History's Greatest Hoaxes
History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at some of the most spectacular hoaxes that show that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. It looks at remarkable hoaxes including the Hitler Diaries, the Piltdown Man, the War of the World broadcast, Papillon, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Alien Autopsy film.
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Tom Ward
as Self - Narrator
Guy Walters
as Self - Author & Historian
Linda Papadopoulos
as Self - Psychologist
Alex Boese
as Self - Author, The World's Greatest Hoaxes
Marcus Brigstocke
as Self - Author & Comedian
Joe Nickell
as Self - Columnist, Skeptical Inquirer
Nick Pope
as Self - UK Ministry of Defense
Martyn Mayger
as Mercury Theater Radio Actor
Gerd Heidemann
as Self - Former Reporter, Die Stern
Miles Russell
as Self - Archaeologist & Charles Dawson Biographer
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