Nuns on the Run

The Awful disclosures of Maria Monk

In 1835 Maria Monk claimed that Montreal's Hôtel-Dieu convent was a vice den. She was making it all up... but Americans desperately wanted to believe her.

Categories: History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 13

Tags: anti-Catholicism Canada Catholicism Christianity civil law London, England Montreal, QC nativism New York State New York, NY nuns Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13 Protestantism Quebec religion Samuel Finley Breese Morse skepticism United Kingdom United States of America

Published: May 29, 2023

Westward Huss

Minnesota Vikings can be found far beyond U.S. Bank Stadium

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

Tags: Canada Kensington Runestone Knights Templar Minnesota Native Americans Paul Knutsson Presented by #13 pseudo-science Quebec runes Scott Wolter skepticism Smithsonian Institution Vikings Wisconsin

Published: October 11, 2021