All EPUBs are in English. Translations are coming. Sign in or create a free account to download.

Vol. 1

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: 11
Ages: 8–12
Format: Narrative non-fiction

Books in this volume

Book 01

The Cottingley Fairies

Two Cousins, Five Photographs, and a Famous Hoax

Read the case file →Free

Book 02

The Cardiff Giant

A Carved Giant, a Crowded Farm, and a Famous Hoax

Read the case file →Plus

Book 03

The Piltdown Man

The Painted Skull That Fooled Science for 41 Years

Read the case file →Plus

Book 04

The Horned Helmet

How Art and Opera Shaped the Way We Picture Vikings

Read the case file →Plus

Book 05

The Martian Invasion

The Radio Drama Behind the Legend of a Nationwide Panic

Read the case file →Plus

Book 06

The Crop Circle Makers

How Two Hoaxers Made Patterns That Sparked a Global Mystery

Read the case file →Plus

Book 07

Barnum's Mermaid

A Fake Mermaid, a Famous Showman, and the Art of the Hoax

Read the case file →Plus

Book 08

Nessie

The Most Famous Monster Photograph Ever Taken Was a Toy Submarine

Read the case file →Free

Book 09

One Minute of Bigfoot

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

Read the case file →Plus

Book 10

Life on the Moon

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

Read the case file →Plus

Book 11

The Bermuda Triangle

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

Read the case file →Plus