Other Clues

The Growth Spurt
Although minor, there have been a number of changes to Paul between late 1966 and learly 1967. The first one of these is Paul's growth spurt. In 1964 when America issued a series of 'Beatles color cards' Paul's height was given as 5ft 11in, the same height as George and John. This, along with a comparitive between Paul alongside John and George definitely shows that he was indeed the same height as his bandmembers:

However, from 1967 onwards Paul no longer seemed to be the same height as John or George and actually looked like he was at least 2 inches taller!

On the left there are two photographs of Paul with his father Jim. The photo on the left was taken in 1965 whilst the photo on the right was taken in 1972. Both photos show father and sun standing next to each other in a content, relaxed position, yet the photo in 1972 clearly shows that McCartney is now approximately 2 inches taller. In 1965 he was practically at eye-height with Jim, whereas in 1972 Paul's eye level is now as tall as Jim himself. However, there can be arguements with these two photos. Paul could be wearing platform shoes in the 1972 photo for example, or Paul's father could be stretching up in the 1965 photo to see over the girl in front of him.

On the right there are two photos of Paul walking alongside then girlfriend Jane Asher. The photo on the left was taken in 1964 and the photo on the right was taken in 1967. Once again we can see that there's a very noticable growth spurt on McCartney's part.

It is impossible for a grown man of 24 to suddenly gain an extra couple of inches in height since the body stops growing and developing at around the age of 18. How therefore is it possible for Paul to suddenly grow such a noticable height?



The Hair Parting
From since he was born and through his early years and into Beatle life Paul's hairparting has always been on the left side (your right) of his head. Even when he had his hair natural and floppy the natural parting can still be seen on the same side of his head. This is shown in the following photos...

Now, it could be said that these are mirrored shots, but this can easily be dismissed because this is just a small number of photos which show his hair parting to be on his left hand side. Just about every photo of Paul taken before the end of 1966, including candid, show him to have the hair parting on that side of his head. However, in 1967, something quite interesting happened...

His hair parting has suddenly jumped to the other side of his head!! Again, it could be argued that these photos have been mirrored, but like before this is just a small selection of countless photos where his hair parting has suddenly jumped from one side to the other. In just about every post 1967 photo of Paul (including candid) his hair parting is on the other side of his head. My mother is a qualified, professional hair stylist and basically she's told me that it is impossible for the parting in your hair to suddenly jump over like that. The hair parting is determined by how your hair grows out from your head and thus is impossible for it to just decide to jump over like this.

The Vocal Change
Paul's voice noticably changed between the end of 1966 and 1967. Paul's original voice, before the alleged death, has a lovely soft tone to it. However, because he sang from the throat the years of endless touring and singing where he sometimes yelled his words out took their toll, and by the beginning of 1966 it was starting to get hoarse. You can hear this hoarseness starting to crackle as he sings 'She's a Woman'. If this style of singing is compared how he sang on a number of songs released in 1967 you can definitely hear a difference in voice. Take 'Lady Madonna' for example. In this song Paul's voice is suddenly a lot clearer and has lot the softness that it originally had. It's also very clear and although singing in the same kind of range he used in 'She's a Woman' all of the hoarsenss and crackling of the voice has gone. Vocal chords can't just suddenly fix themselves - one nodule and you're finished. A number of people who have compared the vocals from different songs around this period say they can hear a difference. Scientists who has also analysed Paul's vocals have concluded that there is 'reasonable doubt' that the same set of vocal chords were used on numbers that McCartney is alleged to have sung.

The Decision to Quit Touring
In August 1966 it is said that the Beatles, sick and tired of the relentless pressures and fears when touring, decided to give that aspect of their musical career up so that they could relax more and focus on their music in the studio. However, perhaps this is just a cover story, and the decision to quit touring was due to the replacing of Paul rather than just not wanting to do it any more? Perhaps they were nervous that if they did go back out on the road people would twig that it wasn't really Paul up on stage?

The Saturday Night Live Appearence
On February 13th, 1993 Paul was 'interviewed' by Chris Farley, who appeared to be playing the part of a nervous interviewer who always asked the wrong questions (A transcript of the interview can be found HERE). In this interview Chris asked Paul the question "O-kay.. remember.. you remember when you were with The Beatles, and you were supposed to be dead, and, uh, there was all these clues, that, like, uh, you played some song backwards, and it'd say, like, "Paul Is Dead", and, uh, everyone thought that you were dead? That was, um, a hoax, right?" After an apparently long, uncomfortable pause Paul answers with "Yeah... I wasn't really dead." If this answer from Paul is played backwards then you can hear the message "That eludes the one guy." Could this be Paul subconsciously thinking that his answer has convinced Chris that he is not dead, thus eluding him?

The Creem Magazine
'Creem' magazine is a rock and roll paper that was (possibly still is) released in America. In one issue the subject of the Beatles butcher cover fiasco was covered and on the front cover the Butcher slick is shown with a large red 'censored' X is stamped on it. Why is this X precisely stamped over Paul? Is it telling us that he's been censored out? Was it a coincidence or a playful jibe at the conspiracy - did the magazine want to join in with the fun?










The Anthology Confession?
Paul says something very interesting at the end of 'A Day In The Life', on disk 2 of Anthology 2. He says the following thing - 'You see the worst thing about doing this, that we're doing something like this, is I think that, at first, people, sort of, are a bit suspicious. You know, come on. What are you up to?. Well the thing is.....' Then it cuts off. What are they talking about? Replacing Paul?

The Advertisement
In 1967 there was an advertising campaign for the Beatles' new single 'All You Need is Love' and this photo was used for the advertisements. John, George and Ringo all look like they should, but what about McCartney? To me, it looks nothing like him! He's looking much older than the others with a more worn, ragged face - he looks much older than his bandmates. Is this really the 'baby face' Paul?





The Engagement
Before 1966 Paul McCartney and Jane Asher were very much in love after having met in 1964. Things seemed to be going really well for them and they even got engaged. However, in 1967 it all changed and the next thing we were hearing was that the relationship had broken up because, according to Jane, she wanted to persue her modelling career and he didn't want her to. Is this really a big enough reason to break up from the person you wanted to marry? However, could they have split because Jane didn't get on with William? Did she refuse to take part in such a farce?

The Paternity Test
In the late 1960's there was a huge paternity suit against Paul as a woman was claiming that he was the father of her child. A bloodtest was done and it was concluded that Paul wasn't the father. However, the child was conceived before the end of 1966 so perhaps Paul may have been the father. His replacement may have had the same appearence, but not the same blood.

The Drug Smuggling
Paul was busted in the 80's for a drugs smuggling offence in Japan. He was arrested and had his fingerprints taken before spending 10 days in jail pending a hearing. I've been told that there was a newspaper story soon after this that said that the fingerprints taken from Paul then did not match the fingerprints taken from him when he was younger. If such a thing was indeed true then what other proof would be needed?

The Tribute Songs
There are three songs that have been written by John, George and Ringo after 1966 that could be interpreted as a tribute song to the then recently departed friend. The first to appear was 'Within You Without You' by George and was about trying to cope with the loss of someone close and trying to come to terms with it. Ringo's tribute song appeared on the White Album and was called 'Don't Pass Me By'. In it he sings of waiting at home for somebody to turn up but they never make it because they're killed in a car crash. John's is also on the White Album and is called 'I'm So Tired'. In this song John sings about his mental anguish and how he can't sleep because it's doing his head in. He says how he'd give everything he got just for a little peace of mind. Are these songs tribute songs to their departed friend?

Ringo's Badge
This photo of Ringo was taken on August 20th, 1967, seven days before Brian Epstein died. His badge is of interest because it says "I miss you like hell". why therefore is he wearing a button with this message on it? Who is he missing like hell? Since at the time there no deaths or anything within the Beatle circle could this have been a subtle message by Ringo about how he felt about Paul?







The Acceptance Speech
When Paul was giving an acceptance speech for the Beatles' awarding of the 'Presidents Award' at the Grammy's, he gave thanks "on behalf of John, Paul, George and Ringo". Why did he list himself as a 3rd person? Is it because he isn't Paul?

The Innocent Quip
On May 14th, 1968, John and Paul were guests on the Tonight Show where the guest presenter was Joe Garagiola where they were interviewed (a link to the full transcript can be found by clicking HERE). During this interview, Joe asked Paul what career he thought he would have been doing if he didn't become a Beatle. Whilst thinking, John jumps in with the answer "a policeman". Lost for words, Paul could only reply with "Um, no. Not a policeman". According to the story, William Campbell was working for the Ontario Provincial Precinct police force in Canada before 1966. Was it this that John was referring to, almost like an 'in joke'? Also, you have to wonder why this interview has been erased from the archives.

A Confession?
In 1988 Warner Brothers released a video titled 'Imagine' which focussed on John Lennon and the 'Imagine' recording sessions. There is one particular scene where John and George are having something to eat and are talking about Yoko being a 'Beatle wife' and referring to the Fab 4. Then George corrects John and says 'Fab 3'. Realising his mistake John agrees. Then George asks how someone called Beatle Bill is doing. Beatle Bill? Could he possibly be referring to Paul's alledged replacement Billy Campbell?

Right-Handed Guitar
There is an unusual scene in the Anthology 7 video / DVD where Paul is shown playing guitar right handed. The particular scene can be found approximately 50 minutes in where Paul is talking about writing the song 'I Will'. This particular song is playing as the scenes are shown. Of course we have to ask why Paul is playing right-handed here. According to the story, Paul's replacement William Campbell was a right-handed guitar play who had to learn how to play left-handed for public appearences. Maybe, since he was in remote India he felt he could let his guard down and play with his more comfortable stance?


The Sex Mistake?
Paul clearly says in the Anthology series that 'A Day in the Life' was the first song the Beatles wrote that made a direct reference to sex ('I'd love to turn you on'). He says that after John sung that they looked at each other and thought something along the lines of 'That's a bit risque, never done that before'. Paul has obviously forgotten about his earlier songs of Hold me Tight, where he sings 'making love to only you', and She's a Woman where he sings 'Turn me on when I get lonely'. Since Paul wrote She's a Woman and helped to write Hold Me Tight, you'd think he'd have better knowledge of the lyrical content of each song. Unless of course, the McCartney they're interviewing didn't write those songs.

The Playing Card
In 2004 the release of the Yellow Submarine storybook heralded a flurry of other little pieces of novelty memorabilia, one of which was a deck of playing cards which had various pictures and scenes from the movie on the front. One particularly interesting card is the Ace of Spades, which as everyone knows is commonly referred to as the Dead Man's, or Death card. Is it more than mere coincidence that the person appearing on the Dead Man's card is Paul?









The Yellow Submarine Press-Kit
In 1969, when the film 'Yellow Submarine' was released it came with a press-kit that detailed the film in the way that press-kits. Inside the kit there was a photo of the group amongst their cardboard cutout counterparts. Once again Paul is shown with an open-palmed hand being held over his head.






The LIFE Article
In 1970 a reporter and photographer from the US magazine LIFE went to visit Paul on his farm in Cambelltown for a possible interview regarding the Paul is Dead hysteria that, at the time, was in full swing. After a heated path-cross (in which the photographer took lots of photos) Paul agreed to an interview in return for the film of that moment. The resulting article came out and detailed some of the clues along with Paul talking about it, generally trying to settle everything. However, when the magazine came out on the opposite side of the front cover an advertisement for a car was featured. When the front cover was held up to a lightsource the car photographed on this advert seemed to be driving straight over him. Not only that, but the white banner along the top caused an effect where it looked like the top of Paul's head had been cut off.

The Beatles Cartoon In the early to mid 60's a cartoon featuring the Beatles was aired on American television. One particular thing to note appeared in the animation for the song 'Strawberry Fields Forever' in which Paul is shown in a coffin-like box looking very pale and white; almost dead looking. Why is Paul shown like this in the cartoon when the rest is so full of colour?

The Ed Sullivan Show During the groups final performance on the Ed Sullivan show Paul McCartney played the song 'Yesterday'. When he finished, as the crowds screamed loudly, John went up to the mic and said 'Thank you Paul, that was just like him." Why is John comparing Paul to Paul like this.... unless the guy that played Yesterday wasn't actually Paul?