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Piltdown Plot
clarku.edu
Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.Cottingley Fairies Hoax
cottingleyconnect.org.uk
The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies.Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes
pickover.com
Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images.Bibliography of Hoaxes
lhup.edu
Bibliography of books about hoaxes.History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles
historybuff.com
Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan.1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast
earthstation1.com
WAV files of the famous Orson Welles narrating The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.Tracking the White Salamander
utlm.org
Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murderMothman Death List
lorencoleman.com
Loren Coleman links certain dates, disasters and deaths from 1966 to the present time to the Mothman Curse. Also provides information on cryptozoology and discusses some unknown creatures encountered around the world.Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes
skepdic.com
Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia ExperimentSpud Server
totl.net
The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.The Hoax Files
infoplease.com
Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeriesMuseum of Hoaxes
museumofhoaxes.com
Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.The Jackalope Conspiracy
sudftw.com
Hoax site contains user submitted sightings, doctored images, and related humour.MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery
hacks.mit.edu
The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Piltdown Man
home.tiac.net
Piltdown man was one of the most famous hoaxes in science. Covers the history of the hoax, its reception by the paleontological community, how the hoax was executed, its exposure, myths and misconceptions, and theories about the perpetrator.Cassiopaea
cassiopaea.org
Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.Art and UFO
sprezzatura.it
A study about the alleged UFOs in Renaissance paintings. The "strange flying objects" someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs.Camel Spiders Myth
camelspiders.net
Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider.SCIgen - An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator
pdos.csail.mit.edu
SCIgen is a program that generates random computer science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Generated papers are meant for amusement.April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes
news.nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
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