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Beggars Belief

Beggars Belief

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 Stories that are too good to be true, because someone is lying. A lighthearted review of real life tales of hoaxes, pranks, scams, shams, and charlatans.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. True Crime Welt
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    This week we explore a prankster who made waves in the 1800s before fading into obscurity. Mark Twain? Oh my god, they were roommates. This story covers silver prospectors, rocks whose love language is touch, and the weirdness of the old west.
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  • The Mysterious Egg in Ong's Hat - The First ARG

    The Mysterious Egg in Ong's Hat - The First ARG
    Mar 10 2025

    Ong's Hat is a real place. But the stories about it aren't. That didn't stop tales about a dimension hopping, scientific, transcendentalist, sadomasochistic cult from spreading across the early internet. This is credited as the first ever ARG and boy, is it weird
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    25 Min.
  • The Faux Mellow Yellow

    The Faux Mellow Yellow
    Feb 17 2025

    In this week's episode we take a bizarre dive. In the 60s, an underground magazine started a hoax that you could smoke bananas. The rumor spread like wildfire, fueled by pop music and an accidental association with a vibrator. Years later, the same hoax hit a new audience, creating a whole new world for banana lovers..
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    22 Min.
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