Vol 1 · 11 books

Hoaxes

Someone lied — but who, and why?

From fake fossils to trick photographs, we investigate the greatest hoaxes in history — and ask how clever people were fooled for so long.

Books in This Volume

11 books
01
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The Cottingley Fairies

The Photographs That Fooled the World for 66 Years

02
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The Cardiff Giant

America's Most Famous Stone Man — and Its Greatest Hoax

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03
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The Piltdown Men

The Painted Skull That Fooled Science for 41 Years

Read Case
04
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The Horned Helmet

How One Opera Costume Changed What the World Believed About Vikings

Read Case
05
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The Martian Invasion

The Radio Broadcast That Made America Believe Aliens Had Landed

Read Case
06
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The Crop Circle Makers

Scientists Were Baffled for Years — Until Two Men Confessed

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07
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Barnum's Mermaid

The World's Most Famous Mermaid Was a Monkey Sewn to a Fish

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08
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Nessie

The Most Famous Monster Photograph Ever Taken Was a Toy Submarine

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09
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One Minute of Bigfoot

The Patterson-Gimlin Film and the Ape That May Never Have Existed

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10
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Life on the Moon

The 1835 Newspaper That Reported Bat-Men Living on the Moon

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11
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The Bermuda Triangle

The World's Most Dangerous Stretch of Ocean — Or the World's Biggest Myth?

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