The Pufedorf Hoax

by Claus Larsen The story begins on February 19th, 1948, with the murder of Wilhelm Jacobsen, and his wife, Inger Margrethe Jacobsen, born Scheel, in their flat in Copenhagen, Denmark. Because the double-murder was never solved, there have been numerous myths and...

The Balloon Hoax

by Edgar Allan Poe This is Edgar Allan Poe’s famous hoax about the Atlantic being crossed by balloon. First published in an 1844 April issue of the New York Sun. Astounding News by Express, via Norfolk ! – The Atlantic crossed in Three Days ! Signal...