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The story of Borley Rectory, the most haunted house in England. Just remember that the most and least haunted house are the exact same amount of haunted...
Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places
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This one has it all: the afterlife, evil stepmothers, Kickapoo princesses, the Romanovs, bigamy and fraud, ghost farts and spirit chickens.
Categories: Biography, Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 13
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In 1862, William H. Mumler took the first known photograph of a ghost. Maybe. What unfolded next was an epic story of fraud and self-deception...
Categories: Biography, Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 13
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How two famous zoologists were fooled by a shifty carnival worker, a rubber dummy, and a three ton block of ice.
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 12, Wild Card
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"I myself cannot explain it. I know only that I remember Lemuria! Remember it with the absolute conviction of a fanatic..."
Categories: Entertainment & Media, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Most Popular, Series 11
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It is the embodiment of all evil? Can it kill with a thought? Can it unlock the secrets of the universe? Whatever it can do, it's the Skull of Doom!
Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 9, Wild Card
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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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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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In 1855 the town of Perry, New York was terrorized by a "sea serpent" in nearby Silver Lake. It was a hoax... but whose hoax was it?
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Legendary Lands & Beasts, Wild Card
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We thought our episode on Trofim Lysenko was too focused on the what and when rather than the how and why. This bonus episode should clear things up.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Least Popular, Science & Nature, Supplement, The Marvels of Science
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