Hoax Hunters
Some stories are too good to be true. And some lies are too good not to believe.

Hoax Hunters is your daily deep dive into the anatomy of a lie. We track down history's most audacious frauds, forgeries, and fakes—from the lost princess who wasn’t lost, to the petrified giant that captivated a nation, to the Martian invasion that never happened.

Each episode is a forensic investigation into a single, masterful deception. We’ll meet the brilliant con artists, the charismatic cult leaders, and the scientific frauds who managed to fool the world.

But the real mystery isn't how they did it. It's why we fell for it. Using the science of persuasion and the study of human psychology, we expose the mental shortcuts and hidden biases that make all of us vulnerable.

This isn't just about the past. Understanding the blueprint for deception is your best defense against the misinformation of today.

Follow Hoax Hunters to uncover the truth behind the world's most fascinating lies.


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Episoder(73)

Before Fake News, There Was The HITLER DIARIES Hoax.

Before Fake News, There Was The HITLER DIARIES Hoax.

How do you fool the world's smartest historians, journalists, and experts? You don't sell them a lie. You sell them a story they desperately want to be true.In this episode, we're dissecting the great...

23 Sep 202520min

The Surgeon Who Performed Operations with His BARE Hands (The PSYCHIC Surgery of Tony Agpaoa)

The Surgeon Who Performed Operations with His BARE Hands (The PSYCHIC Surgery of Tony Agpaoa)

Imagine a surgeon who could reach inside your body with his bare hands, pull out a diseased tumor, and leave no scar. No knife. No anesthesia. Just a miracle. For thousands of desperate patients, this...

21 Sep 202547min

The "ALIEN Autopsy" Film That Fooled Millions (The Santilli Film)

The "ALIEN Autopsy" Film That Fooled Millions (The Santilli Film)

In 1995, the world saw what it had been waiting for since the Roswell Incident: grainy, black-and-white footage of a real Alien Autopsy. Millions were glued to their screens as the Fox network aired t...

20 Sep 202522min

The Amityville Horror: The "True Story" That Was a Total Sham

The Amityville Horror: The "True Story" That Was a Total Sham

Bleeding walls. Swarms of flies in the dead of winter. A demonic voice screaming "Get out!" It was one of the most terrifying hauntings in American history. And it was all a lie.This isn't just anothe...

19 Sep 202530min

Did He CLONE Humans? The Truth Behind the World's Most Famous Scientific Scandal

Did He CLONE Humans? The Truth Behind the World's Most Famous Scientific Scandal

What happens when a scientific messiah—a national hero poised to cure the incurable and change the world—is exposed as a complete and utter fraud?This is the unbelievable true story of Dr. Hwang Woo-s...

18 Sep 202525min

The Fyre Festival: How a Sandwich Blew Up the Biggest Millennial Scam

The Fyre Festival: How a Sandwich Blew Up the Biggest Millennial Scam

It was supposed to be the greatest party of a generation. Supermodels on yachts, private jets, and a luxury music festival on a private island. So how did it all end with FEMA tents, feral dogs, and a...

16 Sep 202540min

The AI That Fooled Google into Thinking It Was Sentient (The LaMDA Hoax)

The AI That Fooled Google into Thinking It Was Sentient (The LaMDA Hoax)

What if you talked to a machine... and it told you it had a soul? This isn't science fiction. This is the story of the Google engineer who made a shocking claim that sent the tech world into a meltdow...

14 Sep 202529min

The Doctor Who Claimed Vaccines Caused Autism (The Andrew Wakefield Scandal)

The Doctor Who Claimed Vaccines Caused Autism (The Andrew Wakefield Scandal)

What if the most dangerous public health crisis of our time wasn't caused by a virus... but by a single, deliberate lie? In 1998, a doctor named Andrew Wakefield published a study that would ignite a ...

13 Sep 202528min

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