The Hoax Files: The Truth Isn't Out There
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Click on the links below to read about some of the greatest hoaxes in sports, science, art, and the Internet.
Literary Hoaxes
From Misha Defonseca to JT Leroy... [more]
Science Experiments
P.T. Barnum's 10-foot giant, the chess automaton, balloon boy, and a carbon-dated Shroud of Turin... [more]
E-mail Emergencies
Microsoft pays you, Kurt Vonnegut's faux commencement address, and crumbly cookies from Neiman Marcus... [more]
The False, False World of Sports
The curious case of Sidd Finch, the Boston Marathon's surprise winner, and Stella the Fella.... [more]
The Art of Deception
Museum-quality forgeries of Matisse, Modigliani, and Marc Chagall... [more]
Poetic License
Hawking Howard Hughes, Nazi nonsense, and the "Miseducation of Little Tree"... [more]
Media Myths
The "Felicity" writer who didn't look her age, Orson Welles' infamous "War of the Worlds," and the 50s quiz show catastrophe... [more]
Can't Sing, Can't Dance
Paul McCartney is not dead, Kurt Cobain is, and Milli Vanilli, well... [more]
Corporate Shenanigans
Yo Quiero Liberty, yaW ruoY tI evaH, and Driving the Joke Home... [more]
