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Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the video game LA Noire both are based heavily on this real-life conspiracy, with Roger Rabbit focusing more on the "shutting down the streetcars" while LA Noire focused on the real estate and arson scams.
David HoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.