History's Greatest Hoaxes
S01:E06 - Piltdown Man
T01:C01 - S01:E01 - Alien Autopsy
A dubious producer based in London convinced large parts of the UFO-hungry public a film of an autopsy being performed on a dead alien was authentic.
T01:C02 - S01:E02 - Loch Ness
According to folklore a large sea monster lurks in Scotland. Over the years, grainy photographs and inconclusive video footage has emerged to keep the legend alive.
T01:C03 - S01:E03 - Hitlers Diaries
In the 1980’s, one of the most extraordinary discoveries of the 20th century was made – the personal diary of none other than Adolf Hitler. It caused a sensation.
T01:C04 - S01:E04 - War of the Worlds
An inadvertent hoax perhaps? Or a very clever ploy that made an unknown 23 year old New York City radio producer famous overnight?
T01:C05 - S01:E05 - Papillon
The best-selling book by Henry Charrierre, which told of his life on the Penal colony island of French Guiana was ‘exposed’ as a novel, not a biography, in 1970.
T01:C06 - S01:E06 - Piltdown Man
The quest to conclusively connect man and ape appeared to come to an end in year 1912 with the discovery of a skull and jawbone in a quarry near the village of Piltdown in Sussex.
T01:C07 - S01:E07 - Caught on CCTV
In 2011, a body was discovered around 08:45 BST by an elderly couple lying in an alleyway between two houses.