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The castle that inspired Frankenstein's monster
The law that forced London to shelter the homeless
The blind magistrate who changed policing forever
How an assassination attempt changed mental health law
The tax that made windows a luxury item
The tragic tale of a magician's deception
The rise and fall of False Dmitry II
The man who sold a fake country to investors
The man who falsely claimed Holocaust survival
The man who became Tsar by impersonation
The short reign of a false prince in Russia
The con artist who posed as Carnegie's daughter
The impostor who became an African 'savage'
The butcher who claimed to be a lost heir
The absurd art of hypnotizing chickens
The Legend of the Loveland Frogman
The surprising journey of Moon trees on Earth
The absurd video game glitch of Nuclear Gandhi
The woman who birthed rabbits—sort of
The terrifying legend of Spring-heeled Jack
Crocodiles claimed Japanese soldiers in WWII
The internet's favorite ship name wasn't used
The fake jurist who fooled a court and a nation
