The mainstream news media struggles to understand the power of social media while conspiracy advocates, malicious political movements, and even foreign governments have long understood how to harness the power of fear and the fear of power into lucrative outlets for outrage and money. But what happens when the harbingers of ''inside knowledge'' go too far? Author Tea Krulos tells the story of one man, Richard McCaslin, who''s fractured thinking made him the ideal consumer of even the most arcane of conspiracy theories.