Bogus! Why do fakes get made? Why do people fall for hoaxes? Greed, pride, revenge, nationalism, pranks, and gullibility mix in an archaeological setting. Archaeology Magazine examines eight classic cases, and more.
posted by amyms
on Dec 23, 2009 -
6 comments
Master of the hoax finally goes straight. Clifford Irving, author of the now infamous
Autobiography of Howard Hughes, publishes his own autobiography,
Phantom Rosebuds. Irving has already covered the story of that Hughes forgery pretty thoroughly in his earlier book,
The Hoax, and
Lasse Hallstrom retold the story in a
film starring Richard Gere.
Phantom Rosebuds though makes a case for the rest of Irving’s life -
f for fake, the subsequent novels, the jail time and the dramatic consequences of the hoax which draw him into a world of espionage, renegade presidents, and rogue hitmen.
posted by blimp77
on Jul 11, 2008 -
5 comments
A Dutch television producer, who previously brought you Big Brother, now produces a show for British commercial television were you witness the training of three lucky guys to become astronauts and their subsequent launch into earth's orbit for 4 days.
They are trained in a Russian facility and are launched with a Russian rocket. There is only one catch: it's all fake. When they leave their orbiter to make a space walk they will be welcomed by their family and friends, and
find out they
never left
England.
If I were one of the contestants I'd go postal after this. But of course these contestants were specially selected to be prone to suggestion, so they will probably just forever hide in corner so they won't hear the constant mockery..
posted by kika
on Nov 21, 2005 -
69 comments
