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Hoax Hunters

Hoax Hunters

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 Some stories are too good to be true. And some lies are too good not to believe.

Hoax Hunters is your daily deep dive into the anatomy of a lie. We track down history's most audacious frauds, forgeries, and fakes—from the lost princess who wasn’t lost, to the petrified giant that captivated a nation, to the Martian invasion that never happened.

Each episode is a forensic investigation into a single, masterful deception. We’ll meet the brilliant con artists, the charismatic cult leaders, and the scientific frauds who managed to fool the world.

But the real mystery isn't how they did it. It's why we fell for it. Using the science of persuasion and the study of human psychology, we expose the mental shortcuts and hidden biases that make all of us vulnerable.

This isn't just about the past. Understanding the blueprint for deception is your best defense against the misinformation of today.

Follow Hoax Hunters to uncover the truth behind the world's most fascinating lies.


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    FALSE Memory Syndrome: The People Who 'Remember' ALIEN Abductions
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    What if your most traumatic, life-altering memory was a complete lie, implanted in your mind without you ever knowing? This isn't a sci-fi plot; it's the chilling reality of False Memory Syndrome, and it explains more than you could ever imagine—from claims of alien abduction to verdicts in our highest courts.

    Join us as we pull back the curtain on the shocking malleability of human memory. We'll dive deep into the work of legendary cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, the controversial scientist who first proved the misinformation effect and has since testified in the explosive cases of Harvey Weinstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Discover how easily memories can be planted, warped, and rewritten by suggestion.

    We'll then journey into the heart of one of the most bizarre phenomena of our time: the detailed, terrifying accounts of UFO abductions. According to the Psychosocial Hypothesis, these aren't close encounters, but terrifying episodes of sleep paralysis combined with a powerful cultural narrative. We'll explore how our brains can construct elaborate, convincing fictions.

    But the stakes get even higher when we enter the real-life legal battlefield of the recovered memory debate. We'll tackle the incredibly sensitive topic of memories of abuse, the role of suggestive therapy, and the stories of "retractors" who later recant their own vivid testimonies. This episode is a thrilling, shareable, and deeply human investigation that will make you question the very nature of your own past.

    Subscribe now to arm yourself with the truth about the most unreliable narrator of all: your own memory.


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  • The Hunt for DNA, The Birth of a Disease: A CIA Scandal

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    What if a life-saving vaccine was turned into a weapon? In the hunt for the world's most wanted man, the CIA crossed a sacred line, and the consequences would prove more devastating than anyone could imagine.

    This is the untold story of the CIA's fake hepatitis B vaccination campaign in Abbottabad, Pakistan—a top-secret covert operation designed to steal Osama bin Laden's family DNA before the fateful 2011 raid. We take you inside one of the most controversial acts of espionage in modern history and reveal the man at its center: Dr. Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who cooperated with the CIA, only to be left behind and branded a traitor.

    But the real story begins where the raid ends. We uncover the catastrophic fallout of this deception: a shattered trust in medicine that fueled rampant vaccine hesitancy and directly contributed to a deadly polio resurgence in Pakistan. You'll hear how legitimate healthcare workers became targets, seen as spies by a terrified public, and how organizations like Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemned the operation as a grave violation of medical ethics.

    This isn't just a story about a spy mission. It's a profound cautionary tale about the erosion of trust and the unintended victims of national security. It's the story of how a single needle, meant to hunt a terrorist, created a public health disaster that still echoes today.

    If you believe that the truth matters and that some lines should never be crossed, then you need to hear this story. Subscribe now to understand the hidden costs of the war on terror.


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    In 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter took a photo that would ignite a firestorm of controversy for decades: a mysterious, mile-long structure on the surface of Mars that looked unmistakably like a human face. Was it a monument left by an ancient alien civilization? A message across the cosmos? Or was it something else entirely?

    This podcast journeys back to the Cydonia region of Mars to uncover the definitive story of the "Face on Mars." We'll explore the initial grainy images that fueled the pseudoscientific theories of figures like Richard Hoagland, who claimed to find intentional mathematical relationships and artificial designs hidden in the landscape. But then, we peel back the layers of mystery with the stunning, high-resolution images from the Mars Global Surveyor and MRO that show... a hill.

    So if it's just a rock, why do we so desperately want to see a face? This is where the real mystery begins. We dive deep into the fascinating science of pareidolia—the powerful psychological tendency of the human brain to find meaningful patterns, like faces, in random static. We'll show you how the same wiring that makes you see a man in the moon created one of the most enduring space conspiracies of all time. This isn't just a story about Mars; it's a story about the illusions created by our own minds.

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