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Published on: 2002-11-11
Released on: 2002-11-11
Original language: English

Based on the author's popular website, Alex Boese's The Museum of Hoaxes takes readers on a tour of hundreds of documented hoaxes, many published here for the first time. You'll read about the curiosities and cons of the most notorious hornswogglers and flimflam men of the nineteenth century; you'll be astounded at the impostors, pretenders, carnies, and tricksters of the twentieth. Learn how Edgar Allan Poe got away with an astonishing literary deception. Or how P. T. Barnum turned hoaxing the public into big business. It's all here, from the origin of April Fools' Day to the Taco Liberty Bell, from Bigfoot to the War of the Worlds to recent Internet hoaxes. There's also a Gullibility Test that challenges readers to answer the question: "Would these hoaxes have fooled YOU" Written with both humor and historical insight, and complete with photographs and illustrations, The Museum of Hoaxes will be the gift book of choice for anyone who has ever been duped, deceived, tricked, or trumped . . . or just likes watching the pros in action. 25 Hoaxes That Had Us Fooled Whether it has to do with aliens pop stars or internet chain mail these are 25 hoaxes that had us fooled. Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum Celebrating ... Please join us on Thursday Jan. 12 2017 for a presentation by Ed Weising. He will speak about humorous hoaxes sleazy scams & scurrilous schemes in Colorado history. MoMA Dada Dada. Discover how Dada artists used chance collaboration and language as a catalyst for creativity. Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology Turin ... Discover Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin Italy: The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist. 25 Greatest Scientific Hoaxes in History Whether it is for fame fortune or simply to mislead these are the 25 greatest scientific hoaxes in history. Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia - Wikipedia Hoaxes extant for at least one month. This section lists hoaxes covered for at least one month but less than one year. See Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Less ... Photos: Tour the International Cryptozoology Museum The International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland Maine offers visitors a chance to suspend disbelief and consider a trove of evidence for and against the world's ... Electricity Hoaxes Rumors and Scams - TDWorld With the advent of the Internet urban legends hoaxes and rumors have exploded. Remember the kidney heist? Or the headlight gang killer? Once shared among teenagers ... Hoax - Wikipedia A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as the truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment rumors urban legends ... Evolution and Cases of Fraud Hoaxes and Speculation ... Creationists have written regarding the fraudulent nature of Haeckel's work and how a prestigious German science journal published his dubious work.
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