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Did Shakespeare Even Exist? The Truth They Hid for 400 Years

Did Shakespeare Even Exist? The Truth They Hid for 400 Years

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Did William Shakespeare really write the greatest plays in the English language… or have we been sold a 400-year-old lie?

For centuries, schools, universities, and institutions have defended the official story of a small-town actor with no higher education, no travel record, and barely any surviving documents — somehow becoming the most brilliant writer who ever lived.


But the deeper you look, the stranger it gets.


In today’s episode, we dive into the Shakespeare authorship conspiracy — exploring why so many historians now question whether Shakespeare was the real author… and who the true writer might have been.


We break down the three most compelling suspects:

🔥 Edward de Vere — aristocrat, scholar, multilingual traveler

🔥 Francis Bacon — philosopher, political insider, alleged code-writer

🔥 Christopher Marlowe — genius playwright whose death may have been faked


And the biggest question of all:

Why would the elite hide the identity of the real author — and what does this reveal about power, culture, and history itself?


Drop your vote in the comments:

👉 Team Stratford (Shakespeare)

👉 Team Oxford

👉 Team Bacon

👉 Team Marlowe

👉 Or a covert group project?

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