History's Greatest Hoaxes
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1:00:00History's Greatest Hoaxes
Hear how a best-selling book written by Henri Charrierre, which told of his life on a penal colony island in French Guiana, was exposed as mostly fiction.
1:00:00Hear how Orson Welles' infamous radio adaptation of the HG Wells classic convinced millions of Americans that Earth really was being invaded by aliens from Mars.
1:00:00The apparent discovery of Hitler's diaries in 1983 caused a sensation - but they were in fact the work of forger Konrad Kujau. This sophisticated hoax is revisited.
1:00:00Ancient plesiosaur, natural phenomena or hoax? Find out as the grainy image taken in 1934 of what appears to be a huge creature in Loch Ness is scrutinised.
50:00The discovery of a skull and jawbone in 1912 fooled many people into thinking the 'missing link' between ape and man had been found. Hear how this devious hoax unfolded.
1:00:00Ray Santilli's fake footage of a Roswell-era alien autopsy convinced many people in the 1990s that it was real. Hear how this hoax took hold and was ultimately exposed.
50:00Ancient plesiosaur, natural phenomena or hoax? Find out as the grainy image taken in 1934 of what appears to be a huge creature in Loch Ness is scrutinised.
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Ray Santilli's fake footage of a Roswell-era alien autopsy convinced many people in the 1990s that it was real. Hear how this hoax took hold and was ultimately exposed.
1:00:00The discovery of a skull and jawbone in 1912 fooled many people into thinking the 'missing link' between ape and man had been found. Hear how this devious hoax unfolded.
1:10:00Hear how a best-selling book written by Henri Charrierre, which told of his life on a penal colony island in French Guiana, was exposed as mostly fiction.
50:00The discovery of a skull and jawbone in 1912 fooled many people into thinking the 'missing link' between ape and man had been found. Hear how this devious hoax unfolded.
1:10:00The apparent discovery of Hitler's diaries in 1983 caused a sensation - but they were in fact the work of forger Konrad Kujau. This sophisticated hoax is revisited.
50:00Hear how Orson Welles' infamous radio adaptation of the HG Wells classic convinced millions of Americans that Earth really was being invaded by aliens from Mars.
1:10:00Ray Santilli's fake footage of a Roswell-era alien autopsy convinced many people in the 1990s that it was real. Hear how this hoax took hold and was ultimately exposed.
50:00Ancient plesiosaur, natural phenomena or hoax? Find out as the grainy image taken in 1934 of what appears to be a huge creature in Loch Ness is scrutinised.
1:00:00The discovery of a skull and jawbone in 1912 fooled many people into thinking the 'missing link' between ape and man had been found. Hear how this devious hoax unfolded.
1:00:00Hear how a best-selling book written by Henri Charrierre, which told of his life on a penal colony island in French Guiana, was exposed as mostly fiction.
1:10:00The discovery of a skull and jawbone in 1912 fooled many people into thinking the 'missing link' between ape and man had been found. Hear how this devious hoax unfolded.
1:10:00Hear how a best-selling book written by Henri Charrierre, which told of his life on a penal colony island in French Guiana, was exposed as mostly fiction.
1:00:00Hear how Orson Welles' infamous radio adaptation of the HG Wells classic convinced millions of Americans that Earth really was being invaded by aliens from Mars.