Basic Info

First Air: October 13, 2016

Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (1 votes)

Status: Returning Series

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Last Episode

Name: Piltdown Man

Season: 1, Episode: 6

Air Date: 2016-11-17

Runtime: 44 min

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at the Piltdown Man. In 1912 the discovery of an unusual skull and jawbone in Sussex, England, led many to believe that a 'missing link' had finally been found. The revelation of a hoax, however, had wide reaching impact on anthropology and science.

History's Greatest Hoaxes

2016 1 seasons 6 episodes ⭐ 7.0/10 1 votes

Overview

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.