All images their respective owners. The earliest reference is in text, a disclaimer in Englands then UK-only Beatles Monthly in February 1967. It all started as a joke that got out of hand. Meaning Paul McCartney is buried at the site of where the Moon landings were filmed. However, it contains a general narrative regarding the Paul McCartney story which could actually be true right down to the exact dates and details. Can make those points, but theyre isolated; the disclaimer was being discussed as an item for the public; it is not the only one. It is called Photoshop. In 1971 movie Imagine, perhaps freed by USA breaking story of PID, George corrects J jokingly, a bit nervously, hiding his mouth with his napkin a bit, saying The Fab 3 when J had been riffing on The Fab 4. The party decided to head to Jaggers home in Hertfordshire, before moving on to Redlands, Richards Sussex mansion (and scene of his later drugs bust). Clearly there are references that are not there to mock the fans or the world. cover, where Paul alone is barefoot (Paul often appears differently on album images than the others), John is dressed as a priest, Ringo as an undertaker, and George as a gravedigger. Additionally, on 7 January 1967 McCartneys Mini Cooper was involved in an accident on the M1 motorway outside London, as a result of which it was written off. Anyway, you emphasize freaks over right, of course . The article below, as it turns out, was published by a tabloid-styled, faux-journalism website by the name ofWorld News Daily Report. People do not understand just how crucial the Beatles were to the economy of Britain at the time. The only problem was that he couldnt get along with John, at all.. It would, instead, seem as though Jane did a charade for a while, perhaps even turning for comfort to the new man. The rumors of Pauls death began more than 45 years ago, but had always been dismissed as nonsense by the band and its entourage. To counter such elite manipulation, the resulting form of anti-conspiracy agency may be demented, but it is agency nonetheless; Donald Trumps presidency, we might argue, is nothing more than the sum of all the postwar conspiracy theories, yet this agglomeration has actually managed to seize power. The historic "Abbey Road" cover, strewn with "clues," which McCartney later made fun of in his own cover for his 1993 album, "Paul Is Live. Even after the breakup Paul continued publicly questioning his past reality as a Beatle, and does so to this day, which feeds into the conspiracy theory but also lets us see them as early skeptics of their own charisma. Clues and the drawing and even false ears on Sir Paul after 1966 do not limited-case prove anything. And we're talking merely on a biological level. He said that he once did an interview a week to keep in the headlines, but since getting married and becoming a father he preferred to live a more private life. The Beatles were no longer propagating nave love anthems, giving voice to teenage female angst, deriving inspiration from early '60s girl groups like the Shirelles and the Ronettes and making it more musically sophisticated. For PID theorists, the question remains as to how a musician as talented as Paul could ever be replaced, with the alleged impostor perhaps even more successful than the original. A generation realizes maturity is at hand, but refuses to grow up, and PID becomes one attempt to stall its maturity toward an unwanted realism. To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who wasthe winner of a McCartney look-alike contest and who happened to have the same kind of jovial personality as Paul. The artwork was based on the Abbey Road cover photograph; instead of the 28IF number plate, a car shows 51 IS instead. Research bears it out. The One-and-Only Billy Shears: An Interview with William Campbell on Sgt. In same interview J later talks more directly of Epsteins death & completely naturally speaks at length about Magical Mystery Tour (the real album made after Eppies death) & his reaction to the death. The Reason Some Are Convinced Paul McCartney Is A Clone With fears that the musician's death may lead to global grief and extreme hysteria, George Martin, Brian Epstein, the surviving Beatles, or a combination of all of them, replaced Paul McCartney with a replacement called Billy Shears, (sometimes known as William Campbell) the winner of a Paul McCartney look-alike-contest. Its impossible to even briefly mention here some of the key aural and visual clues, but Andru J. Reeves good-humoredly skeptical ", (1994) is a good place to start. Paul is still dead! Fake news that shook the world, 50 years later - Salon Although, there are accounts that fellow Liverpudlian, Billy Pepper assumed the role. And, exactly who did they replace him with? Then learn the other circumstantial arguments either way. Either way, Billy Shears became the identity . In fact, the crash never happened. You can believe what you want, but this article is titled The Paul is dead myth because thats exactly what it is. When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, In an edition of Life magazine dated 7 November 1969, McCartney reassured fans that Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated, paraphrasing Mark Twain. Billy Shears is only mentioned in the title song and, implicitly, as the singer of the segued-into "With a Little Help from My Friends", and even more implicitly, in the title song reprise. Beatles handler Mal Evans inexplicable death he was shot by Los Angeles police while acting strangely in 1976 is said to have occurred because hed finished writing a memoir about the Beatles; the manuscript of that book, "Living the Beatles Legend," disappeared after his death. Rumours only declined after a contemporary interview with McCartney was published in Life magazine in November 1969. All of it is symbolized in Pauls grotesque end. I dont know where that started, that was barmy. Paul McCartney died in 1966 - replaced by Billy Shepherd Paul McCartney 'replaced by body double after death' claims bizarre Miss Him! Paul's replacement is usually cited as William Campbell. Why? Whether to trust their affairs to rapacious but effective agent Allen Klein or Pauls well-heeled father-in-law Lee Eastman (both New Yorkers) was a big reason for the groups unraveling. Dates, times and brand of car, it is all nailed down to perfection. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. I have a stupid questions why did the beatles stop touring if paul McCartney is still very much alive maybe somebody can answer me that. The purported Mal Evans Living the Beatles Legend (supposedly lost book) page in TWB is at 1:01:00 (overall page shown but bottom blurred), and then 1:01:07 bottom of page shown only, but unblurred. You have no proof, only conjecture, and this has been going nowhere for far too long. The masses will catch up with us in 2020. John Lennon. William Shears Campbell, better known as Billy Shears, does indeed "disappear " from records in 1966 and no traces of him can be found after Paul's alleged death. Miss Him! Learn about the ears, the height, the teeth. His ears did not change between 66 and 67. There were other, far more genuinely radical, musicians on the scene Bob Dylan, for example but that is a different issue. Paul Is Dead Myth - Rock'n'Roll Unravelled Heres a theory: The Paul Is Dead myth, was a hoax, actually thought up by Paul, Hey Lads, lets make up Im dead! and the rest went along not realizing how big the gag would get all of this fueled Pauls overbearing ego eventually they were too dug in to get out of it and I it became a major element in leading to disharmony and the eventual break-up and the other 3 becoming fed up with being sidemen for Paul thats Johns quote. We put. For example, if one compares the official narrative of catastrophic political episodes with the conspiracy version, surely the latter offers greater psychological satisfaction and gets to the heart of organized power more elegantly. Campbell, luckily, not only bore a striking resemblance to McCartney he could sing like him and even write good songs. You can listen to some of the back-masking and other clues here, here, hereand here. It'll help with server costs, research material etc About | Privacy policy | Advertise on this site. His picture is included on the poster that came with the White album in the lower right-hand corner. Theyre either surrealistic masterpieces (if youre a literary theorist) or clues to Pauls death (if youre a PID believer), but the process of exhumation and recovery is similar. TheBEATLES, it was understood, had way too much POWER AND INFLUENCE for the British Intelligence Services not to take advantage of it. The song contains the lines: Those freaks was right when they said you was dead, the one mistake you made was in your head. Miss Him!. Conspiracy theory, we might say, is the poor mans political economy. I believe the truth will come out before he dies. The biggest kept secret in music - YouTube It really happened.You cant just read about the theories,because it is fun.Someones death it is not funny thing.They covered his death.Can you believe how many girls would kill themselfs if they knew the truth?For this reason the truth was hidden in songs,albums,photos They hide the truth and putted it in so many songs,just for the real fans,because the real fans would know that nobody can replace their favourite singer and they would know,that something is not quite right.As i see here,the big part of people cant call themselfs:Real fans of The Beatles,unfortunately. Sorry, I really cant be bothered. They nearly broke up after Brians death, and Paul is more important than money. A listener called into a radio show and put forward his theories based on album covers. That is the point of PID. I was challenged to show one piece of evidence that any of this happened in that time period thank you Clare for providing that evidence. / Sit you down, father; rest you. And so on. Somewhat improbably, McCartney was said to have been replaced by a lookalike, called variously William Shears Campbell or William Sheppard. Now that Im well past the Beatles style of music it has entered my consciousness.