A. Ralph Epperson  Anthony Ralph Epperson (born November 1, 1937) is an American writer and conspiracy theorist. He is known for his anti-Masonic opinions. Epperson is a proponent of the conspiratorial view of history, which holds that "historical events occur by design for reasons that are not generally made known to the people," in contrast to the mainstream view, termed the accidental view of history, which according to Epperson holds that "historical events occur by accident, for no apparent reason" and "no one really knows why events happen—they just do." History Channel's "Decoding the Past": Secrets of the Dollar Bill (S2Ep29)