee. Aura Lee, Aura Lee, maid with golden hair Sunshine came along with thee, and swallows in the air. In thy blush the rose was born, music when you spake. Through thine azure eye, the morn, sparkling seemed to break. Aura Lee, Aura Lee, birds of crimson wing Never song have sung to me as in that night, sweet spring. Aura Lee, the bird may flee the willow’s golden hair Swing through winter fitfully, on the stormy air. Yet if thy blue eyes I see, gloom will soon depart. For to me, sweet Aura Lee is sunshine through the heart. When the mistletoe was green,