Bram Stoker – Bogus Sausages
Bogus Sausages : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes Bogus Sausages by Bram Stoker Bogus Sausages As an example of how a dishonest penny may be turned the following incident would be hard to beat. Two weary porters at the King’s Cross terminus of the Great Northern Railway were thinking about going […]
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Bram Stoker – Hoaxed Burglars
Hoaxed Burglars : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes Hoaxed Burglars by Bram Stoker Hoaxed Burglars The above ingenious device recalls another occasion when some gentlemen who made burglary their profession, and who had been paying a midnight visit to the house of a Hull tradesman were sadly “sold.” They found the […]
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Bram Stoker – Dean Swift’s Hoax
Dean Swift’s Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes Dean Swift’s Hoax by Bram Stoker Dean Swift’s Hoax One of the most beautiful hoaxes ever perpetrated was one for which Swift was responsible. He caused a broad-sheet to be printed and circulated which purported to be the “last dying speech” of […]
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Bram Stoker – Buried Treasure Hoax
Buried Treasure Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes Buried Treasure Hoax by Bram Stoker Buried Treasure Hoax Most people have heard of the “Spanish Treasure swindle” and, though less elaborate than the original, a variation of it practised on a French merchant was rather “cute.” One morning he received an […]
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Bram Stoker – The Marriage Hoax
The Marriage Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes The Marriage Hoax by Bram Stoker The Marriage Hoax Hoaxes are sometimes malicious, and often cruel, as the following instance will show: A young couple were about to be married in Birmingham when those officiating—it was a Jewish wedding—were startled by the […]
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Bram Stoker – The Toll-Gate Hoax
The Toll-Gate Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes The Toll-Gate Hoax by Bram Stoker The Toll-Gate Hoax Many distinguished actors have been very fond of playing practical jokes and perpetrating hoaxes. Young, the tragedian, was one day driving in a gig with a friend on the outskirts of London. Pulling […]
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Bram Stoker – The Military Review Hoax
The Military Review Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes The Military Review Hoax by Bram Stoker The Military Review Hoax Practical jokes of this nature have more than once led to serious results. In the summer of 1812 a report was extensively circulated that a grand military review was to […]
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Bram Stoker – The Cat Hoax
The Cat Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes The Cat Hoax by Bram Stoker The Cat Hoax One very amusing variation of the countless imitations, which the success of this trick gave rise to, was the “cat hoax” at Chester, in August, 1815. It was at the time when it […]
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Bram Stoker – Two London Hoaxes
Two London Hoaxes : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes Two London Hoaxes by Bram Stoker There is a class of imposture which must be kept apart from others of its kind, or at least ear-marked in such wise that there can be no confusion of ideas regarding it. This includes all […]
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Bram Stoker – Women as Men Mary East
Mary East : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Women as Men Mary East by Bram Stoker Mary East The story of Mary East is a pitiful one, and gives a picture of the civil life of the eighteenth century which cannot be lightly forgotten. The condition of things has so changed that […]
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Bram Stoker – Women as Men La Maupin
La Maupin : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Women as Men La Maupin by Bram Stoker La Maupin The majority of the readers of the English-speaking race who enjoy Théophile Gautier’s fascinating romance Mademoiselle de Maupin are not aware that the heroine was a real person. The novelist has of course made […]
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Bram Stoker – Women as Men Hannah Snell
Hannah Snell : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Women as Men Hannah Snell by Bram Stoker Hannah Snell Hannah Snell is a good instance of how the life of a woman who was not by nature averse from adventure was moulded by chance in the direction which suited her individuality. Of course, […]
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