On Tuesday, March 26, a cargo vessel named Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing it to partially collapse. Moments before the deadly accident, the Singapore-bound ship lost power. In the aftermath of this tragic occurrence, various conspiracy theories linking The Simpsons to the Baltimore Bridge collapse have circulated on social media. However, such statements are untrue; here’s why.
Did The Simpsons predict the Baltimore Bridge’s collapse?
Among the conspiracy theories surrounding the Baltimore Bridge collapse is the ridiculous notion that The Simpsons foresaw the tragic catastrophe. Several AI-generated videos and photographs from the popular animated series were posted on various social media platorms.
In one such video, a news reporter describes the Baltimore incident. While many people fell for the footage and believed that the show had made the prediction, some individuals called it “fake.”
An AI-generated snapshot of The Simpsons that went viral on X, formerly Twitter, depicted Dali’s ship colliding with the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The photo shows characters from the program witnessing the catastrophe from a distance. Many users have fallen victim to the photo believing it to be an actual scene from the show.
However, after multiple people reported it as fake, the site provided context to the photo with the comment, “There is no Simpsons video or episode containing this photo. It first appeared in a TikTok video, according to Google. It is probably AI-generated.”
Another video relating The Simpsons to the Baltimore Bridge collapse has surfaced on TikTok, depicting a scene from Season 35, Episode 8. As demonstrated in the episode, netizens began to draw connections between Scotland’s Forth Bridge and the Francis Scott Key Bridge. However, this was another erroneous assertion, as there is no link between the event and the Baltimore disaster.