A 175 year old letter was authenticated this week that was written by the father of John Wilkes Booth. Apparently, John turns out to have been just a ship off the old block, as this letter was directed at President Andrew Jackson, and threatened to k...
Fans of vaudeville were practically frenzied with apathy last night at the news that music hall comedian 'Cheerful' Charlie Chipstick is beginning a new tour. The renowned alcoholic, famed for his starring role at the Job Centre, is set for a com...
In 1911 Machu Picchu was moved piece by piece to Yale University in New Haven, CT. Hiram Bingham packed and shipped the oldest Incan treasures of Peru to his alma mater. Yale, the only university to be founded with money from a lock company, has...
For many years, scientists have been trying to establish exactly when it was that "records began". From flood data to financial disasters, and hot weather to sporting achievements, the public are constantly reminded by newsreaders, reporters and j...
The vagina of a 5000 year old mummy, just discovered in an overlooked antechamber of King Tutankhamun's tomb, has a fully functional vagina. Archeologist, Doctor Wendell Waddrippins, a modern day Indiana Jones, announced this amazing discovery.
A bidding war broke out over the Republican National Convention video footage between the live in the past History Channel and the look to the heavens Christian broadcasting Network. History Channel rep Neander Thralled said that the McCain Conve...
Estate Agents throughout the UK are warning of a troubling three day slump in the Period Property market.
Researchers at the Graduate School for French History in Paris have learned that Napoleon Bonaparte had a previously unknown fifteen inch long (while flacid) penis. This was discovered when early tin and glass photographs of Napolean and Josephine w...
Independence day is here, for the United States; a day we celebrate our history, culture and right to determine our destiny. We have also been introduced to the concept of Patriotism, in recent debates between the Presidential Candidates. So, I wanted to look at some of the reasons why, we love our nation and what being free has done for us.
In 2008, despite it being common knowledge in Scotland for over 50 years, gullible English people still believe that the Stone of Scone is the real one.
Important details relating to Britain's history have been stolen from up to 36 million UK households according to OffWatch, the government department responsible for oversight. This follows hard on the heels of the careless and embarrassing loss...
While the Boston Red Sox were sockin their opponents in one of their many drunken Irish brawls, Manny Ramirez was being Manny smokin' the gange in the clubhouse(Manny asked to be excused to do #1 when he saw a fight brewing). The Red Sux got their asses kicked the way they have for most of Major League baseball history both on and off the field.
A recent poll conducted among healthcare professionals suggests that the Triassic period may well have provided the most beneficial living conditions known to man.
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Almost two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, senior French Army officers have concluded that an underestimation of the rain and mud, and dismissal of the crucial importance of the watertight Wellies worn by British and Prussian forces,...
Senator John McCain took direct aim at previous administrations on Thursday as he stood in the lower gallery of Wall Street Stock Exchange, the area hardest hit by the Crash of 1929, and declared that "never again will a disaster of this...
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