Hoaxes
Categories
- Lunar Landing (22)
Links
Museum of Hoaxes
Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
Net Hoax Hall of Fame
http://www.cnet.com/specialreports/0-6014-7-1427917.html
C|Net lampoons net pranksters and gullible netizens.
Piltdown Man
http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html
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.
Piltdown Plot
http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html
Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes
http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html
Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
Spud Server
The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies
Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
The Hoax Files
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html
Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
The Mothman Investigation
http://www.webspawner.com/users/mothmaninvestigation/index.html
Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
Tracking the White Salamander
http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm
Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder