In July 2017, information of Linkin Park’s lead singer Chester Bennington’s obvious suicide shocked followers of the band.
Coming only a few months after Chris Cornell’s suicide, Bennington’s demise was one other unhappy blow to the leisure business and extra particularly the world of other music — and it didn’t take lengthy for followers to note that the circumstances surrounding these two deaths had been type of… odd.
How did Chester Bennington die?
On the morning of July 20, 2017, Chester Bennington, 41, was present in his Palos Verdes Estates dwelling, having died of suicide by hanging.
As with many sudden movie star deaths, folks on the web started debating the truthfulness behind the coroner’s ruling that Bennington’s manner of death was suicide. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than wild rumors and conspiracy theories began effervescent up.
With Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial now underway, the conspiracy principle that Bennington and Cornell might have been murdered as a result of they had been working to show a toddler sex-trafficking ring and that former Clinton advisor John Podesta was Chester Bennington’s organic father is as soon as once more resurfacing, regardless of having previously been determined to be hoax.
To be completely trustworthy, the rumors sound loopy at first. The connection between Bennington and Cornell, Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking ring stated to have serviced excessive profile celebrities and public figures, homicide cover-ups, and even rumors of presidency involvement are about as far-fetched as you may get.
And let me let you know: whereas more often than not, conspiracy theories are stuffed with holes and maintain little or no foundation in actuality.
However this time? They’re really fairly arduous to disregard.
So, did Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell die by suicide or had been they murdered whereas making an attempt to show a listing of pedophiles?
Let’s focus on.
The very first thing conspiracy theorists seen was not solely that two rock frontmen died in such a short while span, but in addition that the 2 had been shut associates and their deaths had been eerily comparable.
A pair months after Cornell’s demise, Bennington wrote a really shifting letter to his late pal that he posted on Twitter. “I’m nonetheless weeping with disappointment,” he wrote. “I can’t think about a world with out you in it.”
A month later, on what was (coincidentally?) Cornell’s birthday, Bennington was discovered useless.
TMZ reported that Bennington was discovered hanged, very similar to Cornell who was discovered hanged by an exercise resistance band. Coroners dominated each deaths to be suicides, although quickly after Cornell’s demise a former medical expert told the Detroit Free Press he wasn’t “completely satisfied” his demise was a suicide.
Thus far, this all is smart. Bennington had opened up about his wrestle with despair earlier than, and perhaps Cornell’s demise was simply his breaking level. That’s not so unusual.
However you realize what’s unusual? Chester Bennington’s connection to John Podesta and the USA authorities.
Would a conspiracy principle even be a conspiracy principle and not using a authorities connection? Warning: we’re about to go actual deep into the rabbit gap.
Check out this picture. What do you discover?
Pictures: Getty Photographs
Might or not it’s the truth that these two males are principally equivalent?
The person on the appropriate is John Podesta, a political marketing consultant who served as White Home Chief of Employees to President Invoice Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and Counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015.
Chances are you’ll bear in mind listening to about him and his emails in the course of the 2016 presidential election throughout which he served as Hillary Clinton’s marketing campaign chairman.
Within the time main as much as the election, Wikileaks launched hundreds of emails from Podesta’s account that uncovered the whole lot happening behind the scenes of the Clinton marketing campaign (and might be what price them the election).
When web sleuths acquired a maintain of the emails, they seen one thing sinister happening. Podesta’s emails appeared to comprise some type of unusual code, together with actually bizarre mentions of meals.
Conspiracy theorists allege that the emails had been really referring to some type of government-based youngster intercourse trafficking ring, with every meals appearing as a code identify for one thing else contemplating 1) who order $65,000 price of pizza and scorching canines and a pair of) the White Home caters all of its personal occasions.
The scandal became known as Pizzagate.
What does Pizzagate need to do with Chester Bennington?
Again to the side-by-side images of Chester Bennington and John Podesta.
Rumors have circulated that Podesta is definitely Bennington’s organic father. Whether or not you consider the rumors or not, it’s arduous to disclaim simply how strikingly comparable the 2 males look.
Stick with me — there’s extra.
In 2014, Linkin Park band member Mike Shinoda wrote a piece for Huffington Post detailing his band’s nonprofit referred to as Music For Reduction.
After the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the charity began a sustainable recycling program to assist the nation however started operating out of cash. The Clinton Basis got here to the rescue, providing the inspiration a grant so they may end their work.
Yep, that’s proper. The identical Clintons, who’re so near John Podesta, gave a grant to the band by which Podesta’s rumored son was a member.
Invoice and Hillary Clinton additionally occur to be the themes of one other conspiracy principle, generally known as the Clinton Physique Depend, that speculates the couple was concerned within the suspicious deaths of no less than 50 or extra folks, together with Jeffrey Epstein.
Moreover, in 2008 Bennington revealed in an interview that he had been sexually abused as a toddler.
“It was by a pal who was just a few years older than me,” he stated. “It escalated from a sensitive, curious, ‘what does this factor do’ into full-on, loopy violations.”
It’s fairly a coincidence that Podesta could be so carefully related to Bennington in seems and monetary help, to not point out the thickening ties to pedophilia.
Do I’ve your consideration now? Right here’s the place it will get darkish.
In a since-deleted article on Neon Nettle, it was revealed that Cornell labored carefully with foundations centered on defending children from sexual abuse (which his pal Bennington experienced himself) and trafficking.
How does the conspiracy principle about Chester Bennington’s demise relate to Ghislaine Maxwell?
Shortly after Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on July 2, 2020, eagle-eyes web sleuths on Reddit identified an eerie determine within the music video for Linkin Park’s track “Crawling.”
“Across the 57-59 second mark,” one redditor posted, “you see an older lady depicted that appears precisely like Ghislaine Maxwell, and shares the identical haircut and look she had within the late 90’s. The video is a few younger lady being abused, and the track is probably going concerning the lead singer, Chester Bennington, and his personal abuse rising up.”
Photograph: YouTube
“There’s many different odd issues about Linkin Park, together with one among their logos that resembles a damaged well-known pedophile image, conspiracies surrounding his childhood abuse, suicide, and others,” the submit continues to clarify. “There’s no denying there’s a hyperlink to Linkin Parks lyrics and songs to the abuse Bennington skilled as a toddler. Is it attainable they depicted Ghislaine Maxwell all approach the again in 2001? Contemplating many of the prices in opposition to Maxwell date again to the 90’s, it’s attainable they had been tipping their hat to her within the music video as some form of bizarre pedophile advantage signaling. Or maybe calling her out?”
You possibly can look ahead to your self within the video under.
In a improvement that would known as ironic, coincidental, or poetic justice, relying in your perspective and what you select to consider, Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney complained that the disgraced socialite “was compelled to crawl ‘on her arms and knees’ whereas sporting leg shackles to get into a jail van and attend a pre-trial listening to” in early November 2021.
So briefly, conspiracy theorists suppose Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell knew concerning the alleged pedophile ring and had been murdered for planning to return ahead.
The weird connections are there, that’s for positive, although anybody with web entry and sufficient spare time could make one thing out of nothing.
Whatever the causes, it’s necessary to keep in mind that two beloved males are useless, and we must respect their families.
Could they relaxation in peace.
Please keep in mind that there are a number of choices should you or somebody you realize wants assist to take care of a right away disaster. Name 911 should you suppose a member of the family might hurt themselves or others.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is out there 24/7 at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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