This forum is for the discussion of scientific hoaxes and the motives surrounding them.
This page was last updated on June 23rd, 2008
This page was last updated on June 23rd, 2008
Hoaxes (from Skeptical Inquiry)
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Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes
Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images.
Piltdown Plot
Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
Art and UFO
A study about the alleged UFOs in renaissance paintings. The "strange flying objects" someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs.
Museum of Hoaxes
Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
The Hoax Files
Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
CSICOP:Strange Hoaxes That Endure
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: article that discusses 10 hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery.
Tracking the White Salamander
Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
James Randi Educational Foundation
Magician and skeptic James Randi debunks psychics, medical frauds, televangelists, and others. Offers a million dollar reward for proof of occult, psychic or supernatural powers.
Net Hoax Hall of Fame
C|Net lampoons net pranksters and gullible netizens.
MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery
The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Mothman Investigation
Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
Piltdown Man
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.
Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes
Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies
Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
Joey Skaggs
Homepage of Joey Skaggs: hoaxer, socio-political satirist, media activist, and culture jammer. Includes an interesting retrospective of his many hoaxes.
1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast
Wavs of the famous Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Bibliography of Hoaxes
Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
Cassiopaea
Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles
Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they sawed off manhattan.
Spud Server
The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes
National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images.
Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
A study about the alleged UFOs in renaissance paintings. The "strange flying objects" someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs.
Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: article that discusses 10 hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery.
Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
Magician and skeptic James Randi debunks psychics, medical frauds, televangelists, and others. Offers a million dollar reward for proof of occult, psychic or supernatural powers.
C|Net lampoons net pranksters and gullible netizens.
The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk.
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.
Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds.
Homepage of Joey Skaggs: hoaxer, socio-political satirist, media activist, and culture jammer. Includes an interesting retrospective of his many hoaxes.
Wavs of the famous Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they sawed off manhattan.
The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
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The Enfield poltergeist: A 30-year silence is broken
In the 1970s strange occurences happened at a house in the North London suburb of Enfield........ S
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