What does this tosh have to do with The Anomalist? Welp, Paul Harrison’s written a book about the Loch Ness Monster and these kinds of shenanigans cast a particular dark pall over his oeuvre. Here’s another anomaly, The Sun engaging in journalism beyond Page 3 girls? Good on you, Robin Perrie! Which brings us to […]

Dr. Shuker recalls some of his favorite books from his youth, landing to rest on a particular story about giant grasshoppers that had infested a Wisconsin apple orchard. Clearly the story was a hoax, so it’s actually the doctor’s explanation of his methodology for determining photographic fakes that is the high point of this piece. […]

Just hours before her son was shot dead by Italian police yesterday, the mother of Berlin terrorist Anis Amri was talking in her family home in Tunisia, lovingly clutching his picture.

When you are the woman who wears the trousers for the country, it makes sense that those trousers should be the best. But, it seems, some of her Conservative Party colleagues don’t agree.

Karl Shuker gives us a crash course in doing proper research to identify photographic deceptions, providing us with an enjoyable read and an education at the same time. Shuker’s photo documentation from the past reminds us that even before Photoshop and special effects, hoaxers were busy trying to find fame and fortune at the expense […]

I came out as a lesbian in the Seventies, so you might expect that I would welcome any public depiction of homosexual lifestyles. On the contrary, I think this ‘faux lesbianism’ is far from healthy.

Labour’s party broadcast featured interviews with people struggling to pay fuel bills. One of them was Beresford Casey, owner of a posh burger chain, another was Jack Monroe, a campaigner and journalist.