In 1835, a New York newspaper convinced thousands that bat-winged humanoids inhabited the moon. Host Raven Thorne dissects the Great Moon Hoax as a blueprint for modern misinformation, revealing how technology, language, and psychology conspired to build a cathedral of lies—a warning about how easily reality bends.

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Raven Thorne examines the 1835 Great Moon Hoax, when New York newspapers published fabricated reports of bat-winged beings on the Moon. This episode explores why editors accepted impossible claims, how framing shapes belief, and what this reveals about modern misinformation and our worldview.

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Join host Raven Thorne as she dissects Richard Adams Locke's 1835 Great Moon Hoax—a masterclass in manufactured credibility. Through fabricated journals and borrowed authority, Locke convinced New York that bat-men inhabited the Moon. This episode reveals why his deception's architecture remains devastatingly effective today.

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Raven Thorne examines the 1835 Great Moon Hoax, when the New York Sun convinced thousands that Sir John Herschel discovered lunar forests, temples, and bat-people. Using steam-press technology, reporter Richard Adams Locke manufactured mass belief by mimicking scientific authority—revealing how new media always outpaces public skepticism, from penny newspapers to today's algorithms.

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