Famous/Best Hoaxes

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by ryberg

More of a trick than a hoax, but actually rather elaborate, when you read about it: The Potato Caper.

Steve

that was great

[Daddy B]

Portuguese Bank Note Crisis.

[Rissask]

Some good ones on THIS PAGE.


and this is funny...


Scientists drilling in Siberia punch through to Hell


and check this one out, another fairy one....

[Just Lucky]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Some good ones on THIS PAGE.


and this is funny...


Scientists drilling in Siberia punch through to Hell


and check this one out, another fairy one....

This is just one of many hoaxes being spread by this radio program which is distributed nationally in the US. When I have trouble sleeping I sometimes listen to it. The problem is that I laugh so hard I never get to sleep.

COAST TO COAST AM WITH GEORGE NOORY

[ryberg]

I remember Geraldo's big show on the opening of Al Capone's vault. Not exactly a hoax, but a fine example of a lot of people not getting anything like what they were promised, at least!

Steve

[Just Lucky]

Here's another radio show that perpetuates hoaxes.

Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com: The Earth Is Being Turned Into A Prison Planet

The thing about this one which is unusual is the way they start out with an actual event or story about an event and then fit it in with their world view by embroidering the details. Tons of hilarious conspiracy theories here.

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by Just Lucky

Here's another radio show that perpetuates hoaxes.

Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com: The Earth Is Being Turned Into A Prison Planet

The thing about this one which is unusual is the way they start out with an actual event or story about an event and then fit it in with their world view by embroidering the details. Tons of hilarious conspiracy theories here.

speaking of conspiracy theories...


Zeitgeist - The Movie

[UGAplaya]

One of the really big ones.... War of the Worlds. H.G Wells.

[Just Lucky]

A hoax with very serious consequences.

Niger uranium forgeries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[blueton]

Piltdown man

Piltdown Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was some 40 years before finally exposed as a forgery.

[Flash]

Originally Posted by ryberg

I remember that one.

They set you up saying the guy threw 135 MPH, and then told you that was his curve!

Yeah Steve, it was a good one. And the opening burb at the top tells it all. Take the first letter of each word, and see what it says.

"He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yoga -- and his future in baseball"

Pretty funny!