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Somehow, some way, there are still people out there who believe the FBI openly admits that the Sandy Hook massacre never occurred. This isn’t something these folks claim happened once or twice by mistake and was quickly swept under the rug forever. No, they believe that this incredible admission of guilt has been public this whole time, posted for all to see on the FBI’s official website. That would be the very same website in which they also include the twenty-seven killed and two wounded during the attack in their Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013:

And that’s only one of over one hundred and fifty references to the shooting on their site, none of which state that it was just a “drill” or that no one died. Go ahead and check.

So of course the claim never made any sense. Why would the FBI, of all people, purposely and continuously expose one of the worst mass shootings in American history – a shooting they themselves responded to and investigated – as a total fraud? And on their very own website, nonetheless, where the tragedy still looms large otherwise. It’s nonsense.

While such absurdities are to be expected from Sandy Hook deniers, what has managed to catch me a bit off guard is how often they leave comments about it here, on this site, as if they’ve finally stumbled upon indisputable, bombshell evidence that I either haven’t seen yet or don’t have an answer for. The reason this is so baffling is because I thoroughly debunked this hooey back in 2016. It’s not even that long an entry! I guess the “do your own research” crowd is just dogshit at doing theirs.

So, for the sake of increased visibility, I’m going to debunk it again, this time in its very own entry. After all, my previous takedown of this particular claim has only ever been published as part of my series on Jim Fetzer’s rancid “Nobody Died At Sandy Hook”. And since Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists have proven themselves unwilling or unable to use the site’s search feature (it’s literally the second result when you search “FBI UCR”), maybe they’ve just never seen it. Regardless, it’s long overdue.

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“Nobody Died At Sandy Hook”
Chapter Ten
By: “Dr. Eowyn” (aka Maria Hsia Chang) and James Fetzer

Chapter Ten is an interesting read — not because it suddenly delivers anything resembling compelling evidence (spoiler: it absolutely does not), but because its central claim was thoroughly debunked years ago by Metabunk, Snopes, USA Today, and plenty of others. To their credit — sort of — the authors even admit this right in the opening paragraph. And yet, for reasons known only to them, the chapter keeps going. What follows is James Fetzer and Maria Chang tripping over themselves in an attempt at a rebuttal that basically amounts to “nuh-uh.” Gripping stuff.

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“Nobody Died At Sandy Hook”
Chapter Nine
By: “Dr. Eowyn” (aka Maria Hsia Chang)

Parsing through James Fetzer’s bullshit page by page has been a frustrating yet oddly satisfying process. So, it’s both a relief and a little disappointing when I come across a chapter that doesn’t require me to eviscerate yet another gross pile of lies—because someone else has already done such a stellar job of it. In this case, that someone is CW Wade from Sandy Hook Facts. CW has done an excellent job taking on “Dr. Eowyn” (real name Maria Hsia Chang), dismantling the nonsense in Chapter Nine so thoroughly that it would be a waste of my time (and frankly disrespectful to his work) to repeat the effort. You can find his takedown here and an excellent supplemental article here.

While CW’s work is meticulous, it’s a shame he didn’t delve deeper into how frequently the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) makes mistakes. This is a critical context, especially when Chang relies so heavily on it for her “research.” CNN reports that 1 in every 200 deaths is incorrectly entered into the SSDI’s Death Master File. An article from the Daily Republic about 3,000 9/11 victims missing from the MDF includes a quote from Social Security spokesman Mark Hinkle:

We make it clear that our death records are not perfect and may be incomplete or, rarely, include information about individuals who are alive. Because we do not receive reports for all deaths and cannot release all of the reports we do receive, the absence of a particular person [in the Death Master File] does not prove the person is alive. Our error rate is about 0.5 percent.

Nearly every SSDI search engine warns about these potential errors. GenealogyBank, which Chang relied on for her “research,” is no exception. Here’s what they have to say about the SSDI’s limitations:

GenealogyBank updates the SSDI database each week. The updates include corrections to old death records, as well as new names of the recently deceased. If a person is missing from the index, it may be that the SS death benefit was never requested, an error was made on the form requesting the benefit, or an error was made when entering the information into the SSDI.

In other words, Chang’s “research” is based on a source so notoriously flawed that even the organizations using it issue disclaimers about its unreliability. But sure, let’s treat it as gospel.

Next: Chapter Ten: “Sandy Hook: CT Crime Data Confirms FBI Report” by James Fetzer and “Dr. Eowyn”

James Fetzer frequently emphasizes both the number of contributors to his book and their supposed academic credentials, not because those credentials meaningfully inform the work, but because they lend his otherwise outrageous claims an artificial veneer of legitimacy. By surrounding demonstrably unsound arguments with an assortment of “doctors” and professors, Fetzer attempts to make ideas that would otherwise be dismissed outright appear as though they emerged from a serious academic discourse—when, in reality, they amount to little more than recycled conspiracy narratives dressed up in academic language.

One of the book’s most egregious chapters—Chapter Two—is authored by someone calling themselves “Dr. Eowyn.” This individual goes to great lengths to remain anonymous, not only within Fetzer’s book but also on their now-defunct conspiracy blog, Fellowship of the Minds. Despite this deliberate anonymity, “Dr. Eowyn” confidently presents themselves as both a professor and a professional author.

Given the sheer volume of demonstrably false and poorly reasoned claims in their chapter, I wanted to know what kind of person could write something so reckless—and then commit it to print with such confidence. Were they actually a professor? A serious academic? Or was this just another case of credential laundering through obscurity?

Without a real name, we’re asked to take “Dr. Eowyn” entirely at their word. And considering how many elementary mistakes they make, that seemed… unwise. So I did a little digging.

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There’s no shortage of staggeringly disingenuous claims in this sad, ugly book, but nearly everything on page 32 manages to compete for the title of most egregious.

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“Nobody Died At Sandy Hook”
Chapter Two
By “Dr. Eowyn” aka Maria Hsia Chang

“Infowars reporter Dan Bidondi said (5:45 mark), “The school’s been closed down for God knows how long. [Neighbors] can’t understand why there were kids in that building because it was condemned.” pg. 30

Dan Bidondi—a never-was professional wrestler turned “reporter” for Alex Jones—doesn’t bother to name a single one of these supposed “neighbors.” Not one. Meanwhile, interviews with actual local residents are widely available, and they show the opposite: no confusion whatsoever about Sandy Hook Elementary being open and occupied by students. If the school had truly been closed or condemned, as Fetzer and his contributors insist, it strains credulity to believe that not a single resident would have publicly questioned why children were suddenly inside the building.

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