American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

In 1991, some hotel room in West Virginia witnessed the death of Danny Casolaro, a writer who worked without an employer and was skilled enough to make a living. His death was too brutal with blood that one person at the scene reportedly fainted. When a person’s wrists are cut, there is no second opinion to be made: The medical examiner officially ruled it a suicide; but everyone close to him thought there was something wrong with this story immediately after hearing it.

It is not just because there could be someone else in addition to others seen with him during his last days alive or any other fact about how he died that doesn’t seem to add up either although those details alone would suffice for many people. What bothers them most is what he was doing when he went down there shaking hands with an informant over a story which could have rocked the whole world if published? Why were they so sure that such an act must have gotten somebody mad at him? Netflix tells us more than just another true crime series through its four-part mini series on Danny Casolaro’s life called “American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders”. It explores different types of obsession, betrayal, and arguable insanity.“

Sometimes it feels like we’re going around in circles” does occasionally feel like its spinning its wheels but only because it should be doing exactly this anyway considering what ultimately happened here which nobody can deny ever took place: A man became lost forever within potential conspiracy theories without ever finding his way back out again even if what led him into that hole turned out untrue.

It all started off with something known as ‘The Inslaw Case’. Inslaw Inc., based outta DC area back then created software called PROMIS during early ‘80s which they claimed got stolen by U.S Government resulting in bunch o’ congressional investigations involving famous political names from eighties such as William Barr n Janet Reno (You might remember seeing them recently).

I mean we’re not just talking about some typical governmental theft here it is said that PROMIS was being used in a manner that would shake up international relations. Reportedly, this happened to be nothing more than your standard case management software sold by U.S to different governments worldwide; however, according to allegations made against our country, there seems to have been included a back door for stateside surveillance purposes only & mind you: they didn’t sell this thing solely terrorists’ allies but also friends.

This intriguing piece of reporting brought him into contact with someone called Michael Riconosciuto who says he put what they call “backdoor” into program & has since then been an enemy of those really pulling strings behind scenes within global governance structures.

Now the guy is shown on “American Conspiracy,” and while he may look like just another crazy person claiming things without evidence; yet oddly enough there are parts his story could actually stand as true if investigated further so I suspect that’s why Danny took interest right away starting out from INSLAW onto theories around ‘October Surprise’. This man knows how much truth needs be mixed with lies order get people believe anything at all including themselves sometimes even when they don’t want to believe it!

Believe it or not, Promis and the October Surprise are only a small part of what Casolaro and Riconosciuto call the “American Conspiracy.” According to their theories, eight powerful leaders (hence the name “Octopus”) were controlling everything through various illegal activities. One of them would later become the President. Sounds insane, doesn’t it? Are you sure about that?

The plot of “American Conspiracy” is interesting in itself, but director Zachary Treitz’s approach makes it even better. He doesn’t take anything for granted not even whether Danny was murdered and tells this convoluted story through another journalist’s eyes, an Alice for Danny’s rabbit hole. Researcher Christian Hansen becomes consumed with the Casolaro case and Octopus murders, and as he finds new information his theories evolve.

What I like about it is how lightly they touch on this being journalism inside so many dark corners of the world at points one can see either enemy forces or just his own confused trauma taking over him if he follows too closely in Casolaro’s footsteps; except here he has Treitz almost as a lifeline back up to reality. I wish Danny felt like he had one too though.

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