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Piltdown Plot Piltdown Plot: Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history. (Hoaxes) http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html Net Hoax Hall of Fame Net Hoax Hall of Fame: C|Net lampoons net pranksters and gullible netizens. (Hoaxes) http://www.cnet.com/specialreports/0-6014-7-1427917.html MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery: The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Hoaxes) http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks Bibliography of Hoaxes Bibliography of Hoaxes: Bibliography of books about hoaxes. (Hoaxes) http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib.htm Piltdown Man 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. (Hoaxes) http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes: National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history. (Hoaxes) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes: Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment (Hoaxes) http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes 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. (Hoaxes) http://www.pickover.com/hoax.html The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies The American Association of Hoaxed Anomalies: Dedicated to purging the paranormal industrial complex of hoaxes and frauds. (Hoaxes) http://www.bighoax.com/ Art and UFO 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. (Hoaxes) http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO.htm Museum of Hoaxes Museum of Hoaxes: Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references. (Hoaxes) http://www.museumofhoaxes.com James Randi Educational Foundation 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. (Hoaxes) http://www.randi.org/ Spud Server Spud Server: The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC. (Hoaxes) http://totl.net/Spud Cassiopaea Cassiopaea: Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence. (Hoaxes) http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdanovs.htm The Hoax Files The Hoax Files: Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries (Hoaxes) http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles: Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they sawed off manhattan. (Hoaxes) http://www.historybuff.com/library/refhoaxes.html Tracking the White Salamander Tracking the White Salamander: Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder (Hoaxes) http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm Joey Skaggs Joey Skaggs: Homepage of Joey Skaggs: hoaxer, socio-political satirist, media activist, and culture jammer. Includes an interesting retrospective of his many hoaxes. (Hoaxes) http://www.hoaxes.com CSICOP:Strange Hoaxes That Endure 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. (Hoaxes) http://www.csicop.org/articles/april_fools_1998/ The Mothman Investigation The Mothman Investigation: Investigation reveals that the mothman was actually a Red-shouldered Hawk. (Hoaxes) http://www.webspawner.com/users/mothmaninvestigation/index.html 1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast 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 (Hoaxes) http://www.earthstation1.com/wotw.html