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Hoaxes


This forum is for the discussion of scientific hoaxes and the motives surrounding them.


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The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies - Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
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Piltdown Plot - Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
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EarthStation1: Radio Sounds Showcase: The 1938 "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Wavs - Wavs of the famous Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds."
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Spud Server - The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
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Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes - 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.
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Net Hoax Hall of Fame - C|Net lampoons net pranksters and gullible netizens.
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Museum of Hoaxes - Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
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James Randi Educational Foundation - A magician and skeptic debunks psychics, medical frauds, televangelists, and others. Offers a million dollar reward for proof of occult, psychic or supernatural powers.
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Tracking the White Salamander - Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
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The Hoax Files - Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
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Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes - Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
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MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery - The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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CSICOP:Strange Hoaxes That Endure - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: article that discusses 10 hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery.
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History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles - Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they sawed off manhattan.
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Art and UFO - 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.
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Cassiopaea - Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
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Piltdown Man - 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.
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The Mothman Investigation - Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
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April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes - National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
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Bibliography of Hoaxes - Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
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