hoax
deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as the truth
A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century
antisemitic, anti-Civil Rights Movement, anti-Communist hoax
Computer tan hoax
2009 internet hoax
Grunge speak
hoax
NASA marijuana experiments hoax
2016–2018 internet hoax
Pot brownies food stamps hoax
hoax and urban legend
Ghost of Abraham Lincoln
1872 hoax photograph
Pacific Northwest tree octopus
Internet hoax and fictional animal
Tanaka Memorial
alleged Japanese strategic planning document from 1927 in which Prime Minister Baron Tanaka Giichi laid out for Emperor Hirohito a strategy to take over the world
Franklin child prostitution ring allegations
child prostitution allegations
Aztec, New Mexico UFO incident
American sighting of a UFO
death hoax
False report of a death
Roger Dodsworth
Widespread hoax in Europe (1826)
Princess Sura of Parthia
fictitious princess invented online in the 21st century
swatting
act of hoaxing an armed emergency response to a victim's home
Columbian Chemicals Plant explosion hoax
2014 hoax alleging a chemical plant explosion in Louisiana, US
Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax
2016 kidnapping hoax perpetrated by Sherri Papini
Bowling Green massacre
a fictitious incident of terrorism mentioned by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway in interviews with Cosmopolitan and TMZ on January 29, 2017
Stockwell ghost
Poltergeist hoax in England
Twin Falls saucer hoax
Flying saucer hoax (1947)
litter boxes in schools hoax
false claim that schools provide litter boxes for students identifying as cats
Black Friday
hoax claims about the origin of Black Friday
spaghetti-tree
1957 April Fools' hoax report broadcast on BBC
Dreadnought hoax
1910 practical joke by Horace de Vere Cole
Cardiff Giant
nineteenth century US hoax
cello scrotum
hoax medical condition
psychic surgery
medical fraud in which the practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery
Maury Island incident
alleged UFO encounter in the United States in 1947
Walker Chess-player
1820s chess automaton
illegal stamp
design fraudulently released as if it was an official stamp
Coleman Frog
dubious large frog
Bathtub hoax
fanciful story by H.L. Mencken
Ica stones
decorated andesite stones found in Ica Province, Peru
Good Wife's Guide
fake magazine article
archaeological forgery
manufacture of supposedly ancient items
Business Plot
1933 alleged attempt to overthrow the United States government
Bat Creek Stone
inscribed stone tablet
anthrax hoax
terroristic hoax simulating an anthrax attack using white powder
Ashley Todd mugging hoax
2008 United States racial hoax
U.S. Presidential IQ hoax
false claims about American Presidents' intelligence
virus hoax
message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat
Miscegenation
1863 hoax pamphlet
"Grievance Studies" affair
2018 group of bogus academic papers
Hurricane Shark
Internet meme
Great Wall of China hoax
1899 faked newspaper story
ID Sniper rifle
fictional hoax weapon
Martian Monkey
Hoax (1953)
Sawing off of Manhattan Island
purported 19th century hoax
Teddy Dressing
Fictitious picture book