The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: a British National Treasure.

Dark Histories from the Secret University.

Dec 16 2022 • 27 mins

The Cottingley Fairy Photographs were the hoax of the twentieth century. Just how did two young girls in Yorkshire convince Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? And what did the whole long running saga mean to Britain in particular in the decades that followed? We unravel this densely complex story 100 years after Doyle published his strangest book, The Coming of the Fairies. You'll be surprised.

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