hoax
deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as the truth
vampire killing kit
box containing various items commonly associated with killing vampires
Mathilde Lefebvre letter
hoax carried out in relation to the Titanic
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
antisemitic hoax text
Piltdown Man
paleoanthropological hoax
Persian Princess
archaeological hoax
Edward Owens hoax
hoaxes
The Balloon-Hoax
newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844, originally presented as a true story, about Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in 3 days in a gas balloon; later revealed as a hoax
Well to Hell hoax
urban legend
giant penguin hoax
fictitious bird resulting from a hoax
racial hoax
hoax
This Man
internet hoax
White House debate competition hoax
2023 hoax in Bangladesh
Sweden sex competition hoax
2023 fake news
burnt golf ball fungus hoax
mycological hoax using burnt golf balls
Cottingley Fairies
series of photographs
fictitious entry
deliberately incorrect entry in a reference work
Fiji mermaid
fake mummified body of a half-mammal half-fish
entombed animal
biological phenomenon
Martin Eisenstadt
media hoax personality
Fuente Magna
ceramic bowl about 1 m in diameter. Probably for religious purposes. It has zoological and anthropomorphic drawings, as well as signs resembling cuneiform. Found in the 1950s near Puma Punku and Tiwanaku, Bolivia
canard
false or unfounded report or story; especially: a fabricated report
Chopper
hoax ghost in Regensburg, Germany
Mustafa Letter
falsified letter sent to Carl I. Hagen in 1987
Cock Lane ghost
a purported haunting that attracted mass public attention in 1762
Morristown UFO hoax
2009 hoax in Morristown, New Jersey
Lake George Monster
fictional lake monster
Ruda Real
fictional American musician (1977-2006)
Sheng Long
fictional character based on a translation error
Society for Indecency to Naked Animals
satirical hoax concocted by serial prankster Alan Abel
Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky
supposed quote by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing
Science Femme
hoax
Carlee Russell disappearance hoax
2023 disappearance hoax