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Paul McCartney Died in 1966 and the new Paul was born in 1967. Paul is sitting at a desk and there I'd a sigh "The Best Way To Go Is MDC" as in Mark David Chapman. You got me. If this is true in any way I could never look at any of reality in the same way. Faul was to only be a substitute for a week or two, they resent his keeping the ruse going on for 50 years. And Listen. There are so many questions and co-incidences, etc. the question is how many faux pauls have there been? The reality is there are lots of people that are afraid of the truth. Because without your revelations, nothing makes sense. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. When I was 11 years old and heard Penny Lane for the first time, I thought to myself who is the new person in the group singing this song and who was singing She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah at the end of All You Need is Love. Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.46.189.122 (talk) 14:56, 8 October 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]. When that guy stabbed him, Campbell realized that he should get while he could and killed off Harrison too! Commentary for "Lisa the Vegetarian", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. Its easy for officials like M15 to create fake identification. And Sgt. Regarding the rediculas conspirasy theory- John and Paul are both still well alive and working at my local Aldi supermarket, Paul collects the descarded shopping trolly's on the carpark and John bites off thewheels that have a mind of there own, ie: those wheels that want to travel left wile the other three in unison want to travel right, we have all had them! This sickens me to my core. but the truth and lies are as important as the PEACE and LOVE we practice. Billy likely was killed to be kept silent. Plastic surgery was in it's infancy stage in 1966. To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who was the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest and who happened to have the same kind of jovial personality as Paul. Also referenced was the back cover of Sgt. Although the album was based around an adopted identity the Beatles performing as Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band the idea that Ringo Starr might masquerading as Billy Shears was too much for some fans, particularly those living in America, the home of the conspiracy theory. The photos of Paul, Billy and the Fake Paul after 1966 were the clincher for me not to mention the subtle changes in behaviour. If you are interested give me an email will@williamshears.com. You know, if investigators find the real Billy Shears working in some factory in Shreveport, LA (his apparent birth place), then you know this whole thing was a hoax. I believe that had no choice in keeping up the charade, like it or not. Billy and the Rest are the best. Here is the reality of Facts: During an interview August 1966 with journalist Maureen Cleave, John Lennon made this statement: "Christianity will go. What IF faul was knighted for his lifelong dedication to the lie? And last, IF you were any of the other Beatles members would you have possibly nosedived your career by going public with the truth?? It took me 10 entire days of intense Web research, but it finally clicked for me. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. During the following years, the Beatles disclosed the details of their ruse by placing hundreds of hidden clues within their albums. Spooky! He apparently fathered a number of illegitimate children. Now, Paul never actually died in that car crash, instead, he actually replaced Ringo Starr, who was crushed by one of the Thomas The Train trains back when he was narrating for the show, so actually, Pual is the last remaining Beatle, but everyone thinks he's actually Ringo! Listening to this show was another student, Fred LaBour, who wrote for the Michigan Dailystudent newspaper. Bolstered by Linda's support, he began recording his debut solo album at his home in St John's Wood. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (which began recording later that month). Everything else falls into place. So the smoke screen worked. [20] The number plate of the white Volkswagen Beetle in the photo containing the characters LMW 281F (mistakenly read as "28IF") was identified as further "evidence". The first is an incident from around January 7, 1967, when rumors spread around London's Fleet Street that McCartney had been killed on the M1 Motorway between London and the northern city of Leeds. [20][21] It identified various clues to McCartney's alleged death on Beatles album covers, particularly on the Abbey Road sleeve. "Paul is Dead" redirects here. They all seem to be put off or angry when he refers to himself as McCarthy or speaks of the old times when it was the actual Paul. My husband, he didn't believe me for the longest time. The line is preceded with "Well, here's another clue for you all". Not hard to get people to keep quiet, big money let's people enter another tax bracket, a better life, better health care for their families, and not have to work a job for 30-40 years. Then again, there has been so much (& some really bad) photo tampering all along the way. We've been getting questions like that for years, of course, but in the past few weeks we've been getting them at the office and home night and day. Faking deaths is done on an industrial scale, not least in phoney terror attacks but also with all those celebs and musicians dropping off their perches - Bowie, G. Michael etc etc. The Beatles never played live again nor come to US for awhile. All of the clues and hints are so well versed together. And here you are 50 years later, still talking about the smoke screen. [29][nb 2] On Halloween night 1969, WKBW in Buffalo, New York broadcast a program titled Paul McCartney Is Alive and Well Maybe, which analysed Beatles lyrics and other clues. Perhaps the Beatles did not remember to change the 28IF clue when they published the album cover. [8] Gibb and other callers then discussed the rumour on air for the next hour,[18] during which Gibb offered further potential clues. .a clear reference in theorists minds to the dates of Pauls death in Roman numerals I ONE = 11 (i.e November) and IX = 9. It is an idea that has captured the imaginations of cryptic-minded listeners and stoned truth-seekers for more than five decades. Cookie Notice William Campbell allegedly became Billy Shears on Sgt Pepper , while William Sheppard was supposedly the inspiration behind 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (actually an American named Richard . 1 yr. ago Motherfu- I thought he was a real guy that just happened to fall into this theory. There must be articles about the car crash ( if there ever was one) in local newspapers??? Then in June of 1967 the album Sgt. It takes a special kind of person: a person who seeks and WANTS truth, even when it embarrasses, hurts or is painful. [79][80] In an article on the latter phenomenon, The Guardian described the 1969 McCartney hoax as "Possibly the best known example" of a celebrity being the focus of "a (completely unverified) cloning conspiracy theory". LOOK, I've got ONE thing that makes this whole thing NO MORE than a simple trick. The student convinced the DJ that McCartney was dead, with clues found throughout the later Beatles discography when certain songs were played backward. After doing a little reading and seeing all the talk about O.P.D. I killed Paul and took his identity. He began receiving a number of dubious calls from people asking about whether Paul was alright, but he denied those claims due to the fact he claimed to have called Paul. The Billy Shears story goes that in 1965 William Campbell Shears entered and won a Beatle Look-a-Like competition organised by Brian Epstein who was looking for Beatle doubles just in case one of his boys got killed. 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. [1] At the time, Barrow was the press officer for the Beatles and was responsible for fielding calls from fans and the media. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses. Maybe the trip to India and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi made him a believer. [37] According to a report in Billboard magazine in early November, Shelby Singleton Productions planned to issue a documentary LP of radio segments discussing the phenomenon. To me, the greatest argument against the "Paul is dead" theory is very similar to the greatest argument against the "Elvis is Alive" theory. If someone names William Spears Campbell really won a Beatles look-a-like contest and then dropped off the face of the earth, that would be weird. First of all, the name William and varations of it appear several times in post-1966 Beatles lore. When the album is turned 90 degrees to the right, it appears that Paul is on a morgue slab or looking up from a coffin. His voice was forensically studied and like a fingerprint, it proves the voices to be of the same person. "John Lennon's" "so-called" "death" was just Campbell getting tired of being both Paul and John. [19] Two days later, The Michigan Daily published a satirical review of Abbey Road by University of Michigan student Fred LaBour, who had listened to the exchange on Gibb's show,[8] under the headline "McCartney Dead; New Evidence Brought to Light". Strangely, nothing was ever heard of William Campbell again. The Beatles were such a money-making machine that most of their hits singles and LP's brought in to the GB and enormous Tsunami of $$$$ that it would seem to me that they would not let the death of one of the Beatles stop the cash flow from continuing to come in. His picture is included on the poster that came with the White album in the lower right-hand corner. There are more than 50 years of lies for me to swallow. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Pepper album. Embarrassed by his fat lip he began to grow a moustache. Shears and Paul's ends of their noses are different and the cheekbones on Paul are somewhat larger. If they appear on his older work too, it's the same Paul. I'm a Beatle Now; and to think that to this day his nuts are still in a vice. I don't know what to believe. The greatest argument agagainst Elvis being alive is that he is dead, and the greatest argument against Paul being dead is that he is alive. DNA and fingerprints do nor lie. The 50s were boring but it was more than a change for cool. [4] Analysing their lyrics for hidden meaning had also become a popular trend in the US. the Bottles ! And we're talking merely on a biological level. The fact that Paul (i.e William Campbell Shears) is barefooted confirms it! A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project, http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:William_Shears_Campbell&oldid=920583797, This Beatles-related redirect is within the scope of, This redirect does not require a rating on the project's, This page was last edited on 10 October 2019, at 17:42. I have to add that as John said, and I quote when he was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, he replied with " He's not the best drummer in the Beatles". Just saying. Amusingly, though, during the height of the BeeGees' popularity in the seventies, Barry Gibb lost a Barry Gibb look-alike contest! None of you know what the hell you are talking about. If this was the night when the seed of the rumor was sewn, it would be two years later when the theory really took off, particularly among teenagers in the American Midwest, after a song titled "Saint Paul" achieved widespread success in the region in May 1969, according to Hoaxes. And have you noticed that Paul's palate is more narrow than Faul? For more information, please see our "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." With a little plastic surgery he also assumed Pauls baby faced good looks. It's funny how far they go to convince you he didn't diewhy would anyone have to try this hard if the facts were that easy to prove.ppl that lie to themselves are the worst kind, All the publicity and speculation has done exactly what it was intended to do and put them all continuously in the pubic eye and under public scrutiny. win win win. In many ways the identity of Billy Shears is clear enough. Also the picture on the White Album that shows him with glasses (passport picture of imposter) would mean Sir Paul/Faul used/uses contacts most of the time. So let me introduce to you Actually billy shears was a stand in double for Paul McCartney. As in his and Linda's segment in the Beatles' promotional clip for "Something", which the couple filmed privately around this time, McCartney was unshaven and unusually scruffy-looking in his appearance. The bottom line -- Yoko Ono destroyed the world's greatest band! Privacy Policy. Afterward, I revisited videos, film clips, songs & interviews with John, George and Ringo, and it all finally made sense. The Beatles were allegedly the first Tavistock owned and operated musical band that exceeded anything that Tavistock ever dreamed that they would become as worldwide famous as they are, still even today. According to the official website of London suburb St. Margarets, the man who allegedly became Macca was born William Campbell Shears in Shreveport, Louisiana, on September 16, 1940. Now, on with my original comment. The truth will out and now it finally has. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. There are some other good sites, like the Sage of Quay & a.d. Clarke. Mr. Starr alleges that the group did send out a lot of hidden messages through the years to prepare the population for the truth. Yesterday was written before the alleged death of Paul. A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. Has not changed. [67] In his 1971 song "How Do You Sleep? Looks like Paul with glasses, mustache, and combed back hair. There are differences in the Bass playing of early Paul and 1966 forward till today Paul. On 25 February 2015, fake news website World News Daily Report (WNDR) added a new chapter to a classic urban legend when they published an article claiming that Paul McCartney had passed away in 1966. To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who was the winner of a McCartney . In early 1967, a similar rumour circulated in London that Paul McCartney had been killed in a traffic accident while driving along the M1 motorway on 7 January. Who the hell would ever hold (or attend) a Paul McCartney look alike contest? Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in May. The white VW Beetle in the background with the number plate 28 IF suggests that Paul would have been 28 years old - IF he had survived. I'm going to name my new album Billy Shears III. Also, Paul starts to dominate the A-side of the rest of the Beatles hits and he started to out shine the others. [8] Others contended that the man's name was Bill Shepherd,[43] later abbreviated to Billy Shears,[44] and the replacement was instigated by Britain's MI5 out of concern for the severe distress McCartney's death would cause the Beatles' audience. George was 26 and Ringo 29. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, often credited as a concept album. What about the IMDB article on [William Campbell]? Most people only had radio back then. Right from the beginning of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band it is obvious that the Beatles are pretending to be other people - Were Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band they sing. The only problem was that he couldn't get along with John, at all.". There is no such force named the "Ontario Police Department". Ignorance today is a choice. [62] Sgt. Ring it and you will hear a true account of Pauls death. Guess the original know he was going to die and left clues before he died. What about there is not 1 picture of him using glasses occasionally? John wrote "I'm the Greatest" 1970 Ringo recorded it for his album RINGOin 1973 (his best album according to me) Both John & George appearing on the track. It's too dark in this closet. Everyone is looking in the wrong place. It's just insanity but it's a great plug for, The fact that he would have been 27 in late 1969, rather than 28, was dismissed with the rationale that, in the, In his article on the legacy of "Paul is dead", for. The whole ''conspiracy theory' is a load of rubbish perpetrated by idiots and believed by fools. The WKBW DJs concluded that the "Paul is dead" hoax was fabricated by Lennon. [31], Before the end of October 1969, several record releases had exploited the phenomenon of McCartney's alleged demise. Everybody is different. In 1977 John Lennon wrote a song for Ringo and recorded it with him. Then there was Magical Mystery Tour, where we three had red roses and he had a black one. [45][46], A DJ put all those signs together: Paul with no shoes [on the cover of Abbey Road] and the Volkswagen Beetle. It also explains why John Lennon had such an estranged life as he got older too. Rumours declined after Life magazine published an interview with McCartney in November 1969. And maybe Ringo did really commit suicide after telling Neil Aspinall he was going to do so, and Ringo was also replaced by a look-alike. The archives are being made available for a time. No one noticed the clues on the cover of Revolver. "We didn't know what to do, and Brian Epstein, our manager, suggested that we hire Billy Shears as a temporary solution. Scooters are NOT ^&#@!ing mopeds. Advertisement. Maybe in '66 and a year or three but now, No. The Illuminati, which this secretive group along with Tavistock own most of the recording industry and has their fingers in most major bands, solo artists money-making pies. They are two different people. What an exemplary life! I keep searching images of Billy, but he does not possess the vulnerability, compassion and depth that once lived in our Paul's eyes. This article does not yet have a related to do list. Sheesh2018 you crazy nut you are quoting the words from yesterday as a clue? No mention of the hoax in any of these later interviews. Nothing ever came to light explaining where he was or what happened to him. [10] On 10 October, the Beatles' press officer, Derek Taylor, responded to the rumour stating: "Recently we've been getting a flood of inquiries asking about reports that Paul is dead. (Officially pronounced dead VS. Ontario Provincial Police), has anyone dared to ask the Question what Canada has to do with the British Pop Band, The Beatles? "In case they were exposedthey could be open to those charges" they put clues everywhere? Pepper recording session and drove off angrily in his car, distracted by a meter maid ("Lovely Rita"), not noticing that the traffic lights had changed ("A Day In The Life) crashed, and was decapitated ("Don't Pass Me By"). Duh. The take away from the story :Americains are crazy. These include messages perceived when listening to songs being played backwards and symbolic interpretations of both lyrics and album cover imagery. "[44] He cited a 2009 Wired Italia magazine article that featured an analysis by two forensic research consultants who compared selected photographs of McCartney taken before and after his alleged death by measuring features of the skull. Take a mirror and lay it horizontally across the middle of the drum skin on the artwork on the front cover of the Sgt Pepper sleeve and it reads. According to Gadfly Online: "As the story goes, on an evening in November 1966 (probably the eighth, a "stupid bloody Tuesday"), an argument took place between McCartney and the other Beatles at Abbey Road Studios. But that hasn't happened, has it? How can the McCartney's (Brother Mike & Father Jim) be convinced to go along with this morbid and sinister cover-up. If he did NOT become Paul McCartney's replacement, what happened to him? The sleeve is black - an appropriate colour for a funeral card. Both changes are, supposedly, explained by the . I've been a fan of the Beatles and their music all my life and I have studied this subject at great length for many years in reading about it, watching videos on the topic and making my own conclusions. After Paul was killed in 1966 Brian Epstein is said to have bribed police and journalists to keep the accident under wraps. It was a change for breaking down tradition and making a world of mind controlled suckers who think it was all about creating a better culture. The article addressed a rumour being circulated on campus that cited clues from recent Beatles albums, including a message interpreted as "Turn me on, dead man", heard when the White Album track "Revolution 9" is played backwards. What about that looney Heather Mills? Did you know that John Lennon was abducted by aliens on 23rd August 1974? [56][nb 5], McCartney was secretly filmed by a CBS News crew as he worked on his farm. Pepper, where every Beatle except McCartney is photographed facing the viewer, and the front cover of Magical Mystery Tour, which depicts one unidentified band member in a differently coloured suit from the other three. has the best of the Memoirs' "Paul is Dead" material (excluding those . -As for the badgeIt's actually OPP, Ontario Provincal Police, and there is an Ontario Flag on it. "[27] In a radio interview with John Small of WKNR, Lennon said that the rumour was "insane" but good publicity for Abbey Road. The 'Paul McCartney is dead' myth. Did he ever meet Paul. It was the 1st June 1967, the day on which the Beatles released their much anticipated masterwork album, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. I.e. Alas, celebrity look-alike contests are far too common. [52][53][nb 4] That the left-handed McCartney held a cigarette in his right hand was also said to support the idea that he was an impostor. Paul is still alive, but very old now. Gibb ran with the story on-air for several hours, treating his listeners to backward snippets of supposed hidden messages. This site is no longer updated. [9] Psychologists Ralph Rosnow and Gary Fine attributed its popularity partly to the shared, vicarious experience of searching for clues without consequence for the participants. Maybe bought off. Most people didn't have television, those who did had tiny black & white sets with a fuzzy picture and believed all they saw and were told on that 'magical' box at the time. I have not read the book "The Memoirs of Billy Shears" but have listened to enough interviews about the book that I find it harder to believe that Paul was NOT killed in '66. claims Ringo, obviously very emotional. Mirkin, David (2005). For the graphic novel, see, McCartney in October 1966, shortly before he supposedly died, The allegedly backmasked section of "Revolution 9", The same section reversed, which some have believed sounds like "turn me on, dead man", Estranged from McCartney, Lennon said: "Paul McCartney couldn't die without the world knowing it. Rumours of the death did get out and have persisted. Well at last some sense is written! Really Look. I find peace in thinking about John playing a song he contributed so much to and lived thru in such Grace. Also, the Walrus was Paul. What IF the "british invasion" was about more than music? THEY say that hints of Paul dying started in the Revolver album BUTTTTTTT the REVOLVER album was recorded and released BEFORE November 9 1966. [8][51] "28IF" represented McCartney's age "if" he had still been alive (although McCartney was 27 when the album was recorded and released)[26] while "LMW" stood for "Linda McCartney weeps" or "Linda McCartney, widow" (although McCartney and the then-Linda Eastman had not yet met in 1966, the year of Paul's alleged death). Then you are all mental. We're meeting today on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' Sgt. It is the source for Billy's Back!, Beatles Enlightenment, and The Talent Contest, and also includes nine chapters that were not selected for those compilations. Also as mentioned in other comments,plastic surgery at that time was green. His picture is included on the poster that came with the White album in the lower right-hand corner. Wouldn't having William Spears Campbell and the real Paul in the same room saying here we both are, both alive and well no story here have put and end to it all. Nonsense. [39], Many versions of this theory have arisen since its initial exposure to the public, however most proponents of the theory maintain that, on 9 November 1966 (alternatively, the 11th of September of the same year) [40][bettersourceneeded], McCartney had an argument with his bandmates during a Sgt. 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Look at all the staged shootings these days that have been proven hoaxes. Billy wasn't the only impostor, but he seems to have been used the most frequently, especially on stage (as opposed to interviews, etc.). I think that theory was started because Americans don't like it that there is no American Beatle. Except that he might be a little uncomfortable. In his anger, he failed to notice the traffic light change and he spun out of control, smashing into a light pole at full speed, thus decapitating him.". They wouldn't be PREDICTING his death, won't they? Fail once spent over a week in a Japanese jail as his fingerprints did not match the true Paul's prints. Follow Billy online for tour dates, news and more! [45] Writing in 2016, Beatles biographer Steve Turner said, "the theory still has the power to flare back into life. The real Paul was killed in Dec of 1980 by an avid fan and then replaced by Billy Shears. William Sheppard is derived from a few places.