A look at how fake footage of an alien autopsy proved to many in the 1990s that extraterrestrials were real.

The grainy photograph taken in 1934 of what seems to be a creature in Loch Ness is analysed to determine its validity.

The apparent discovery of Adolf Hitler's diaries in 1983 cause a sensation, but they are in fact the work of forger Konrad Kujau.

Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation of the HG Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds, convinces many Americans that Earth is really being invaded by aliens from Mars.

The best-selling autobiography written by Henri Charrierre about living on the penal colony island of French Guiana is exposed as mostly fiction.

The discovery of a skull and jawbone in 1912 fools many people into thinking the missing link between ape and man has been found.