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Bosnian Beheading Rumor
Type: Rumor. Summary: During the nineteenth-century, a rumor circulated in Bosnia suggesting that a person could earn a million florins by volunteering to be beheaded in place of Baron de Rothschild. Text extracted from: Walsh, William. (1893). Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities. J.B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia. 1893: 473-474. The Levant Herald…
Celebrity Death Hoaxes
A death hoax involves falsely reporting the death of someone still living. This kind of hoax has been a favorite of pranksters for centuries. Early practitioners of it included Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Swift. The most famous death hoax of all time was the “Paul is dead” rumor of 1968,…
Death of Titan Leeds
Type: Hoax. Summary: A (fake) astrologer predicted the death of his rival. Poor Richard’s Almanac. Poor Richard’s Almanac was a yearly almanac written by a hen-pecked, poverty-stricken scholar named Richard Saunders. It first appeared in 1733, offering a collection of wit, poetry, as well as some prophecies. In its first…
Final Curtain
Type: Hoax Website. Summary: The Final Curtain claimed to be a theme-park style cemetery, which allowed people to design their own graves. The Final Curtain Website. In March, 1999 an ad appeared in a variety of weekly magazines, such as the L.A. Weekly and the Village Voice. It read, “Death…
George Washington Petrified
Type: Newspaper hoax. Summary: An article widely reprinted around the time of the first centennial of the United States alleged that the remains of George Washington had become petrified. In early 1877, an article appeared in many American newspapers alleging that the remains of General George Washington had been discovered…
Hippo Eats Dwarf
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: Newspapers report the accidental swallowing of a circus dwarf by a hippo. HOAX HAIKUDwarf-eating hippo travels all around the world Devouring midgets (by Exactor) A weirder story circulates by newspaper called “Dwarf eats hippo!” (by J)Submit a haiku For the past decade versions of the following…
Jean Gauntt - The Immortal Baby
Type: Religious Hoax. Summary: The leader of a religious cult claimed to be able to make a baby immortal. Schafer plays with Baby JeanIn 1939 a secretive cult known as the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians made headlines when its leader, James Bernard Schafer, announced their intention to conduct an…
Paris Hilton Death Hoax
Mike Burke’s fake CNN page alleging the death of Paris HiltonIn June 2007 several websites separately posted stories claiming that celebrity heiress Paris Hilton had died while in jail. These stories soon began to circulate by email as well. It was true that Hilton was in jail. She was doing…
Paul Is Dead
Type: Part rumor, part hoax. Summary: In 1969 the possibility that Paul McCartney had died years ago in a car crash and been replaced by a double became one of the most hotly debated questions around the world. HOAX HAIKUSo many fake clues The three, the hand, the flowers Paul…
Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: An astrologer learns that he has died. Insists it isn’t so. 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…
Tombstone Humor
Type: Mixed. Summary: Separating the real tombstone humor from the fake. Table of Contents Introduction Time Expired With Friends Like These The Tombstone Generator I Told You I Was Sick Tombstone ATM The Grave of Santa Claus Lester Moore Anna Died of a Banana A B C D E F…
Vilcabamba
Type: Anthropological Hoax. Summary: During the 1970s, the Ecuadorian town of Vilcabamba became famous because of the apparent longevity of its residents. The town’s small population appeared to include numerous people over the age of 100. Later researchers discovered that the town’s elderly residents were systematically exaggerating their ages. In…
Walt Disney Frozen
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: According to rumor, Walt Disney’s cryogenically preserved body is kept in a tank under Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Walt Disney Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, but a rumor has long persisted that his body was cryogenically frozen and…
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Bosnian Beheading Rumor
Type: Rumor. Summary: During the nineteenth-century, a rumor circulated in Bosnia suggesting that a person could earn a million florins by volunteering to be beheaded in place of Baron de Rothschild. Text extracted from: Walsh, William. (1893). Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities. J.B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia. 1893: 473-474. The Levant Herald…
Celebrity Death Hoaxes
A death hoax involves falsely reporting the death of someone still living. This kind of hoax has been a favorite of pranksters for centuries. Early practitioners of it included Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Swift. The most famous death hoax of all time was the “Paul is dead” rumor of 1968,…
Death of Titan Leeds
Type: Hoax. Summary: A (fake) astrologer predicted the death of his rival. Poor Richard’s Almanac. Poor Richard’s Almanac was a yearly almanac written by a hen-pecked, poverty-stricken scholar named Richard Saunders. It first appeared in 1733, offering a collection of wit, poetry, as well as some prophecies. In its first…
Final Curtain
Type: Hoax Website. Summary: The Final Curtain claimed to be a theme-park style cemetery, which allowed people to design their own graves. The Final Curtain Website. In March, 1999 an ad appeared in a variety of weekly magazines, such as the L.A. Weekly and the Village Voice. It read, “Death…
George Washington Petrified
Type: Newspaper hoax. Summary: An article widely reprinted around the time of the first centennial of the United States alleged that the remains of George Washington had become petrified. In early 1877, an article appeared in many American newspapers alleging that the remains of General George Washington had been discovered…
Hippo Eats Dwarf
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: Newspapers report the accidental swallowing of a circus dwarf by a hippo. HOAX HAIKUDwarf-eating hippo travels all around the world Devouring midgets (by Exactor) A weirder story circulates by newspaper called “Dwarf eats hippo!” (by J)Submit a haiku For the past decade versions of the following…
Jean Gauntt - The Immortal Baby
Type: Religious Hoax. Summary: The leader of a religious cult claimed to be able to make a baby immortal. Schafer plays with Baby JeanIn 1939 a secretive cult known as the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians made headlines when its leader, James Bernard Schafer, announced their intention to conduct an…
Paris Hilton Death Hoax
Mike Burke’s fake CNN page alleging the death of Paris HiltonIn June 2007 several websites separately posted stories claiming that celebrity heiress Paris Hilton had died while in jail. These stories soon began to circulate by email as well. It was true that Hilton was in jail. She was doing…
Paul Is Dead
Type: Part rumor, part hoax. Summary: In 1969 the possibility that Paul McCartney had died years ago in a car crash and been replaced by a double became one of the most hotly debated questions around the world. HOAX HAIKUSo many fake clues The three, the hand, the flowers Paul…
Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: An astrologer learns that he has died. Insists it isn’t so. 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…
Tombstone Humor
Type: Mixed. Summary: Separating the real tombstone humor from the fake. Table of Contents Introduction Time Expired With Friends Like These The Tombstone Generator I Told You I Was Sick Tombstone ATM The Grave of Santa Claus Lester Moore Anna Died of a Banana A B C D E F…
Vilcabamba
Type: Anthropological Hoax. Summary: During the 1970s, the Ecuadorian town of Vilcabamba became famous because of the apparent longevity of its residents. The town’s small population appeared to include numerous people over the age of 100. Later researchers discovered that the town’s elderly residents were systematically exaggerating their ages. In…
Walt Disney Frozen
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: According to rumor, Walt Disney’s cryogenically preserved body is kept in a tank under Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Walt Disney Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, but a rumor has long persisted that his body was cryogenically frozen and…