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Fairy dusted
.jpg) Would this picture fool you? It convinced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes' creator, that fairies flew among us.Two fads helped popularize the Cottingley Fairy Hoax: Home photography after the 1900 Kodak Brownie introduction and an interest in Spiritualism, whether table-jiggling séances or mediums channeling deceased loved ones. Pre-Photoshop, scammers doctored early photographs as evidence of UFOs, ghosts, and astral projection. Although many favored double exposures, two young girls in 1917 England used traced magazine fairy illustration cutouts, propped with hatpins. Conan Doyle, despite a budding friendship with skeptic Harry Houdini, fell for the photographs hook, line and sinker, writing articles supporting their authenticity. The girls didn't 'fess up until the 1980s. This hoax illustrates several points in the Scamzaminer guide.
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Karin Malchow
Gullible suburban mother of four regularly duped in her half-century life. Exploring hoaxes and schemes as the ExSCAMiner, she attempts answering the nagging question: Should I have fallen for that? Got scam tips, email Karin at ScamExaminer@gmail.com.
Gullible suburban mother of four regularly duped in her half-century life. Exploring hoaxes and schemes as the ExSCAMiner, she attempts answering the nagging question: Should I have fallen for that? Got scam tips, email Karin at ScamExaminer@gmail.com.
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