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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), and the Hoax Forum.

The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.



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#6: Nixon for President
1992: National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." Accompanying this announcement were audio clips of Nixon delivering his candidacy speech. Listeners responded viscerally to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and outrage. Only during the second half of the show did the host John Hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon's voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little.

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 If we left running the country up to you Liberals we'd be sleeping with those rag head assholes. You advocate "kinder and gentlier" bullets for our soldiers so there's not so much damage done when our boys hit the ragheads. We ought to line up all you Liberals as cover in front of the next military offensive to use as a buffer against their shots so you can use the diplomatic approach that you so often espouse.
Posted by Captain Eddie  in  Southern California  on  Mon Apr 02, 2007  at  02:20 PM
Excuse me, but from what i have seen from american politics (and indeed our own) party policies are only separated by abortion stance, and consequently, all of yyour presidents have been conducting themselves in a dubious manner regardless of political alligencies. And for the record, I am not some Yanke-basher, I have no faith in our puppet government either, or for the spineless politics of my former homeland South Africa.
Despite its obvious merit, and the positively abhorrent alternative, Democracy is a farce, and our economies, based on the premise of infinite growth are bound to encounter collapse someday in the distant future.
Posted by Robert  in  Bedfordshire, England  on  Thu Oct 25, 2007  at  04:09 AM
Nobody noticed that Nixon had already served two terms?
Posted by QoppaKappa  on  Thu Dec 13, 2007  at  06:43 PM
Nixon, Reagan, Bush. I'm convinced that these people are ALL Richard Nixon. Maybe Dick Cheney too.
Posted by Bosco Hurl  in  California  on  Sun Jan 20, 2008  at  07:39 PM
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