Bonus episode this week as this weeks episode has been delayed by starting my new job, should be uploaded tomorrow! Whilst we wait here’s an old bonus episode!

Did Japan and Russia invent Finland as a fake fishing zone? Is Australia just an elaborate hoax with paid actors in cork hats? And what about Kazakhstan — has anyone actually met someone from there? In this week’s bonus episode, we’re diving into the wildest theory of all:🌍 That some countries are just... made up. From 4chan forums to Cold War paranoia, from cartography quirks to straight-up trolling, we’ll explore: Why Finland might be a conspiracy cooked up for fish exports How Australia allegedly faked an entire continent Whether this is harmless internet fun or something deeper about how we trust maps, media, and memory Because when you think about it — what proof do you have that New Zealand is real? 🎧 Listen now – only on Patreon👇patreon.com/ProbablyNotTruePod

The Blood Libel is one of the oldest — and deadliest —conspiracy theories.

Starting in Norwich, 1144, it claimed Jewish communities murdered Christian children in ritual sacrifices. The lie spread across Europe, fueling pogroms and expulsions, resurfacing in Nazi propaganda, and echoing today in QAnon and modern “child trafficking” conspiracies.

This week, Probably Not True unpacks how the Blood Libel began, why it spread, and why myths like this refuse to die.
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In 1835, the New York Sun claimed astronomers had discovered entire civilisations on the Moon: bat-people soaring over lunar forests, unicorns grazing in meadows,beaver-people lighting cooking fires.

For about a week, people believed it.

This was the Victorian version of viral fake news — cosmic clickbait that turned a respected scientist into the unwilling face of a lunar soap opera.

In this episode, we break down:
🌕 How the hoax exploded across 1830s America
🌕 Why newspapers embraced wild stories over facts
🌕 And how the same patterns of bullshit echo through conspiracy culture today.

Welcome to Probably Not True — where the conspiracies are older than you think, the facts are fuzzier than lunar dust, and the punchlines are made of cheese.

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