Hoaxes & Fakes
Pizzagate: How a Lie Walked Into a Pizzeria
A false story with no basement, and a man with a real rifle.
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Hoaxes & Fakes
The Zinoviev Letter: The Forgery That Toppled a Government
A fake instruction from Moscow, printed four days before an election.
Hoaxes & Fakes
Extra Virgin? The Long History of Olive Oil Fraud
Adulterating oil is as old as the amphora, and the modern version is subtler.
Hoaxes & Fakes
Honey Laundering: The Global Trade in Fake Gold
Transhipped, diluted with syrup, and relabelled — the honey trade has a forgery problem.
Hoaxes & Fakes
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Anatomy of a Forgery
The most murderous hoax in publishing history, and the plagiarism that built it.
Hoaxes & Fakes
The Vaccine–Autism Myth: The Study That Was Withdrawn
How twelve children, a retracted paper, and a struck-off doctor made a myth that outlived the science.