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Baby Adolf
Type: Photo hoax. Summary: A widely circulated photo of an evil looking baby was alleged to be Adolf Hitler as an infant. Fake Baby AdolfIn 1933 a picture supposedly showing Adolf Hitler as a baby began circulating throughout England and America. The child in the picture looked positively menacing. Its…
Flemish Secession Hoax
Type: Television News Hoax. Summary: In 2006, on a Belgian TV station news broadcast, it was announced that Flanders, the Dutch-speaking half of the country, had seceded from the country. Thirty minutes into the news bulletin, only after the station’s phonelines were swamped, it was revealed to be a hoax.…
Hugo N. Frye
Type: College Prank. Summary: Republican leaders were tricked into praising the example of the “sturdy patriot” Hugo N. Frye, unaware that there was no such person. In 1930 letters were mailed to Republican leaders throughout the United States inviting them to a May 26 party at Cornell University in honor…
Lafayette Mulligan
Type: Prank. Summary: A man calling himself Lafayette Mulligan presented the Prince of Wales with the key to the City of Boston. However, the Mayor of Boston had no idea who Lafayette Mulligan was. James Curley, former Mayor of Boston. In the Fall of 1924 the Prince of Wales visited…
Milton Mule
Type: Political prank. Summary: In 1938 the residents of Milton, Washington elected a mule to office. HOAX HAIKUNew commiteeman’s Great, better than the last one But the speech was odd (by J)Submit a haiku Mrs. Curtis poses with her mule “Boston”On September 13, 1938 Boston Curtis won the post of…
Miscegenation Hoax
Type: Political “dirty trick” campaign. Summary: The origin of the word ‘miscegenation’ from a nineteenth-century hoax. Shortly before Christmas, 1863 a 72-page pamphlet appeared for sale on newsstands in New York City. It cost a quarter and was titled “Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to…
Principality of Outer Baldonia
Type: Fictitious Country. Summary: The Principality of Outer Baldonia started as a practical joke among friends on a fishing trip and it became a country. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Russell Arundel was an executive with the Pepsi-Cola Company. He was also a well-known eccentric. In 1948, he purchased the four-acre…
Report From Iron Mountain
Type: Conspiracy hoax. Summary: A book alleged to provide evidence of the American government’s plan to maintain a perpetual state of war. Front cover of Report From Iron Mountain. In 1967 the war in Vietnam was escalating and race riots were breaking out in many major U.S. cities. Popular distrust…
Roorback
Type: Political dirty trick. Summary: A “roorback” is a political dirty trick. The term originated during the American presidential campaign of 1844. The term roorback refers to a fictitious claim invented to smear a political opponent, i.e. a political dirty trick. In 1940 the Chicago Tribune offered this definition: “A…
Veterans of Future Wars
Type: College Prank/Satirical Campaign. Summary: Young men satirically demanded to be paid their war bonuses before they went off to fight. Future veterans march to demand their bonuses. 1936. In 1935 veterans of World War One lobbied Congress to pay them their war bonuses ten years early in order to…
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Baby Adolf
Type: Photo hoax. Summary: A widely circulated photo of an evil looking baby was alleged to be Adolf Hitler as an infant. Fake Baby AdolfIn 1933 a picture supposedly showing Adolf Hitler as a baby began circulating throughout England and America. The child in the picture looked positively menacing. Its…
Flemish Secession Hoax
Type: Television News Hoax. Summary: In 2006, on a Belgian TV station news broadcast, it was announced that Flanders, the Dutch-speaking half of the country, had seceded from the country. Thirty minutes into the news bulletin, only after the station’s phonelines were swamped, it was revealed to be a hoax.…
Hugo N. Frye
Type: College Prank. Summary: Republican leaders were tricked into praising the example of the “sturdy patriot” Hugo N. Frye, unaware that there was no such person. In 1930 letters were mailed to Republican leaders throughout the United States inviting them to a May 26 party at Cornell University in honor…
Lafayette Mulligan
Type: Prank. Summary: A man calling himself Lafayette Mulligan presented the Prince of Wales with the key to the City of Boston. However, the Mayor of Boston had no idea who Lafayette Mulligan was. James Curley, former Mayor of Boston. In the Fall of 1924 the Prince of Wales visited…
Milton Mule
Type: Political prank. Summary: In 1938 the residents of Milton, Washington elected a mule to office. HOAX HAIKUNew commiteeman’s Great, better than the last one But the speech was odd (by J)Submit a haiku Mrs. Curtis poses with her mule “Boston”On September 13, 1938 Boston Curtis won the post of…
Miscegenation Hoax
Type: Political “dirty trick” campaign. Summary: The origin of the word ‘miscegenation’ from a nineteenth-century hoax. Shortly before Christmas, 1863 a 72-page pamphlet appeared for sale on newsstands in New York City. It cost a quarter and was titled “Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to…
Principality of Outer Baldonia
Type: Fictitious Country. Summary: The Principality of Outer Baldonia started as a practical joke among friends on a fishing trip and it became a country. Posted by: Elliot Feldman Russell Arundel was an executive with the Pepsi-Cola Company. He was also a well-known eccentric. In 1948, he purchased the four-acre…
Report From Iron Mountain
Type: Conspiracy hoax. Summary: A book alleged to provide evidence of the American government’s plan to maintain a perpetual state of war. Front cover of Report From Iron Mountain. In 1967 the war in Vietnam was escalating and race riots were breaking out in many major U.S. cities. Popular distrust…
Roorback
Type: Political dirty trick. Summary: A “roorback” is a political dirty trick. The term originated during the American presidential campaign of 1844. The term roorback refers to a fictitious claim invented to smear a political opponent, i.e. a political dirty trick. In 1940 the Chicago Tribune offered this definition: “A…
Veterans of Future Wars
Type: College Prank/Satirical Campaign. Summary: Young men satirically demanded to be paid their war bonuses before they went off to fight. Future veterans march to demand their bonuses. 1936. In 1935 veterans of World War One lobbied Congress to pay them their war bonuses ten years early in order to…