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1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast
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
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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.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html
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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.
http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO.htm
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Bibliography of Hoaxes
Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib.htm
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Camel Spiders Myth
Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider.
http://www.camelspiders.net/
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Cassiopaea
Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdanovs.htm
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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.
http://www.pickover.com/hoax.html
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Cottingley Fairies Hoax
The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies.
http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk/fairies.htm
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Don't Be Fooled: Strange Hoaxes That Endure
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal article that discusses ten hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery.
http://www.csicop.org/articles/april_fools_1998/
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History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles
Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan.
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refhoaxes.html
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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.
http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks
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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.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com
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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.
http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html
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Piltdown Plot
Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html
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Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes
Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html
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Spud Server
The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
http://totl.net/Spud
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The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies
Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
http://www.bighoax.com/
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The Hoax Files
Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html
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The Mothman Investigation
Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
http://www.webspawner.com/users/mothmaninvestigation/index.html
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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
http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm
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