The Orgueil Meteorite | Added May 14. On May 14, 1864 a meteor shower fell in France. It resulted in a bizarre hoax that went undiscovered for almost 100 years. |
The Death of Lou Reed | Added May 9. This hoax occurred just a few days ago. |
Baby Adolf | Added May 3. A fake picture of Adolf Hitler as a baby. This was quite famous back in the 1930s. |
The Fur-bearing Trout | Added May 2. I've had a number of people e-mail me to ask whether this is a real creature. What can I say? Of course it's real. |
The Kesslerloch Bones | Added May 1. A fairly obscure hoax, involving stone-age bones and a children's book. |
The Madonna With the Cat | Added April 30. A fake Leonardo da Vinci. |
Linnaeus's Butterflies | Added April 27. An example of a hoax species. |
William Mumler's Spirit Photography | Added April 26. A hoax image to catch a hoaxer. |
The Hitler Diaries | Added April 25. Der Stern announced the discovery of these diaries back in April 1983. |
The Catch of the Zuiyo Maru | Added April 24. Found back in April 1977. Many thought it was a sea serpent. |
First to the North Pole | Added April 23. It seems unlikely that the debate over who first reached the north pole will ever be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. |
Rosie Ruiz and the Boston Marathon | Added April 20. Her notorious sprint to the finish line occurred on April 21, 1980. |
Princess Caraboo | Added April 19. She made her first appearance back in April 1817. |
The Lying Stones of Dr. Beringer | Added April 18. These stones resulted in a lawsuit back in April 1726. |
Janet Cooke and Jimmy's World | Added April 17. Janet Cooke won the Pulitzer prize in April 1981 for this story. |
The Jackalope | Added April 16. A distant relative of the Easter Bunny. |
The Balloon Hoax | Added April 13. Edgar Allan Poe's hoax from April 13, 1844. |
Symmes's Hole | Added April 12. 'The earth is hollow and habitable within.' From April 1818. |