Monthly Archives: September 2015

As I was scrolling through the various articles the article that caught my attention was titled “Report: Climate Change To Force People To Double Ice Cream Consumption Speed by 2050”. Personally I am a big ice cream lover so the … Continue reading →

“Man Dies After Secret 4-year Battle with Gorilla”. I was immediately enticed to read the article up until the very last word of the title. Even then, it was bizarre enough to peak my interest to read the article. Anyone that is skimming … Continue reading →

Being from Sarasota, FL, I had to stop and ponder the title “Busch Gardens unveils New 9,600-Mile-Long Endurance Coaster”. Busch Gardens was the destination for me and my friends when we wanted to go to an amusement park, but even … Continue reading →

A hoax is something that tries to convince people of a usually false or fabricated claim, topic, event etc. Though often hoaxes contain fictitious assertions, not all hoaxes need to be a lie. More so, a hoax can be something … Continue reading →

Hoaxes are often considered a form of literature due to the way that they portray imaginative storytelling through the use of detailed and evidential language. Furthermore, they are told through newspaper articles many times, and news is considered a specific … Continue reading →

Making the unbelievable plausible is a quite a challenge, especially when it is our innate nature as human beings to be skeptical of one another. In order to meet this task with success, it is necessary to have relevant historical … Continue reading →

While people are often ridiculed for creating hoaxes and humbugs, the cooperation from the general public, often allowing these hoaxes to become so well known, must not go unnoticed. The human species tends to be a curious one, searching for … Continue reading →

When it comes to convincing the general public that a hoax is real, con-men would go through anything to ensure a profit that kept the people coming back. Many people would create anything that looks even remotely real to persuade … Continue reading →

Hoaxes, like any other lies, rely predominately on the amount of confidence, detail, and an counter arguements in preparation for scepticism. With regard to hoaxes, which tend to be more far fetched imaginative schemes of deception, certainty of the execusion … Continue reading →

The recipe to a successful hoax requires several important elements, as exemplified by Barnum’s short story, The Life of Joice Heth, the Nurse of George Washington. Although the line between a believable hoax and an unreasonable tale can be ambiguous, … Continue reading →