You all remember Jesse Ventura right? Former Navy Seal, former pro-wrestler, former Governor of Minnesota…yeah, that’s him. Well, Jesse’s been out of the spotlight for a while, but he’s back now…with a mission.

His mission is a TV show call Conspiracy Theory, which airs on TruTV (formerly CourTV). Overall, its a really good show and worth the 60 minutes of your time (less if you have a DVR and can FF through the commercials).

Each episode takes on a conspiracy theory – most of which have been circulating the Internet for years but have been largely avoided by mainstream media. Jesse and his team of investigators – who, honestly seem more like a cast of so-so actors at best, but OK, we’ll suspend some disbelief and call them “investigators” – talk to experts that include scientists, investigative reporters, former and current government workers, and almost anyone with a story to tell.

From my perspective, there’s a bit too much melodrama, which they could ax and just get down to facts. People who are interested in this show have already done some of their own digging and are just looking for something they CAN’T find on the Internet. And to that end, most episodes succeed.

Is Jesse for real?

Everyone I know who watches the show asks that question. Let’s face it, we’re primed for attention-seeking fakers, so to give Jesse’s sincerity in these matters a second look or two is not out of the question. Bottom line is, it really doesn’t matter as long as what he is presenting to us is real. But here again, its all a matter of where you’re at and where you’re coming from.

I definitely feel that Conspiracy Theory is worth a look. It airs at 8PM Eastern, Wednesdays on TruTV, and re-runs throughout the week.

Some of Conspiracy Theory episodes include:

• HAARP - Is it a communications research project or a doomsday weapon that can change the weather, shoot satellites out of orbit – and trigger mind control across the globe? Jesse Ventura and his team head north to a remote region of Alaska to confront the military installation called HAARP.
• 9/11 - Jesse Ventura steps into America’s most controversial conspiracy by challenging the 9/11 Commission Report and searching for evidence that the September 11th attacks may have been an inside job. At the urging of victims’ families, he finds witnesses who claim the towers were brought down by explosives, the missing black box flight recorders were actually recovered and ground control knew the hijackers were in the cockpits before the jets took off.
• Global Warming – Whether global warming is real or not, it’s believed some people are using the issue to make billions of dollars, start a one-world government and control our lives, from the cars we drive to the foods we eat. Jesse Ventura starts with Al Gore and goes far beyond as he uncovers the evidence that leads to one man thought to be behind the global warming conspiracy.
• Big Brother – Big Brother is watching and it’s not who you think. Jesse Ventura’s investigation of government surveillance on its citizens tears the lid off a nationwide program that is thought to turn local businessmen and office workers into spies, snooping on their neighbors and ratting on their friends in exchange for information and special privileges from the FBI- including, some charge, a “license to kill.”
• Secret Societies – They’re thought to be a group of the world’s elite who meet once a year at a luxury hotel and decide how they will run the world. It’s believed they plan to thin out the population through disease-and vaccines. Jesse Ventura infiltrates the Bilderberg Group.
• Manchurian Candidate – Authors and experts warn that forces within the government have revived a program that uses mind control techniques to turn ordinary citizens into programmed assassins. This real-life Manchurian Candidate seems outlandish-until Jesse Ventura searches for the evidence and goes face-to-face with a man who claims he’s one of the killers.
• Apocalypse 2012 – It’s believed that the world is heading for disaster in 2012 and the government is preparing to save and protect the elite – while leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves. Jesse Ventura investigates claims of top secret underground bunkers being built in places ranging from the Nevada desert to the White House, including the largest, now under construction beneath a major metropolitan airport.