Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
What is hoax-aeology? Just me adding the suffix '-aeology' to a word as opposed to usually imposing the prefix 'archaeo-'! Author Michelle Franklin talks with me about four prominent mortuary, memorial and fossil hoaxes - Piltdown Man, the Kensington Runestone, Christ's Tomb in Japan and the Michigan Relics. This builds on our first discusson - youtube.com/watch?v=tmFzhAdvyJM - to showcase the many different ways in which fabricated and contrived mortuary archaeology hoaxes pervade our world. Some of these are predicated on deliberate deception and promote deeply pernicious narratives, while others may be hoaxes but contribute to spiritual and cultural engagements with story and place. Most do elements of both!
For Michelle's own YouTube channel: @authormichellefranklin
What is hoax-aeology? Just me adding the suffix '-aeology' to a word as opposed to usually imposing the prefix 'archaeo-'! Author Michelle Franklin talks with me about four prominent mortuary, memorial and fossil hoaxes - Piltdown Man, the Kensington Runestone, Christ's Tomb in Japan and the Michigan Relics. This builds on our first discusson - youtube.com/watch?v=tmFzhAdvyJM - to showcase the many different ways in which fabricated and contrived mortuary archaeology hoaxes pervade our world. Some of these are predicated on deliberate deception and promote deeply pernicious narratives, while others may be hoaxes but contribute to spiritual and cultural engagements with story and place. Most do elements of both!
For Michelle's own YouTube channel: @authormichellefranklin
