SCIgen - An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator - SCIgen is a program that generates random computer science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Generated papers are meant for amusement. - http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
Cottingley Fairies Hoax - The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies. - http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk/fairies.htm
Camel Spiders Myth - Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider. - http://www.camelspiders.net/
Bibliography of Hoaxes - Bibliography of books about hoaxes. - http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib.htm
April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes - National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history. - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html
Piltdown Man - Piltdown man was one of the most famous hoaxes in science. Covers the history of the hoax, its reception by the paleontological community, how the hoax was executed, its exposure, myths and misconceptions, and theories about the perpetrator. - http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html
Cassiopaea - Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence. - http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdanovs.htm
Art and UFO - A study about the alleged UFOs in renaissance paintings. The "strange flying objects" someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs. - http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO.htm
History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles - Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan. - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refhoaxes.html
Don't Be Fooled: Strange Hoaxes That Endure - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal article that discusses ten hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery. - http://www.csicop.org/articles/april_fools_1998/
MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery - The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks
Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes - Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment - http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html
The Hoax Files - Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html
Tracking the White Salamander - Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder - http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm
Museum of Hoaxes - Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references. - http://www.museumofhoaxes.com
Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes - Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images. - http://www.pickover.com/hoax.html
Spud Server - The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC. - http://totl.net/Spud
1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast - Wavs of the famous Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds - http://www.earthstation1.com/wotw.html
Piltdown Plot - Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history. - http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html