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Chesterfield Leper
Type: Product Rumor. Summary: During the 1930s sales of Chesterfield cigarettes plummeted because of a rumor that a leper worked in one of their factories. This 1935 ad for Chesterfield cigarettes had the caption: “Machines like this—new and modern in every respect—make Chesterfields.”In the Fall of 1934 a rumor swept…
Civil War Gold Hoax
Type: Stockmarket Hoax. Summary: A plot to manipulate the price of gold during the American Civil War. Joseph Howard, city editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. (Image from Harper’s Weekly, June 4, 1864.)It was May, 1864. Grant was closing in on Lee in Virginia. New Yorkers were growing hopeful that the…
Dominion of Melchizedek
Type: Fictitious Country. Summary: The Dominion of Melchizedek was a non-existent island country established by father and son con artists, Evan and Mark Pedley. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Melchizedek is a country that has no physical presence on the planet, yet its home to hundreds of financial institutions. … Wait…
Emulex Stockmarket Hoax
A US Attorney announces the arrest of Mark Jakob at a press conference held on August 31, 2000. Behind him, a chart shows the downward spike that the hoax caused in the stock price of Emulex. On August 25 2000, shareholders of Emulex Corp. were greeted in the morning by…
Freewheelz
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: An article described a company that gave away free cars. April Fool’s Day Content in the Museum of HoaxesTop 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes—The Origin of April Fool’s Day—April Fool’s Hoaxes by Year1698 | 1708 | 1844 | 1860 | 1866 | 1878 |…
J.S.G. Boggs
Type: Art. Summary: Boggs draws money that’s almost convincing enough to pass for the real thing. J.S.G. Boggs is a contemporary artist whose work deals with the tension between money’s aesthetic value and its economic function. He draws currency: Dollars, euros, or whatever the currency is where he happens to…
Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
Type: Anti-corporate rumor. Summary: Despite a persistent rumor to the contrary, Neiman Marcus has never sold a cookie recipe for $250. URBAN LEGEND HAIKU Recipe was good, But it cost me too much dough. And now I am broke. (by AB) That’s a good cookie. I’ll get that Neiman Marcus.…
New York Sawed in Half
During the Summer of 1824, a number of butchers and tradesmen used to meet every afternoon in the New York City neighborhood of Mulberry and Spring Streets to talk about the news of the day. One afternoon this group began discussing a popular rumor they had heard about the Island…
Ponzi Scheme
Type: Financial Scam. Summary: Charles Ponzi gave his name to the most famous financial scam of the twentieth century. Charles Ponzi (1883-1949) Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant living in Boston in the early twentieth century, was said by his worshipful followers to have “discovered money.” In fact, what he really…
Principality of New Utopia
Type: Fictitious country. Summary: Howard Turney (AKA Lazarus Long) founded a “country” called New Utopia, supposedly based on the libertarian philosophy of novelist Ayn Rand. Unfortunately it became a center for offshore banking scams. Posted by: Elliot Feldman The Principality of New Utopia was an island country in the Caribbean…
Rip-Off Recipe
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: A decades-old legend tells of a customer overcharged for a recipe. The tale of the Rip-Off Recipe was one of the most widely circulated urban legends of the twentieth century, and there is every indication that it is still going strong in the twenty-first. Over the…
Stock Exchange Hoax of 1814
Lord Cochrane, possible stock manipulatorThe Napoleonic wars were a long and trying experience for the British. Therefore, when on February 21, 1814 a man wearing the uniform of a British military officer showed up at an inn on the coast of the English Channel announcing that the war was over,…
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Chesterfield Leper
Type: Product Rumor. Summary: During the 1930s sales of Chesterfield cigarettes plummeted because of a rumor that a leper worked in one of their factories. This 1935 ad for Chesterfield cigarettes had the caption: “Machines like this—new and modern in every respect—make Chesterfields.”In the Fall of 1934 a rumor swept…
Civil War Gold Hoax
Type: Stockmarket Hoax. Summary: A plot to manipulate the price of gold during the American Civil War. Joseph Howard, city editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. (Image from Harper’s Weekly, June 4, 1864.)It was May, 1864. Grant was closing in on Lee in Virginia. New Yorkers were growing hopeful that the…
Dominion of Melchizedek
Type: Fictitious Country. Summary: The Dominion of Melchizedek was a non-existent island country established by father and son con artists, Evan and Mark Pedley. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Melchizedek is a country that has no physical presence on the planet, yet its home to hundreds of financial institutions. … Wait…
Emulex Stockmarket Hoax
A US Attorney announces the arrest of Mark Jakob at a press conference held on August 31, 2000. Behind him, a chart shows the downward spike that the hoax caused in the stock price of Emulex. On August 25 2000, shareholders of Emulex Corp. were greeted in the morning by…
Freewheelz
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: An article described a company that gave away free cars. April Fool’s Day Content in the Museum of HoaxesTop 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes—The Origin of April Fool’s Day—April Fool’s Hoaxes by Year1698 | 1708 | 1844 | 1860 | 1866 | 1878 |…
J.S.G. Boggs
Type: Art. Summary: Boggs draws money that’s almost convincing enough to pass for the real thing. J.S.G. Boggs is a contemporary artist whose work deals with the tension between money’s aesthetic value and its economic function. He draws currency: Dollars, euros, or whatever the currency is where he happens to…
Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
Type: Anti-corporate rumor. Summary: Despite a persistent rumor to the contrary, Neiman Marcus has never sold a cookie recipe for $250. URBAN LEGEND HAIKU Recipe was good, But it cost me too much dough. And now I am broke. (by AB) That’s a good cookie. I’ll get that Neiman Marcus.…
New York Sawed in Half
During the Summer of 1824, a number of butchers and tradesmen used to meet every afternoon in the New York City neighborhood of Mulberry and Spring Streets to talk about the news of the day. One afternoon this group began discussing a popular rumor they had heard about the Island…
Ponzi Scheme
Type: Financial Scam. Summary: Charles Ponzi gave his name to the most famous financial scam of the twentieth century. Charles Ponzi (1883-1949) Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant living in Boston in the early twentieth century, was said by his worshipful followers to have “discovered money.” In fact, what he really…
Principality of New Utopia
Type: Fictitious country. Summary: Howard Turney (AKA Lazarus Long) founded a “country” called New Utopia, supposedly based on the libertarian philosophy of novelist Ayn Rand. Unfortunately it became a center for offshore banking scams. Posted by: Elliot Feldman The Principality of New Utopia was an island country in the Caribbean…
Rip-Off Recipe
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: A decades-old legend tells of a customer overcharged for a recipe. The tale of the Rip-Off Recipe was one of the most widely circulated urban legends of the twentieth century, and there is every indication that it is still going strong in the twenty-first. Over the…
Stock Exchange Hoax of 1814
Lord Cochrane, possible stock manipulatorThe Napoleonic wars were a long and trying experience for the British. Therefore, when on February 21, 1814 a man wearing the uniform of a British military officer showed up at an inn on the coast of the English Channel announcing that the war was over,…