Episode 73: The Cottingley Fairies

I'll Tell You What...

English - May 03, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratings
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Could fairies be real? In 1917, it seemed like that could be the case when two girls managed to produce photographs of the pictures. Was it all a hoax, or is there some truth to their tale? Did the author of Sherlock Holmes really believe in it? Why were so many people fooled? Join Aislinn and Miranda as they discuss the case of the Cottingley Fairies. Sources:
https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/06/14/two-girls-that-tricked-the-world-the-case-of-the-cottingley-fairies/ https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co469836/midg-camera-used-to-make-the-first-two-cottingley-fairies-photographs-in-1917-quarter-plate-camera-plate-camera
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68395/sir-arthur-and-fairies
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973
https://web.archive.org/web/20170412193049/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/houdinirsquos_impossible_demonstration
https://blog.newspapers.com/arthur-conan-doyle-and-the-cottingley-fairies/

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