Summary of John Razimus’ last Titor video by Cosmo. Includes text of confession from Haber family that Morey Haber is author: "I did ask Larry the original intention of this whole thing... It was done for fun, and amusement, something small and simple that took on a life of its own..."

Cosmo (formerly Time Travel Institute) posted a new blog entry

John Titor's identity revealed to be Morey Haber

“...this was a controlled hoax, and when I rewind these years, I think somewhere it was said "let's see how far the internet will take this..."​

When I purchased this site from Mop back in 2014, the Titor aspect was one of the motivating factors for me - Despite one's opinion on it, it's a piece of internet folklore that deserves preservation.

I've always been a fan of the John Titor story, but never anything other than agnostic about the prospect of it being factual. Actually, "agnostic" is being polite - I've never found it based on any sort of reality, but since when does that stop things from being interesting or entertaining.

Curious Cosmos (formerly Time Travel Institute) is where John Titor first posted, and much of the traffic this community received over the years was largely thanks to that story. In fact, I doubt if there'd have to a TTI beyond 2002 at all if it weren't for that urban legend; if you look through Mop's posting history, you'll see more than once instance around 2005 where he talks about shuttering the site even WITH Titor having come here.

Many of you familiar with the Titor story are probably also familiar with John Razimus, who's posted multiple Hoax Hunter videos throughout the years in his search for the identity of John Titor. On December 31st, 2016, Razimus posted the final nail in the coffin, providing evidence that Morey Haber (brother of Larry Haber, the attorney for the "Titor family) is the one who created John Titor. In fact, the evidence he presents (circumstantial as it may be), says Morey is the ONLY person who is likely to be the originator of John TItor.

The video Razimus posted is just under two hours long, so it's not something most people will watch in its entirety, but here are some highlights:

Arthur Haber emailed Razimus immediately after The Real John Titor, comparing the writing styles of Morey and Titor. Before this, no contact was made at all, even when pursuing other family members as possible candidates

The IP address Titor posted from was in Celebration FL (both on TTI and the Art Bell forums). Morey lived in Celebration at the time.

Pamela Moore received mail from "John Titor" which had a Florida postmark

One of Arthur Haber's emails to Razimus contains the following: "I did ask Larry the original intention of this whole thing... It was done for fun, and amusement, something small and simple that took on a life of its own..."

Another quote: "This was a controlled hoax, and when I rewind these years, I think somewhere it was said let's see how far the internet will take this..."

There's a lot more, and everything is gone over in extreme detail but it's definitely worth the watch (as are his other videos).

Submitted December 05, 2018 at 03:24PM by GazeUponOlympus https://ift.tt/2QxVZ8t