Orson Welles' War of the Worlds.
In 1938 thousands of people were fooled into believing that Martians had invaded New Jersey when they mistook a broadcast of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds for a newscast of real events.

Bonsai Kitten.
A website that came online in late 2000 purported to offer instructions on how to raise kittens inside of glass jars.

The Turk Chess Automaton.
Centuries before IBM built Deep Blue, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen built what he claimed was a “thinking machine” that could play chess against human opponents.

Loch Ness Monster.
The legend of a monster living in Scotland’s Loch Ness has inspired many hoaxes.

Paul is dead.
In 1969 the possibility that Paul McCartney had died years ago in a car crash and been replaced by a double became one of the most hotly debated questions around the world.