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Category Archives: Hoaxes & frauds

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Yorkshire witch

Aug 24, 2020Eric CorbettCrime & criminals, Hoaxes & fraudsRedirect

Redirected to Mary Bateman.

Mary Bateman

Aug 24, 2020Eric CorbettCrime & criminals, Hoaxes & fraudsBetter than Wikipedia

Poisoner and thief whose most audacious hoax was The Prophet Hen of Leeds.

The Sleeping Girl of Turville

Jul 3, 2019Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds, Medical history

A girl who, her mother claimed, fell into a deep sleep from which she could not be roused for nine years.

Mary Toft

Jun 21, 2019Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds

English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.

Hammersmith Ghost

Jun 20, 2019Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds

Early 19th-century hoax that reinforced the standard white-sheeted ghost look, and set a legal precedent for self-defence.

Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff

May 21, 2019Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds

Pseudonym used by the satirist Jonathan Swift in a hoax predicting the “infallible” death of John Partridge, a well-known 18th-century astrologer and almanac maker, on 29 March 1708.

The Bottle Conjuror

Mar 25, 2019Eric CorbettConjurors & magicians, Hoaxes & frauds

18th-century hoax featuring an acrobat inserting his body into an empty wine bottle.

Cock Lane ghost

Jan 22, 2019Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds

Purported haunting that attracted mass public attention in 1762.

Kosmoid

Jul 28, 2018Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds, Industrial organisationsNot on Wikipedia

Group of three companies set up by Glasgow doctor Alexander Shiels in 1904: Kosmoid Ltd, Kosmoid Locks Ltd, and Kosmoid Tubes Ltd.

Holy Maid of Leominster

Jul 9, 2018Eric CorbettHoaxes & frauds

Known only as Elizabeth, she was installed in the rood loft above the chancel of the priory of Leominster by its prior in the late 15th or early 16th century.

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