Cottingley Fairies: Wright and Griffiths' Hoax

In 1917, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths took five photographs in Cottingley, England, purportedly showing them with fairies. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle later endorsed their authenticity, but skepticism persisted. In 1981-82, Frances and Elsie admitted that the first four photos were hoaxes and that they faked the pictures with paper cut-outs from a book. They maintained the fifth photo's authenticity until their deaths.