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Hoax!Author: iHeartMedia
Why do so many people believe things that aren’t true? In an era when claims of “fake news” come as natural as breathing, and social media allows lies to spread and multiply like viruses, the question feels more relevant than ever. From the teenage girls who convinced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that fairies were real in the 19th century to “Balloon boy” in 2009, Hoax! will explore the most audacious and ambitious tricks in history. And along the way, we’ll uncover the reasons people let themselves be fooled, and how we can live our lives and engage with the media with a more critical eye. Co-hosted by Noble Blood’s Dana Schwartz and pop culture writer Lizzie Logan, we’ll bring you stories of pranks and grifts throughout history so big and bold they make us question why we believe what we believe in the first place. **New episodes every other week** Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Van Meegeren's Vermeers
Episode 14
Monday, 2 February, 2026
Arrested in 1945 for selling a Vermeer masterpiece to high-ranking Nazi Herman Goring, dutch painter Han van Meegeren had an innovative and shocking defense: he was guilty not of collaboration but of art forgery, faking half a dozen "Vermeers" over the previous decade. But under the reign of the Third Reich, where do you draw the line between opportunism and profiteering? SOURCEShttps://museumhack.com/anniversary-forgery-meegeren/https://www.essentialvermeer.com/misc/van_meegeren.htmlhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/27/dutch-masterhttps://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/03/16/han-van-meegeren-forgery-nazi-vermeer/https://www.salon.com/2016/11/27/faking-it-does-the-forged-vermeer-that-fooled-goering-belong-in-a-museum/The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan LopezHow Pleasure Works by Paul Bloomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnnkuOz08GQhttps://www.npr.org/2008/07/12/92483237/how-mediocre-dutch-artist-cast-the-forgers-spellhttps://www.thecollector.com/han-van-meegeren/Van Meegeren: The Forger Who Fooled The Nazis (BBC)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
