In the many wonders about Walt Disney, there are three main conspiracy theories that are brought up. One of these theories is that there are secret underground tunnels under Disneyland where children are kidnapped and taken. The two others consist of Walt Disney's body being frozen cryogenically after his death, and Walt is secretly a Nazi sympathizer. 

The first conspiracy theory consists of Walt Disney building secret underground tunnels where little children are kidnapped and taken. A video shared on November 6 on Instagram claims to show Rogan (a podcast host) talking about a child abduction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. “Joe Rogan spoke about the child being abducted into a secret Disneyland tunnel,” Rogan said the parents saw a man abducting their child into an underground tunnel that seemed to vanish beneath the floor. As the website continued, “But we found no evidence that Rogan has discussed a Disneyland abduction on his podcast and no evidence any abduction has taken place at the park in October” (Cercone). Any report that has been made has either been fake, artificial intelligence-made, or false evidence. Reporters say, “Channel 10 suspended reporter Sivan Cohen after she reported an urban legend about a 9-year-old girl’s abduction at Disney as fact.” (“Suspended for Fake Disney Abduction”). None of the claims of children getting kidnapped can be verified. Too many false claims and supporting evidence can be found.

The second conspiracy suggests that Walt Disney's body is frozen underneath Disney somewhere, more commonly known as “Disney on Ice” (Markel).  A reporter disguised himself as an orderly, broke into a storage room, and saw the deceased Disney suspended in a cryogenic metal cylinder (Markel). Several of Disney's former employees continued to spread false stories about his supposed “Big Freeze”(Markel).  “In 1986, twenty years after Disney’s death, author Leonard Mosley published the biography Disney’s World” (Markel). The book claimed that Disney was fascinated by cryonic preservation as his health declined. Finding out Disney was fascinated by cryonic preservation sparked many more theories about the death of Disney. Since Walt hated funerals, he decided to keep his illness and dying wishes private from the public. However, many things prove he was not preserved in a cryogenic cylinder but cremated. For the record, there is no solid evidence to suggest that Disney was frozen. In truth, Walt Disney's ashes were interred at Forest Lawn Memorial in Glendale, California (Korkis). His spreading of ashes was only attended by his wife, his daughters, their husbands and children. Even the president of Cryonics Society of California gave a statement, “Walt was not cryogenically frozen and reaffirmed that he had been cremated”(Korkis).

The last conspiracy theory rumors that Walt was a Nazi sympathizer. A month after the Nazi assault on German Jews known as Kristallnacht, Walt Disney gave Hitler’s personal filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, a tour of his studio, “At best, Disney could be seen as a Nazi-sypathizer” (Walt the Quasi-Nazi). Art Babbitt, a Disney animator, said that Nazi parties were open meetings that anyone could attend, and he saw Walt going to them all the time (Walt the Qausi-Nazi). However, “Walt Disney was a strongly religious Protestant Christian who greatly respected all religions, including Judaism” (Debunking Myths about Disney). In an interview, Diane Disney Miller, Walt's daughter, said, “Dad said innocently but proudly, Sharon, I think it's wonderful how these Jewish families have accepted you... and it was a very sincere comment” (Debunking Myths about Walt Disney). On the opening day of Disneyland in 1955, Walt had invitations sent to editors from eight different religious newspapers (Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant), as well as invites from nearby churches. Walt was described by his daughter as a man with great respect for all faiths. A man who takes the time to send invitations to all faiths is a man who respects them and wouldn’t be a part of something that caused harm to some of these religions.

 With either fake evidence or the use of artificial intelligence, nobody has found any evidence that these theories are true. From the kidnapping of children brought into secret tunnels to the rumor that Walt was secretly a Nazi sympathizer, these rumors continue to remain rumors.