Hoaxes Word Search
Find famous deceptions, forged discoveries, staged evidence, and elaborate practical jokes from history.
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About the Hoaxes Word Search
This puzzle covers famous hoaxes, from forged artifacts and fabricated stories to elaborate public pranks. Look for the Piltdown Man, the Cardiff Giant, the Cottingley Fairies, and the Spaghetti Tree broadcast. It also includes words for deception and fraud. History buffs, curious readers, and anyone interested in how people have been fooled will enjoy this topic.
All 38 words in this puzzle
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- Alien Autopsy
- Balloon Hoax
- Cardiff Giant
- Confidence Trick
- Deceit
- Dreadnought Hoax
- Ern Malley
- Fabrication
- Fake
- Fake News
- False Evidence
- Fiji Mermaid
- Forgery
- Fox Sisters
- Fraud
- Great Moon Hoax
- Hitler Diaries
- Impostor
- Imposture
- Loch Ness Photo
- Myth
- Phony
- Piltdown Man
- Poyais
- Practical Joke
- Prank
- Ruse
- San Serriffe
- Sham
- Sokal Affair
- Spaghetti Tree
- Spoof
- Swindle
- Tasaday Hoax
- The Turk
- Trick
- Urban Legend
- War of the Worlds
