On April Fools Day 1957, the BBC aired a fictitious story about the Swiss spaghetti harvest which depicted laborers reaping spaghetti noodles from spaghetti trees. Scores of people contacted the station to find out how they could obtain their own “spaghetti bush.” Today we look back at this classic hoax.

An image allegedly shows “cat mountain,” a mountain which resembles the shape of a sleeping cat. Today we’ll look at the image and the associated story.

Serbian authorities are investigating a live television incident in which a winning lottery number was displayed on screen before it was actually drawn.

The classic pitchman conjures images of such iconic figures as Billy Mays or Ron Popeil touting unusual products on late night infomercials. Today we look at 10 pitchmen who had brushes with the law after rising to fame.

Ever since my book Why People Believe Weird Things was published in 1997 I have been asked about the weirdest things people believe that I’ve come across in my quarter century of professional skepticism. I thought it would be fun and instructive to compile a Top Ten list. Naturally the criteria of...

Photos which have circulated heavily online allegedly show a real fallen angel that was discovered in London. It’s actually just a sculpture.

Martin Lawrence has been the subject of several internet hoaxes over the past year, including a death hoax and a false report that he was returning to television with a new version of this 1990s show Martin with Ashanti assuming the role originally played by Tisha Campbell.

The world’s oldest giant panda has set two world records on her 37th birthday.

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi owns a restaurant with no prices on the menu, which allows guests to work in exchange for their meals.

Not all struggling musicians sleep on couches or hold down menial jobs in their quest to hit the big time. Here is a list of 8 rockers who held down teaching jobs before making it big.

A graphic which has circulated online for four years shows a Tim Tam label with a warning that it may contain human flesh. Is this real or fake?

A “horned sea monster” which washed up ashore in Spain in 2013 was identified by three experts as a shark carcass. The photo was used in a fake story about the carcass of a Loch Ness Monster washing ashore in Scotland in 2014.