Cardiff Giant Hoax

When a cigar-maker's grudge against religion spawned America's most audacious fraud, thousands paid to see a ten-foot petrified man—and even P.T. Barnum got fooled. Host Lucien Graves unearths the full story of the 1869 Cardiff Giant, from secret quarries to courtroom battles over competing fakes. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai