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The Cottingley Fairy Hoax

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About this episode

The Cottingley Fairies, Cottingley, Yorkshire, England, 1917. Protagonist: Elsie Wright, a 16-year-old girl.

Research sources for this film

  1. The Cottingley Fairies - Conan Doyle
  2. Behind the ‘Fake’ Photos: Britain’s Great Fairy Hoax | HISTORY
  3. A.C.D. and The Cottingley Fairies - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
  4. The Cottingley Fairies and the tests they passed · SF Times
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  7. Cottingley Fairies
  8. Inside the Elaborate Hoax That Made British Society Believe in Fairies

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