How Dreams of Buried Pirate Treasure Enticed Americans to Flock to Florida During the Roaring Twenties
1925 marked the peak of the Florida land boom. But false advertising and natural disasters thwarted many settlers’ visions of striking it rich in the land of sunshine
Alleged Alien Corpses Displayed to Mexican Congress Did Not Convince Scientists
Self-described UFO expert Jaime Maussan, whose claims of extraterrestrials have been debunked in the past, said the specimens were “non-human”
What the History of ‘Spirit Photography’ Portends for the Future of Deepfake Videos
Today’s video hoaxes can be downright ugly. But image-makers have been fooling viewers from the beginning
Did Francis Drake Really Land in California?
New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
Yes, the United States Certainly DID Land Humans on the Moon
Moon-landing deniers, says space scholar and former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, are full of stuff and nonsense
Why Do So Many People Still Want to Believe in Bigfoot?
The appeal of the mythical, wild man holds strong