Violin Virtuoso Fritz Kreisler's Great Musical Hoax
Virtuoso Fritz Kreisler was known and is remembered for his artistry as a violinist and composer -- and, also, as an unashamed showman. He was one of the most beloved and best known of the early recor...
3 Okt 202321min
League of Lady Poisoners: Interview with author Lisa Perrin
Things are a little different on today's episode of our show. Today we're talking to Lisa Perrin, an award-winning illustrator, designer and entrepreneur. Lisa stops by to chat about her new book, “Le...
26 Sep 202329min
Giovanni (Jean) de Sperati: Legendary Philatelic 'Artist'
Millions of people around the world collect, preserve, and trade or sell postage stamps; the hobby, or investment, is known as, philately. The first stamp forgeries began to show up, well, when the fi...
19 Sep 202325min
The Nicotra Forgeries
Some historians believe Italian forger Tobia Nicotra may have produced hundreds of document and signature forgeries attributed to names like Mozart and Galileo, before he was caught in the 1930s. He f...
12 Sep 202325min
'Lincoln the Lover': The Wilma Frances Minor Collection
Wilma Minor's 'Lincoln the Lover' forgery has been called one of the most audacious literary hoaxes of all time, and involves an alleged love story between a young Abraham Lincoln and a woman named An...
5 Sep 202336min
Joseph Cosey: 'Yrs. Truly, A. Lincoln'
It's said his own handwriting was a neat and graceful script, not unlike Abraham Lincoln’s. He could fake the hand of Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Baker Eddy, and dozens of other historical figures. In fact,...
29 Aug 202339min
The Fake Etruscan Terracotta Warriors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
On Valentine's Day of 1961, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York had to, for the very first time, announce they were housing a fake. Three fakes, actually. After nearly three decades as a prized...
22 Aug 202335min
Han van Meegeren's Fake Vermeers
Dutch painter Han van Meegeren has often been described as a dapper man, with, quote, “a small, birdlike frame constantly aflutter, and irreverent sense of humor.” His life story is anything but small...
15 Aug 202331min
