Hoaxes

Hoaxer admits claiming there was a bomb in town
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West Yorkshire
Posted
9 January
Indian airlines hit by nearly 1,000 hoax bomb threats
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Asia
Posted
29 November 2024
How hoax bomb threats are hurting air travel in India
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Asia
Posted
21 October 2024
The Moon hoax that fooled the world. Video, 00:07:31
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BBC
Posted
29 August 2024
The dangers of online 'challenges'
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BBC Teach
Posted
1 July 2024
Boy, 13, arrested over school bomb hoaxes
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
27 June 2024
Archive on 4. The Trickster: A Thistle up the Backside of Society. Audio, 57 minutes
Trickery - is it what we need to keep society moving forward?
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Free Thinking. Pranks. Audio, 44 minutes
Matthew Sweet and guests assess the value of pranks and what purpose they may serve.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Apology to traders stranded after show bomb hoax
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Shropshire
Posted
14 August 2023
Wiki Wars. Audio, 28 minutes
Tech journalist Lara Lewington looks into information battles played out on Wikipedia.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
City bomb hoaxer jailed over pub evacuation
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Bristol
Posted
2 June 2023
Wetherspoons bouncer planted hoax bomb in toilet
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Tyne
Posted
16 May 2023
My Old School. Video, 104 minutes
The story of Scotland's most notorious impostor.
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BBC Scotland
Available for 6 days
Sandy Hook dad: Trolls said I dismembered my son. Video, 00:02:34
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US & Canada
Posted
5 October 2022
US woman pleads guilty to faking 2016 kidnapping
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US & Canada
Posted
19 April 2022
Screenshot. Hoaxes, fakes and pranks. Audio, 42 minutes
Ellen and Mark explore the art of the screen hoax, from F for Fake to Alternative 3.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Bomb hoaxer who damaged vaccination centre jailed
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Cornwall
Posted
21 January 2022
Man admits school and NHS bomb hoaxes
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Cornwall
Posted
16 December 2021
'Balloon boy hoax' parents pardoned in Colorado
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US & Canada
Posted
24 December 2020
How Sherlock Holmes's creator was fooled by fairies
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Leeds & West Yorkshire
Posted
5 December 2020
'Hello, 999, I've got hiccups'
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Wales
Posted
19 November 2019
Shoplifter jailed after Tesco bomb hoax
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Tyne & Wear
Posted
8 November 2019
What's the truth behind a viral celery juice 'cure'?
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BBC Trending
Posted
22 September 2019
The strange persistence of the 'red mercury' myth
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BBC Trending
Posted
12 September 2019