![How a hoax dubbed 'The Curse of the Cottingley Fairies' became one of the biggest scams of the 20th century and is blamed for the death of a kindly professor How a hoax dubbed 'The Curse of the Cottingley Fairies' became one of the biggest scams of the 20th century and is blamed for the death of a kindly professor](https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/01/nintchdbpict0000000370721-1.jpg?crop=0px%2C205px%2C1779px%2C1186px&resize=1200%2C800)
How a hoax dubbed 'The Curse of the Cottingley Fairies' became one of the biggest scams of the 20th century and is blamed for the death of a kindly professor
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The Curse of the Cottingley Fairies: How a professor's life was ruined when he fell for children's hoax - Mirror Online
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The Curse of the Cottingley Fairies: How a professor's life was ruined when he fell for children's hoax - Irish Mirror Online
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The Curse of the Cottingley Fairies: How a professor's life was ruined when he fell for children's hoax - Irish Mirror Online
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Cottingley Fairies hoax pictures expected to fetch £70k at auction | The Independent | The Independent
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A country devastated by war, a famous author desperate to believe in the spiritual world and two little girls who borrowed a camera ... the fascinating story of the Cottingley Fairies -
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