The Strange Case of Eugene Gu
A surgeon tastes viral fame via Twitter and then things get really weird.
Hoax
The Curse of the Bahia Emerald
Meet the giant green rock that seduces and destroys.
The Unbelievable Story of the Most Expensive Record Ever Sold on Discogs
Was the biggest record sale in the history of Discogs actually someone selling the record to themself? Was a serial hoaxer who had posed as Jimi Hendrix’s son in blackface actually behind both the 1989 album and its 2017 sale?
The Movie That Doesn’t Exist and the Redditors Who Think It Does
You never watched Shazaam.
The Team of Men Behind Rachel Brewson, the Fake Woman Whose Trump-Fueled Breakup Went Viral
Inside a pageview scam.
The Sandy Hook Hoax
Lenny Pozner used to believe in conspiracy theories. Until his son’s death became one.
The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared
A high school student disappears, only to turn up more than 10 years later – posing as a high school student.
Hoax: Secrets That Truman Capote Took to the Grave
Uncovering the real story behind Capote’s Hand-Carved Coffins.
Why Would a Gay Teenager Commit Hate Crimes Against Herself?
Revisiting a high school hoax.
No Evidence of Disease
Stephanie had cancer, until she didn’t.
Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made
A six-day hoax in which the newspaper fooled its readers into believing that life had been found on the moon.
Fantasia for Piano
Joyce Hatto, unknown to even the most ardent classical music collectors until late in her life, released a string of incredible performances of great works, distributed by her husband’s mail-order CD business. But how was it possible for her to record difficult works at such a dizzying rate? And if wasn’t her playing, who was it?
