Epstein’s death brought the conspiracy theories crashing into the news cycle

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When news broke over the weekend that the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell, the shock of the apparent suicide was soon submerged by conspiracy theories.

He was killed off by hitmen hired by the Clintons – or by the president. He was still alive, having used a body double to fake a suicide.

The indie-pop group Foster the People had an even more bizarre theory – Epstein was now on a plane to the Middle East getting prepped for plastic surgery.