Genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences Reality television is a genre of television programming that […]

Hoax regarding fictitious theologian Franz Bibfeldt[1] is a fictitious German theologian and in-joke among American academic theologians.[2][3] Bibfeldt made his […]

1809 hoax in London, England perpetrated by Theodore Hook Coordinates: 51°31′03″N 0°08′14″W / 51.5176°N 0.1372°W / 51.5176; -0.1372 Berners Street […]

18th century hoax fossils Beringer’s Lying Stones (Lügensteine) are pieces of limestone which were carved into the shape of various […]

American journalist and writer (1880–1956) Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, […]

Fanciful story by H.L. Mencken The bathtub hoax was a famous hoax perpetrated by the American journalist H. L. Mencken […]

Fictional drug Bananadine is a fictional psychoactive substance which is supposedly extracted from banana peels. A hoax recipe for its […]

Balloon containing gases which are lighter than air A gas balloon is a balloon that rises and floats in the […]

2009 hoax event The Balloon Boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, when a homemade helium-filled gas balloon shaped to […]

Edgar Allan Poe hoax This article is about the 1844 balloon hoax. For the 2009 balloon hoax, see Balloon boy […]