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In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor

Theodore Hook is a historical figure whose eccentricity defined his period. He became known for the Berners Street Hoax of 1810—an undertaking considered arguably the greatest prac...

In 1872 a ship was found drifting, empty. The 1913 "solution" was absurd.

In 1913, the Strand Magazine invited contributors and readers to propose solutions to the mystery of the Mary Celeste, the ship found sailing crewless in 1872. One answer arrived f...

Hunt for friends of woman who faked her death

Shelagh Warwick‑Illius disappeared in dramatic fashion, abandoning her car, passport and her mum's ashes.

English woman claimed she gave birth to rabbits and Britain's most respected doctors believed every word: The story of h...

Was man named Ethan Caldwell arrested for posing as museum tour guide?

According to the tale, the man invented fake histories for every painting.

The curious case of the cremation urn left at Newbury racecourse

Urn with loving message to a person named as Gary Bonsor to be buried in local churchyard after efforts to find family draw a blankIt is a puzzling story with a still unsolved myst...

Bungling fraudster's plan to sell bogus ancient statues rumbled

There were spelling mistakes in the paperwork

Tickets go on sale for London’s newest museum – the Trent Park House of Secrets

Visitors will soon be able to explore restored 1930s interiors and the secret basement where British intelligence officers listened in on unsuspecting German prisoners of war.Read...

Police hunt mystery male gift-giver after elderly woman left 'distressed'

Thames Valley Police want to identify a man who twice left unsolicited gifts at an elderly woman’s home in Thame, Oxfordshire, urging anyone with information to come forward.

Fraudster trying to sell fake ancient statues to Sotheby’s foiled over bogus invoices

Paperwork supplied by Andrew Crowley, 46, found to be made using printing methods 25 years too modernA fraudster who tried to sell fake ancient statues to Sotheby’s was foiled when...

'Fake' Waitrose store on town high street puzzles shoppers

A 'fake' Waitrose store puzzled shoppers when it popped up in a market town in Oxfordshire's neighbouring county Wiltshire. Emily Atack stars in Rivals

City centre bomb threat was 'mental health episode'

A suspected bomb hoax in Oxford city centre was a 'mental health episode'.

On the hunt for a scammer who sold a piece of paper for $1700

How Stuff unravelled an identity theft and uncovered not one, but three victims in an online scam.

The Nazis Had This Marylebone Address In Their 'Black Book'. Now It's Got A Blue Plaque

Writer Stefan Zweig commemorated.

A mystery DVD mailed from Poland hid coded threats in a plague doctor video

In October 2015, a Swedish tech blogger named Johny Krahbichler opened a package mailed from Warsaw: a DVD with a long alphanumeric code written on it, no return address, no explan...

The Mary Celeste, and other mysteries with simple explanations and totally bollocks ones

SO bored you’re always Googling various historical mysteries at work, and leaping immediately to believe the most outlandish theory? You should not do that.

Galway courthouse evacuated after hoax security alert sparks morning chaos

Jack the Ripper - W8

Jack the Ripper, 1891 - 1899, also known as Dr S. S. A. Hasbro, surgeon & restauranteur, lived here.Kensington & Chelsea

Resident realises parcel on doorstep is open and Ring doorbell catches unlikely culprit

An uninvited guest who was intrigued by a parcel left on a residential property's doorstep couldn't help but investigate what was inside it in dramatic footage caught on camera

Henry Nowak: How misinformation sent two people into hiding

A former police officer wrongly identified as being at the scene of Henry Nowak's arrest and death said she is scared for her safety.