Bram Stoker – Chevalier d’Eon
Chevalier d’Eon : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Chevalier d’Eon by Bram Stoker Chevalier d’Eon In all the range of doubtful personalities there is hardly any one whom convention has treated worse than it has the individual known in his time—and after—as The Chevalier d’Eon. For about a hundred and fifty years […]
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Bram Stoker – The Moon Hoax
The Moon Hoax : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Hoaxes The Moon Hoax by Bram Stoker The Moon Hoax One of the most stupendous hoaxes, and one foisted on the credulity of the public with the most complete success, was the famous Moon Hoax which was published in the pages of the […]
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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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A. C. Doyle – The Marriage Of The Brigadier : Brigadier Gerard
The Marriage Of The Brigadier : The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle The Marriage Of The Brigadier by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle First published in The Strand Magazine, September 1910 First book appearance in The Last Galley: Impressions & Tales, 1911 With illustrations by William Barnes Wollen Brigadier Gerard Story XVIII. The […]
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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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