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20 sites in Hoaxes

Articles Save
Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan.
http://www.historybuff.com/library/re...   
1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast Save
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   
April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes Save
National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...   
Art and UFO Save
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_U...   
Bibliography of Hoaxes Save
Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib...   
Camel Spiders Myth Save
Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider.
http://www.camelspiders.net/   
Cassiopaea Save
Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdan...   
Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes Save
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   
Cottingley Fairies Hoax Save
The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies.
http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk/f...   
Don't Be Fooled: Strange Hoaxes That Endure Save
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_...   
MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery Save
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   
Museum of Hoaxes Save
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   
Piltdown Man Save
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 Plot Save
Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_ma...   
SCIgen - An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator Save
SCIgen is a program that generates random computer science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Generated papers are meant for amusement.
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/   
Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes Save
Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html   
Spud Server Save
The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
http://totl.net/Spud   
The Hoax Files Save
Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1....   
The Mothman Investigation Save
Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
http://www.webspawner.com/users/mothm...   
Tracking the White Salamander Save
Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/track...   
See also
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Society: Activism: Media: Culture Jamming: Hoaxes (36)
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