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Hoaxes (47)

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The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies Open in a new browser window  
   Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
   http://www.bighoax.com/
Piltdown Plot Open in a new browser window  
   Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
   http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html
1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast Open in a new browser window  
   Wavs of the famous Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
   http://www.earthstation1.com/wotw.html
Spud Server Open in a new browser window  
   The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
   http://totl.net/Spud
Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.pickover.com/hoax.html
Net Hoax Hall of Fame Open in a new browser window  
   C|Net lampoons net pranksters and gullible netizens.
   http://www.cnet.com/specialreports/0-6014-7-1427917.html
Museum of Hoaxes Open in a new browser window  
   Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
   http://www.museumofhoaxes.com
James Randi Educational Foundation Open in a new browser window  
   Magician and skeptic James Randi debunks psychics, medical frauds, televangelists, and others. Offers a million dollar reward for proof of occult, psychic or supernatural powers.
   http://www.randi.org/
Tracking the White Salamander Open in a new browser window  
   Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
   http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm
The Hoax Files Open in a new browser window  
   Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
   http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html
Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes Open in a new browser window  
   Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
   http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html
MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery Open in a new browser window  
   The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
   http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks
CSICOP:Strange Hoaxes That Endure Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.csicop.org/articles/april_fools_1998/
History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles Open in a new browser window  
   Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they sawed off manhattan.
   http://www.historybuff.com/library/refhoaxes.html
Art and UFO Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO.htm
Cassiopaea Open in a new browser window  
   Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
   http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdanovs.htm
Piltdown Man Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html
The Mothman Investigation Open in a new browser window  
   Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
   http://www.webspawner.com/users/mothmaninvestigation/index.html
April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes Open in a new browser window  
   National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html
Bibliography of Hoaxes Open in a new browser window  
   Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
   http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib.htm

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