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James Macpherson and the Ossianic Controversy
Type: Literary hoax. Summary: An eighteenth-century schoolmaster claimed to have found poems written by a third-century Scottish bard. The poems were actually written by the schoolmaster himself. James MacphersonIn 1760 a young Edinburgh schoolmaster named James Macpherson (1736-1796) published a translation of ancient Scottish verse titled Fragments of Ancient Poetry,…
Principality of Sealand
Type: Country of an ambiguous legal status. Summary: Sealand, the world’s smallest country, started as a WWII British naval installation, turned into a pirate radio station, and finally its own “country.” Posted by: Elliot Feldman Sealand. Sealand is the world’s smallest country, a fortified pontoon barge standing on two…
Prophecies of Mother Shipton
Mother Shipton’s house in YorkshireMother Shipton, also known as Ursula Sonthiel Shipton, was born in 1488 in Yorkshire, England, and lived until 1561. According to legend, her birth was the result of a union between her mother and the devil. When she was born, she was reportedly hideously ugly. This…
Space Cadets
Type: Reality TV hoax. Summary: In 2005, the British television show “Space Cadets” pulled off the most expensive and elaborate hoax in English television history. Posted by: Elliot Feldman In 2005, all of Britain was talking about a new Channel 4 reality series, “Space Cadets.” The show’s alleged concept: twelve…
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James Macpherson and the Ossianic Controversy
Type: Literary hoax. Summary: An eighteenth-century schoolmaster claimed to have found poems written by a third-century Scottish bard. The poems were actually written by the schoolmaster himself. James MacphersonIn 1760 a young Edinburgh schoolmaster named James Macpherson (1736-1796) published a translation of ancient Scottish verse titled Fragments of Ancient Poetry,…
Principality of Sealand
Type: Country of an ambiguous legal status. Summary: Sealand, the world’s smallest country, started as a WWII British naval installation, turned into a pirate radio station, and finally its own “country.” Posted by: Elliot Feldman Sealand. Sealand is the world’s smallest country, a fortified pontoon barge standing on two…
Prophecies of Mother Shipton
Mother Shipton’s house in YorkshireMother Shipton, also known as Ursula Sonthiel Shipton, was born in 1488 in Yorkshire, England, and lived until 1561. According to legend, her birth was the result of a union between her mother and the devil. When she was born, she was reportedly hideously ugly. This…
Space Cadets
Type: Reality TV hoax. Summary: In 2005, the British television show “Space Cadets” pulled off the most expensive and elaborate hoax in English television history. Posted by: Elliot Feldman In 2005, all of Britain was talking about a new Channel 4 reality series, “Space Cadets.” The show’s alleged concept: twelve…
