# Weird showbiz conspiracies/theories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [March 11, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-showbiz-conspiracies-theories/998699 "2024-03-11T11:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 200
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> [@anny\_m](#): > > > [@markn\_1](#): > > > > In 1959 George Reeves (TV’s Superman) was killed by a gunshot to the head in his bedroom while a party was going on in the house. It was ruled a suicide, but there’s a persistent theory that he was murdered. > > The story I heard was that Reeves had gone crazy and become convinced he actually _was_ Superman. He shot himself to show others how the bullet would just bounce off him. (Actually, come to think of it, I think in the story I heard he fell from a great height because he was convinced he could fly.) A while back the actor Jim Beaver posted here. He is an expert on old Hollywood and has done a bunch of research on the subject. Here is a thread that he talked about the suicide. > [@Hollywoodland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywoodland/365486/8): > > There will always be speculation regarding the true circumstances of George Reeves’s death, and there are very interesting questions supporting the various theories. I have been researching a full-scale biography of Reeves for many, many years (while simultaneously starring in the odd TV series here and there), and while I began my research with a presumption of foul play, I long ago came to a thus far unshaken conviction that Reeves did in fact commit suicide. A few pertinent facts: 2002 st… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-showbiz-conspiracies-theories/998699)._