Hoaxes
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These goos are from the Hoaxes category, people famous for their involvement in a famous hoax, prank, or lie. Browse another way.
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Alex Malarkey
People shouldn't have been so quick to believe this boy's story about visiting Heaven. After all, his last name is another word for falsehood. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/alisha-hessler.jpg)
Alisha Hessler
What would she have called her reality show? Busom Buddies? Triple Threat? Mammory in the Middle? Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/allegra-coleman.jpg)
Allegra Coleman
I'd be glad to read more about this actress if she were more honorable. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/anna-anderson.jpg)
Anna Anderson
Polish factory worker or Russian grand duchess? Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/anna-sorokin.jpg)
Anna Sorokin
She went from Russia to Germany and to France within New York City, unless that was all another invention too. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/artur-samarin.jpg)
Artur Samarin
You're not supposed to go through high school twice, but maybe if your first time was in the Ukraine it doesn't count? Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/brian-kolfage.jpg)
Brian Kolfage
This military person wanted to try and fund money for Trump's wall, but getting it past Congress turned out not to be his biggest concern. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/charles-dawson.jpg)
Charles Dawson
This amateur archaeologist is the most likely suspect of the fraudulent discovery of Eoanthropus Dawsoni. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/charles-ingram.jpg)
Charles Ingram
To identify one of Europe's most notorious cheaters, you'll have to be familiar with Google. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/charles-van-doren.jpg)
Charles Van Doren
Please don't believe I've given anyone the answer in advance. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/david-hampton.jpg)
David Hampton
If you don't know the answer, you're only five steps away from someone who does. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/donald-crowhurst.jpg)
Donald Crowhurst
He sailed around the world, never leaving the Atlantic Ocean. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/edward-mordrake.jpg)
Edward Mordrake
Janus of the modern day: A century after this hoax was invented, its story is still being retold. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/emperor-norton-i.jpg)
Emperor Norton I
From rice baron to saint, the Emperor of America captured the hearts of San Franciscans with a bloodless coup. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/fdc-willard.jpg)
F.D.C. Willard
For all of his published scholarly works, he has yet to author a paper on felis domesticus. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/falcon-heene.jpg)
Falcon Heene
Maybe this kid saw Up too many times. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/frank-abagnale-jr.jpg)
Frank Abagnale Jr.
They couldn't figure out his identity for five years, so do it yourself... if you can. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/george-g-green.jpg)
George Gill Green
This medical huckster was successful enough to buy his own hotel. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/gosiame-thamara-sithole.jpg)
Gosiame Thamara Sithole
Having babies is a happy thing but having a bunch of babies can be painful. So can being admitted to a psychiatric ward. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/guido-russo.jpg)
Guido Russo
I'm here for my vaccination. No, no, that's my real arm. Ignore that rubbery feel. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/helen-duncan.jpg)
Helen Duncan
This psychic claimed knowledge of naval incidents before the news hit the homefront, but British law didn't tolerate witchcraft. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/jt-leroy.jpg)
JT LeRoy
For a Gen-X novelist concerned with deceit in the hearts of fictional characters, he (she?) sure went to a lot of trouble to commit deceit in public appearances as a fictional author. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/james-miranda-barry.jpg)
James Miranda Barry
Medicine was no big secret to this fruity physician or his patients. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/jamie-keeton.jpg)
Jamie Keeton
You don't need a cupholder when having drinks with this Chicagoan. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/john-herschel.jpg)
John Herschel
Life on the moon! Too bad the telescope that made this discovery burned down the observatory. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/john-mark-karr.jpg)
John Mark Karr
Don't claim you got this goo if you're only looking for attention in Thailand. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/jussie-smollett.jpg)
Jussie Smollett
After he was indicted for faking a hate crime against him, one could ask: Is he really even a Chicago-based actor who has appeared in Empire and Marshall? Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/kodee-kennings.jpg)
Kodee Kennings
Illinois students hungry for truth should look beyond this Iraqi war orphan. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/konrad-kujau.jpg)
Konrad Kujau
Der Fuhrer? Really? See you in four and a half years. Keep a journal. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/lani-sarem.jpg)
Lani Sarem
Her YA novel became a handbook for scamming your way onto the bestseller list for a single day. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/lonelygirl15.jpg)
Lonelygirl15
This 15-year-old wouldn't feel so alone if she knew you were watching her life on your screen. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/mamoru-samuragochi.jpg)
Mamoru Samuragochi
He wasn't able to hear his own acclaimed work in a digital medium, except that he was and it wasn't. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/mark-grenon.jpg)
Mark Grenon
Selling bleach as a cure for COVID-19 was as credible as the second book of Genesis, according to both this podcasting patriarch and the public prosecutors in his trial this week. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/mark-sargent.jpg)
Mark Sargent
This behatted YouTuber's numbers have been anything but flat ever since he started giving a world-spanning conspiracy-believing community its marching orders. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/mary-johnston.jpg)
Mary Johnston
Planning a trip to Scotland? A popular travel website lists this resident in their top 100 attractions. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/michaele-salahi.jpg)
Michaele Salahi
When she and her husband wanted to get into the White House, they didn't wait for an engraved invitation. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/misha-defonseca.jpg)
Misha Defonseca
Lately, the authenticity of the Holocaust memoir has really gone to the wolves. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/nathan-zohner.jpg)
Nathan Zohner
This Idaho teenager wasn't the first to warn people of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide, but he was the first to get a pseudoscience term named after him. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/oobah-butler.jpg)
Oobah Butler
London's #1 restaurateur didn't have to travel far from home for inspiration. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/pt-barnum.jpg)
P.T. Barnum
This showman captured the public's imagination with so many manufactured untruths and poorly-sourced curiosities that the phrase "there's a sucker born every minute" became attributed to him... but that was false, too. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/piltdown-man.jpg)
Piltdown Man
So what if you can't prove evolution? It will take them forty years to figure out you took a shortcut. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/rachel-dolezal.jpg)
Rachel Dolezal
You don't have to be a CP to run a local chapter of the NAACP, but it sure helps. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/ray-santilli.jpg)
Ray Santilli
He shouldn't open alien bodies to see what killed them. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/richard-montaez.jpg)
Richard MontaƱez
Thanks to his understanding of the Latino snack market, he went from cleaning the executive's office to occupying it, but a newspaper investigation revealed that the only thing truly on fire was his pants. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/ronaiah-tuiasosopo.jpg)
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo
This Hawaiian prankster became the pretend girlfriend of his favorite Notre Dame player. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/rosie-ruiz.jpg)
Rosie Ruiz
She stole the hearts of many a runner by using shortcuts. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/seth-rich.jpg)
Seth Rich
If you like conspiracy theories about leaked emails, Sean Hannity has a rich one for you. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/simon-leviev.jpg)
Simon Leviev
He's inglorious and notorious for using an app to contact and distract his victims, and now Netflix metrics say his story's a hit. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/susan-smith.jpg)
Susan Smith
Don't expect much sympathy if you tearfully blame your incorrect guess on an African-American man who "stole" your keyboard, when instead you drowned it in a lake. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/sylvia-browne.jpg)
Sylvia Browne
This self-described psychic, now two years deceased, had critics seeing red (and brown) when her claims in several missing-persons cases turned out to be false. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/tania-head.jpg)
Tania Head
She was the only 9/11 survivor to have been in Barcelona at the time. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/tawana-brawley.jpg)
Tawana Brawley
She was either raped, beaten, burned, and left for dead, or a pawn in a conspiracy to smear the NYPD. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/the-turk.jpg)
The Turk
In the goo game, it's easy to tell that a human being has beaten you, but in other games two centuries ago, it wasn't so easy. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/wendy-bergen.jpg)
Wendy Bergen
When she claimed to report objectively about a bloody sport in Denver, it turned out that she had a dog in the fight. Go »![](/image/main-square/celebrity-goo-game/gooed/william-howard-hughes.jpg)