Case file 017Culture & Legends
Turn me on dead man
A student review, a radio phone-in and a barefoot photograph helped turn a false story about Paul McCartney into a lasting Beatles legend.
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Culture & Legends
Strange stories from art, film, music, literature, sport and video games.
Case file 010Culture & Legends
The Play That Fooled London
A young clerk produced Shakespeare’s lost papers and an unknown play, until a disastrous London performance exposed the fiction behind a celebrated discovery.
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