The Cottingley Fairies

from Bunkum and Ballyhoo Hosted by Patrick W. Reed

A return to the Fortean and the supernatural, and to the eminently gullible world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as Bunkum & Ballyhoo explores the story of fairies photographed in a Yorkshire garden, and how one of England's most famous authors made them a media sensation. Selected Bibliography & Sources The Coming Of The Fairies by Arthur Conan Doyle Sprites, spiritualists and sleuths: the intersecting ownership of transcendent proofs in the Cottingley Fairy Fraud by Francesca Bihet Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers The James Randi Educational Foundation Audio Credit "Fairies Wear Boots" by Jazz Sabbath

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