Woman Googles “SIN Soda Conspiracy,” Discovers Her Family May Be Part of the Mystery

Scanned newspaper clipping featuring the headline “Woman Googles ‘SIN Soda Conspiracy,’ Discovers Her Family May Be Part of the Mystery.” The news article profiles Melissa Harding, a 42-year-old woman from Eugene, Oregon, who began researching the SIN Soda Cold Room conspiracy online and discovered possible connections between her late grandfather, Harold Dean Harding, and the mysterious preservation of company founder Joseph Shue. A large photograph shows Harding seated naturally at her kitchen table beside an open laptop, wearing a black T-shirt featuring a large tabby cat graphic. The article explains that Harding remembered childhood conversations in which her grandfather, a longtime SIN Soda employee, mentioned a “special refrigeration project,” a restricted room, and something employees had done for Mr. Shue that most people would never know about. Harding later contacted federal investigators, who confirmed they were reviewing the information but declined to say whether her grandfather was among the employees involved in the Room R-17 Cold Room conspiracy. The clipping features realistic newspaper typography, columns, weathered paper, torn edges, folds, and a staff-photo caption dated May 27, 2026.

The SIN Soda Cold Room investigation may have just taken another unexpected turn—and this time, it started with a Google search.

Melissa Harding of Eugene, Oregon, says she Googled the “SIN Soda Conspiracy” after becoming curious about the story. What she found brought back childhood memories of strange comments made by her late grandfather, a former SIN Soda employee who may have known considerably more about Joseph Shue and Room R-17 than he ever revealed.

Harding has now shared what she remembers with federal investigators. Read the clipping above for the full story—and another possible piece of the SIN Soda conspiracy.

Go inside the FBI investigation that uncovered the truth about Joseph Shue and the SIN Soda Cold Room conspiracy.

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