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The grand jury was still out, and some of Amy's diehard followers still believed her.

They sent death threats to the police captain and ADA, and two people who publicly accused Amy of lying suffered gunshot wounds from anonymous shooters.

Then, after all this, Kenneth Ormiston finally showed his face in LA.

He testified that he had stayed in the cottage at Carmel-by-the-Sea, but not with Amy.

He was cheating on his wife with a different woman, a nurse from Seattle that no one ever found, and it was her underwear in the confiscated trunk.

So finally, Amy had some backup for her story, and then she got some even more serious backup.

According to historian Matt Sutton, one of Amy's supporters rose well above the rest, Ralph Jordan.

Based on old letters Sutton found in FBI files, Jordan brought Amy news of another conspiracy theory, one they could use for blackmail.

You see, Ralph Jordan was a reporter from The Examiner, one of the very papers that had been, in Amy's eyes, defaming her.

But Jordan had either decided Amy was telling the truth or had his eye on a job with a four-squared church.

He certainly didn't like his boss's boss's boss, William Randolph Hearst.

Hearst owned not only the Examiner, but dozens of other media outlets.

He was extremely wealthy and influential with very powerful friends.

Apparently, Jordan told Amy this conspiracy theory.

About two years before, in 1924, Hearst threw a yacht party for Hollywood power players, including actor Charlie Chaplin and producer Thomas Ince.

Hearst also invited his rumored mistress, actress Marion Davies.

With each uncorked bottle of champagne, Hearst grew more aggravated.

He was convinced Charlie Chaplin was flirting with Marion and crossing the line.

In a drunken rage, Hearst pulled a gun and shot at Chaplin, but he missed, allegedly hitting movie producer Thomas Ince instead.

Ince died a few days later.