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Hoaxes and Hexes
Barbara Smith
其他書名
Daring Deceptions and Mysterious Curses
出版
Heritage House Publishing Co
, 2011-03-24
主題
History / Canada / General
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Body, Mind & Spirit / Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge
Social Science / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
True Crime / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
ISBN
1926613988
9781926613987
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xOLEv1CxnSEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
The
Canadian Oxford Dictionary
defines
hoax
as a "humorous or malicious deception," and
hex
as "a magic spell." These stories of hoaxes and hexes illustrate our curious desire to believe in the impossible and explain the inexplicable. Portrayed here are accomplished hoaxers and swindlers, including the flamboyant 19th-century financier known as Lord Gordon-Gordon; David Walsh, author of the horrendous Bre-X gold-mine hoax of the 1990s; and the eccentric Josef Papp, who claimed to have crossed the Atlantic in a homemade submarine. The persistent power of hexes is recorded in stories of cursed places--including a strange haunting in the Cypress Hills and a deadly Lake Superior lighthouse--and weird coincidences, such as the legendary Hollywood hex on Oscar-winning actresses. Whether humorous or malicious, real or imagined, hoaxes or hexes have entertained and ensnared us throughout history.