Bonus Ep 111: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 (Patreon)

On August 25, 1835, The New York Sun newspaper published the first article in a series that detailed the discovery of life on the moon and people believed it, this is the story!

Here are some articles about it including the original text

http://hoaxes.org/text/display/the_great_moon_hoax_of_1835_text/ 

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/moon-shot-race-a-hoax-and-the-birth-of-fake-news

https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/fake-news/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761/