Certain conspiracy theorists believe that there was a force behind the sinking of the Titanic. A Catholic order known as the Jesuits live their lives to serve others. But some believe that this Jesuit establishment was created so that the order could loan money, shape the world landscape, and become one of the most powerful organizations in the world. In this instance, theorists believe that the establishment of the U.S. Federal Reserve was ushered into being because of it. Those that believe the theory also wholly believe in the Illuminati, which, in turn, saw it to be necessary to establish the Federal Reserve. I personally believe that this is far fetched but you can read the details at http://www.titanicuniverse.com/the-titanic-conspiracy

There's also this theory, about a sister ship called the Olympic. It's super well presented but not completely crazy. I don't know the details of it but I skimmed the article and there's a decent amount of information that I think you'd enjoy: http://theunredacted.com/titanic-conspiracy-the-ship-that-never-sank/

Unfortunately, yes. I know that this subforum isn't fond of Wikipedia links, but I feel it's appropriate here as I'm not using them for reference in backing up a point but rather making the users aware of their existence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic_alternative_theories

Basically, there's a theory that Titanic's elder sister ship Olympic was too heavily damaged so it had to be swapped out with Titanic in order to be scuttled and collect the insurance.

The problems with the theory are numerous and it's frankly not true. The documentaries that state the case do so with so many errors it astounds and infuriates me.

Then another took that theory above and threw in the bit about the Jesuits and the Federal Reserve. Basically they say that Titanic was sunk in order to kill off Astor, Guggenheim and Straus who were opposed to the creation of the Federal Reserve. Once again, many problems such as the numerous survivors which they could have been amongst easily and the sheer complication of the plan. This is largely based off a single telegraph where Father Francis Browne (whose images of Titanic form the basis of most of our visual knowledge of the ship) was told to get off at Queenstown and not to cross the Atlantic in a manner that comes across as strong. However, this can easily be explained as his superiors being adamant that he not abandon his post for two weeks.

Then there's nonsense about the Germans sinking it with a submarine, which completely neglects the sheer force of an explosion. Then a mummy's curse.

I don't have the url, but just yesterday, I read about one: It posited that the Titanic never sank, that it was the Olympic, a sister ship, that went down. The Olympic had been damaged by a couple of accidents and had become too expensive to insure, so White Star changed the names on the ships and sent the renamed Olympic off to sink, arranging for a rescue vessel to be standing nearby, to take off all the passengers. The "Titanic" was supposed to set off colored flares when it hit the iceberg, and the rescue ship would rush to help, arriving in less than an hour. But atmospheric conditions made the color flares invisible and the rescue ship--yes, the Carpathia, which had been lingering nearby, under orders--didn't arrive until well after the "Titanic" had sank. Various bits of evidence were presented in the post I saw--which was in the form of a hour-long TV program. One of the more intriguing bit was a picture of the sunken "Titanic" with letters missing from the nameplate on its flank, and the letters "Oly..." visible. I found the image ambiguous but intriguing. Could this have happened? Could the conspiracy theory be true? It's not impossible, but one would have to believe that White Star would purposely risk passengers lives, that Captain Smith was in on it (being blackmailed, it was said) and that the Captain of the Carpathia was also in on the deal. I felt this was pretty far-fetched, but the case was well-presented and not obviously crazy. Plenty of references to this theory can be found by Googling, but here's one that will lead you deeper into the story: http://theunredacted.com/titanic-conspiracy-the-ship-that-never-sank/