The Controversial Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Anne Heche’s Death

In the fictional movie “Toxic Skies, the fake global pandemic is spread through airplane contrails, the same thing many online conspiracy theorists call “chemtrails,” which they say contain different chemicals or active agents. According to those unconfirmed theories, the government, a covert group, or an intelligence agency seeks to spread disease, poison the population, or possibly control the environment through chemtrails, depending on the version of the story, per BBC News. Most online conspiracy theories involving chemtrails point toward photo and video evidence that jet contrails are thicker and more common than they once were, but a 2016 study from the University of California, Irvine, and the Carnegie Institute concluded contrails are mostly water vapor, and their increased prevalence around the world is because more planes are flying at higher altitudes than before, as well as changing atmospheric conditions, among other explanations. 

Also according to PolitiFact, some Anne Heche-related conspiracy theories say the Illuminati pulled the strings behind her accident or somehow caused her death. The actual Illuminati started in 18th century Bavaria as an Enlightenment-era group that sought to establish a new religion based on reason while spreading other progressive ideals. That version of the group only lasted a decade before it was disbanded, according to BBC Travel. From around the 1970s, though, theories emerged that the organization endured and remained a secretive force behind world events.