The Hitler Diaries: History's Greatest Hoaxes

Forbidden History presents History's Greatest Hoaxes: The Hitler Diaries (Extended)

In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the case of the Hitler Diaries which purported to be sixty-two volumes of Adolf Hitler's personal journals. Convinced of their reality, Rupert Murdoch paid over a half a million dollars to publish them. The hoax turned out to be one of the greatest case of fraud ever done to a newspaper.

Cast List:

Gerd Heidemann: Former Reporter, Die Stern

Guy Walters - Author & Historian

Dr. Linda Papadopoulos: Author & Psychologist

Alex Boese: Author, The World's Greatest Hoaxes

Marcus Brigstocke: Author & Comedian

Magnus Linklater: Former News Editor, The Sunday Times

Gerhard Klussmeier: Author, The True Face of Konrad Kujau

Peter Hoffman: Museum of Contemporary History, Bonn

Eric Meyers: Narrator

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