April Fool's Day allows for celebrations of jokes, pranks, and hoaxes, and for centuries authors have embraced it. Some focus on frauds and the intriguing manner in which a mere few scheme to hoodwink many. These six works explore the history of grand scams and the evidence behind a perennial hoax debate; allow listeners to experience what others before them felt was a hoax; and, in one case, imagine that a famous hoax topic is no hoax at all.
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