It all began in September 1969, when a student reporter at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa published an article asking the question “Is Beatle Paul McCartney Dead?” The article found its roots in rumors circulating through the campus and supposed clues that fans were discovering “hidden” within Beatles albums, lyrics, and artwork.
Millions of fans began playing Beatles albums backwards and holding mirrors to the record sleeves to try and find new clues in the hopes of confirming their theories. “The legend broke as a story almost 50 years ago to this day,” Pfannestiel told the crowd before carefully walking them through the events and puzzle pieces that led to the conspiracy theory. The timing of the Nexus Seminar presentation was as coincidental as some of the evidence that led to the myth itself. It was standing room only in the Willard Conference Room on the Utica College campus in early October, as Provost Todd Pfannestiel stood before the crowd to make them ponder a very serious and bizarre question - is Paul McCartney dead? Is the Paul McCartney we know a fake? And it’s been a passion of study for Beatles super-fan and pop culture aficionado Pfannestiel, who has presented the lecture “Paul is Dead: The Beatles’ Death Hoax in American Popular Culture” at over a dozen colleges and universities. It may seem like a strange question to put forth, but it’s one that, for years, had Beatles fans asking.
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