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The Great Moon Hoax of 1835
Did you know there were "bat-winged, human-like creatures" living on the moon?

The Day They Almost Sawed Off Manhattan
How could so many people be so gullible?

A Journalists' Favorite Hoax: Petrification
Three petrified men hoaxes.

Martian Astronaut Buried in Texas Cemetery
The story has been kept alive for almost 100 years.

The Great Balloon Hoax
A hoax created by Edgar Allan Poe in 1844.

See also "Circus" for: P. T. Barnum Never Did Say "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute"