The idea is that Campbell underwent various plastic surgery procedures to closer resemble Paul. Known by fans as “Faul” is rumored to be a Canadian man named William Shears Campbell. So, let’s get all this straight, if Paul died in 1966, who is the Paul McCartney we have seen nearly every year since? The answer conspirators have provided is a lookalike. The Michigan Daily likened the Abbey Road cover as a funeral procession: the Preacher being John in all white, the Undertaker being Ringo in black, the Corpse being Paul’s lookalike, and finally George, in blue denim as the gravedigger. The Beatles following album, Abbey Road, had fans pouring over the contents of the artwork. Similar to the strange phrases fans discovered when playing “Revolution 9” backwards there was also a portion that revealed itself when played backwards on the song “I’m So Tired.” The ending of the song has John muttering what seems to be gibberish but when reversed says: “Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him.” On their following studio album, The Beatles (The White Album) there are also other “clues” fans spotted. Fans believed the acronym meant “Officially Pronounced Dead.” On the gatefold of the album, Paul is seen wearing a badge that looks as though it spells O.P.D. Secondly, In the same photo, George stares downwards and points his finger to a specific lyric: “Wednesday morning at 5 o’clock as the day begins” the time conspirators believe Paul to be in the accident. For one, Paul is the only Beatle with his back turned. The writing on the kick drum spells out what appears to be a secret message: “IONEIX HEDIE” read as “11/9 he die” with an arrow pointing directly to Paul.įans found even more to justify their conspiracy on the back cover of the album. The most prominent discovery came when a fan decided to hold a mirror up just under the three main members of the band. On the front cover of the album fans noticed the funeral esq stylization of the flowers with the band and onlookers standing almost in memorial. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the 1967 studio album. So how does any of this play into the Beatles lore? Here is what fans have found, starting with Sgt. The band moved forward and kept Paul’s death a secret by replacing him with a look-alike. The other Beatles decided to keep the news private, so papers did not report the accident. He was officially pronounced dead (“O.P.D.”) on Wednesday morning at 5 o’clock. He drove away from Abbey Road late at night and ended up wrecking his car and never making it home. Here’s how the conspiracy went, Paul died on November 9, 1966. Now that you know how the ball got rolling, let me lay out the conspiracy of Paul’s death and jump into the connections fans have made to support the claim through the music and artwork. For example, at the end of “Strawberry Fields Forever,” John can be heard saying what conspirators believe is “I buried Paul.” Other messages were soon discovered while listening closely and adjusting the speed of song playback. When Gibb tried it on the air, he heard the words, “Turn me on, dead man.” This revelation was all Beatles fans needed to scrub for any other “secret” messages throughout their discography. ![]() So how did this conspiracy come about? It started on October 12, 1969, while Russ Gibb, a Detroit DJ, hosting his radio show was asked by a caller to play The Beatles (White Album) and spin the intro from “Revolution 9” backwards. ![]() We’re going to take a closer look at one of the biggest conspiracies in music history and break down some of the core elements to finally put to rest whether Paul McCartney is alive or if the man we know, and love is just a lookalike. Today, we are jumping into a yellow submarine and going all the way back to November 9th, 1966, the day Paul McCartney died–or at least, that’s what conspirators will have you believe.
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