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Famous Fakes, Historical Hoaxes & Terrible Tricks

From Drake’s brass plate to a wanna-be chess master machine, hear about history’s most well-known hoaxes, including a fictionalized Martian invasion that got out of hand.
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6 clips 28 MINS
  • The Chess-Playing Robot that Fooled the World
    S1E1: The Box That A.I. Lives In
    4 MINSPlayer Icon
  • Teenage Magicians Trick Parapsychology Research Scientists
    S406: The Psychic Kids (James Randi and Project Alpha)
    5 MINSPlayer Icon
  • The Biggest Historical Scam California Historians Ever Discovered
    Episode #96- What is America's Weirdest Secret Society?
    6 MINSPlayer Icon
  • The Time When Earthlings Thought Martians Had Invaded
    War of the Worlds
    4 MINSPlayer Icon
  • From Russia with (Fake) Love
    The Tiara of Saitaphernes
    4 MINSPlayer Icon
  • We Pretend Aliens Are Making Crop Circles, But They're Not
    SYSK Selects: What's the Deal with Crop Circles?
    3 MINSPlayer Icon
The Chess-Playing Robot that Fooled the World
S1E1: The Box That A.I. Lives In
4 MINSPlayer Icon
Teenage Magicians Trick Parapsychology Research Scientists
S406: The Psychic Kids (James Randi and Project Alpha)
5 MINSPlayer Icon
The Biggest Historical Scam California Historians Ever Discovered
Episode #96- What is America's Weirdest Secret Society?
6 MINSPlayer Icon
The Time When Earthlings Thought Martians Had Invaded
War of the Worlds
4 MINSPlayer Icon
From Russia with (Fake) Love
The Tiara of Saitaphernes
4 MINSPlayer Icon
We Pretend Aliens Are Making Crop Circles, But They're Not
SYSK Selects: What's the Deal with Crop Circles?
3 MINSPlayer Icon
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