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A baffling tale about ancient astronauts, religious fanatics, fake clones, a gullible press, and sex robots from outer space.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 9, The Astonishing Human Body
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In 1912 it was the greatest anthropological find of all time... until it was revealed to be an audacious hoax.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Science & Nature, Series 9
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Did you know that Connecticut and Pennsylvania went to war multiple times over the area that's now scranton? Learn all about the Yankee-Pennamite Wars!
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On Pohnpei, upon a stone altar, within the spaces... the legendary and factual story of Nan Madol.
Categories: People & Places, Series 9, The Quest for the Past
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Errata for The Hot House; French Leave; The Icelander; "I'm the Naughty Boy"; What-Is-It?; Moron or Madman?; Suffer Little Children; and more.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Errata
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Would you believe there were Vikings in Washington, DC? Or West Virginia? Or Oklahoma? Or Hawaii? How about all of the above and none of the above?
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 8, The Quest for the Past
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In which the vikings of Minnesota challenge the patriots of New England for the right to claim Vikings beat Columbus to the New World.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 8, The Quest for the Past
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For years, archaeologists have searched in vain for the location of Leif Eriksson's Vinland. They should have just asked the good people of New England.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Popular Facts & Fallacies, Series 8, The Quest for the Past
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It was supposed to be a celebration of sixty years of baseball... and instead, well, Philadelphia fans did what Philadelphia fans do best.
Categories: Most Popular, Series 8, Sports & Leisure
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H.H. Goddard's studies of the feeble-minded helped justify eugenics policies across the world... which is a tragedy because they junk science and lies.
Categories: Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 8, The Marvels of Science
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Burnu Acquanetta, "the Venezuelan Volcano," was an exotic beauty who took Hollywood by storm in the summer of 1942... but who was she really?
Categories: Biography, Entertainment & Media, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 8
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In July 1916, the New Jersey coast was rocked by the deadliest string of shark attacks in US history. Here's the whole bloody story.
Categories: History, Series 8, The Surprising Animal Kingdom
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