An American cigar maker inspired by a biblical passage was behind the Cardiff Giant - one of the greatest hoaxes in American history. On October 16, 1869, workers digging a well behind the barn of a ...

This Nov. 10, 1975, El Paso Herald-Post article written by Nancy Hamilton recounts El Paso's connection with what has been called "America's Greatest Hoax": The room was dimly lighted. People spoke in ...

145 Years Ago: On October 16th 1869, a 10-foot tall, 3000 pound "petrified giant" was discovered on the farm of William Newell in Cardiff, New York, just south of Syracuse by some men hired to dig a ...

Some historians believe that famous expression, describing the fact that in life there is no shortage of people naïve enough to believe anything, may be tied to one of Syracuse’s most famous tales, ...

COOPERSTOWN - The Farmers’ Museum is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the “Cardiff Giant,” a 10 foot-long stone man that was unearthed on Oct. 16, 1869, in Cardiff, New York. The event will take ...

In the musical Barnum, a song lyric compels you to "join the circus like you wanted to, when you were a kid." In the family friendly new musical The Giant Hoax, a young farm girl named Emily will do ...

“The Cardiff Giant,” a two-act comedy-history by SUNY Cortland Professor of Performing Arts Thomas Hischak, will take the stage at the Center for the Arts, in Homer, N.Y., on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The ...