Greatest hoax of all time?

[Abby Normal]

The diary thread got me thinking about hoaxes. What’s the greatest one of all time?

The Trojan horse, piltdown man, Olson Wells war of the worlds radio broadcast, the Bigfoot video?

Any others?

[Joshua Rogan]

The moon landings.

[DirectorDave]

Aggers setting up Boycott to believe his 100th century was not at his home ground of Headingley against Australia but in Faisalabad against a presidents XI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40781223

Even if you don't like or understand cricket, it is still hilarious.

[Abby Normal]

Aggers setting up Boycott to believe his 100th century was not at his home ground of Headingley against Australia but in Faisalabad against a presidents XI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40781223

Even if you don't like or understand cricket, it is still hilarious.

I have no idea what you just said

[Abby Normal]

The moon landings.

Yeah. That was a good one

[jason_c]

The diary thread got me thinking about hoaxes. What’s the greatest one of all time?

The Trojan horse, piltdown man, Olson Wells war of the worlds radio broadcast, the Bigfoot video?

Any others?

It's not Orson Welles and his War of the Worlds broadcast. The panic surrounding that broadcast is mostly a myth. If anything the reports of "mass panic" was the hoax.

[Abby Normal]

It's not Orson Welles and his War of the Worlds broadcast. The panic surrounding that broadcast is mostly a myth. If anything the reports of "mass panic" was the hoax.

I’ve never heard that, please expound.

[Graham]

Hans van Meegeren's forgeries of old masters, including Franz Hals and Vermeer, take a bit of beating. During the 1930's and 1940's he fooled nearly all of the so-called 'expert' art critics of the day. Hermann Goering sold over a hundred of his own collection of (genuine) paintings to buy one van Meegeren forgery, a Vermeer if I recall correctly. When van Meegeren was arrested at the end of WW2 and charged with forging Old Masters, many 'experts' still refused to accept that many of his paintings were forgeries, even though he confessed. He was a very good painter in his own right, and some of his genuine original works fetch high prices - the amazing thing is that at least some of his own works have been forged in turn by others. There is a lot on the internet about him and his work.

Graham

[Herlock Sholmes]

Aggers setting up Boycott to believe his 100th century was not at his home ground of Headingley against Australia but in Faisalabad against a presidents XI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40781223

Even if you don't like or understand cricket, it is still hilarious.

Cricket fan and Boycott fan.....loved it. How did Aggers keep a straight face? I certainly couldn’t have

[Herlock Sholmes]

I’ve never heard that, please expound.

Hi Abby,

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.html

[andy1867]

Aggers setting up Boycott to believe his 100th century was not at his home ground of Headingley against Australia but in Faisalabad against a presidents XI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40781223

Even if you don't like or understand cricket, it is still hilarious.

Boycott pretending not to be too bothered, then the relief in his voice when he was told it was a wind up was priceless

[Robert]

Not a hoax, because it wasn't intentional, but still worth mentioning :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Y2uQn_wvc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Goma

[Pcdunn]

I vote for crop circles, because they were intentional hoaxes and weren't made by extraterrestrials.

The Moon Landings were NOT a hoax, they really happened.

Welles didn't intend to hoax the country with his broadcast, it was just a radio show for Pete's sake!

[c.d.]

Hans van Meegeren's forgeries of old masters, including Franz Hals and Vermeer, take a bit of beating. During the 1930's and 1940's he fooled nearly all of the so-called 'expert' art critics of the day. Hermann Goering sold over a hundred of his own collection of (genuine) paintings to buy one van Meegeren forgery, a Vermeer if I recall correctly. When van Meegeren was arrested at the end of WW2 and charged with forging Old Masters, many 'experts' still refused to accept that many of his paintings were forgeries, even though he confessed. He was a very good painter in his own right, and some of his genuine original works fetch high prices - the amazing thing is that at least some of his own works have been forged in turn by others. There is a lot on the internet about him and his work.

Graham

Hello Graham,

I read the book "The Man Who Made Vermeers" which is all about van Meegeren. It was very interesting and a good look inside the art world.

c.d.

[ChrisGeorge]

Conspiracists! Here are the magazines for you! You don't think that William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, wrote the plays.... well here's the proof that Christopher Marlowe did the deed. He must have been okay if his name was Chris, right? The magazines are yours if you are the first to tell me how Kit Marlowe died. As before, previous winners of RipperCon 2018 swag cannot win again.