Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cardiff Giant remains one of the most sensational frauds ever perpetrated on the American public. Since being “discovered” on ...

A birthday party was held on Wednesday for one of America’s greatest hoaxes. The Cardiff Giant, a 10-and-a-half foot so-called petrified man, was uncovered in 1869. And he is still marveled at by the ...

This Nov. 10, 1975, El Paso Herald-Post article written by Nancy Hamilton recounts El Paso's connection with what has been called "America's Greatest Hoax": The room was dimly lighted. People spoke in ...

Some historians believe that famous expression, describing the fact that in life there is no shortage of people naïve enough to believe anything, may be tied to one of Syracuse’s most famous tales, ...

“The Cardiff Giant,” a two-act comedy-history by SUNY Cortland Professor of Performing Arts Thomas Hischak, will take the stage at the Center for the Arts, in Homer, N.Y., on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The ...

In the musical Barnum, a song lyric compels you to "join the circus like you wanted to, when you were a kid." In the family friendly new musical The Giant Hoax, a young farm girl named Emily will do ...

COOPERSTOWN - The Farmers’ Museum is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the “Cardiff Giant,” a 10 foot-long stone man that was unearthed on Oct. 16, 1869, in Cardiff, New York. The event will take ...

In the latter half of the 1800s, a giant was found in rural New York. It fooled nearly no one, for nearly no amount of time, but it is one of the more famous hoaxes in history. It served as an ...

On May 18, 1948, after 79 years of wandering the United States, the Cardiff Giant, also known as "America's Greatest Hoax," finally made it back home to Upstate New York. The "petrified man," who ...

The Cult of Canyon Coffee Arrives in Brooklyn The L.A. roaster’s new café opens in Prospect Heights this week.

The twisted tale of football star Manti Te'o's girlfriend -- who reportedly died this past year under tragic circumstances but then was found never to exist – has shocked and mystified people across ...