The giant fakes of history
When science got it wrong
Tricks of the mind and eye
The media's wildest fabrications
Spotting the fake in the digital age
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Master of The great crumble and how falsehoods fall apart
007skaty Poe's Balloon Hoax
It all popped, it all popped! Poe's flying balloon lie just popped!
007skaty Starting August 25, 1835, Richard Adams Locke wrote satirical articles about Sir John Herschel finding bipedal beavers and Vespertilio-homo on the moon
007skaty The infamous Dreadnought hoax demonstrated how easily theatrical makeup collapses official military illusions.
007skaty Pop the floating Martian lies to discover how easily any falsehood collapses.
Moon bats: The 1835 Moon Hoax described four-foot-tall humanoids with bat wings that lived peacefully in sapphire temples.
A humorous or malicious deception designed to mislead people into believing something that is untrue. The New York Sun published the Great Moon Hoax in 1835, claiming bat-like humans inhabited the moon.
What was the scientific name given to the flying, bat-winged humanoids in the 1835 Moon Hoax?
Which real-life British astronomer was falsely credited with discovering life on the Moon in 1835?
Which famous British author participated in the 1910 Dreadnought hoax disguised as an Abyssinian prince?
Who directed and narrated the infamous 1938 'The War of the Worlds' radio broadcast?
Why did newspapers heavily exaggerate the panic caused by the 1938 radio broadcast?
Which famous American author wrote the 1844 'Balloon-Hoax' published in the New York Sun?