Monday, January 23, 2012

10 Bestselling Books That Were Later Debunked

10 Bestselling Books That Were Later Debunked

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

They seem to have forgotten a big one: ROOTS.

Jeff

Steve Oerkfitz said...

Also The Bermuda Triangle by Charles Berlitz and Chariots of the Gods.

Cap'n Bob said...

Dianetics, a really bad piece of cheese.

Deb said...

You'd think Chariots of the Gods had never been debunked if you watch the History Channel these days. It's gone from all-Hitler-all-the-time to endless awful shows about aliens building the pyramids.

Dwight Brown said...

Also forgotten: the case of Anthony Godby Johonson.

Which is strange, because it inspired an Armistead Maupin novel and an episode of "Law and Order: Criminal Intent".

Deb said...

Maupin's novel about the Godby scam, THE NIGHT LISTENER, was made into a movie with Robin Williams. Also, I think Keith Olbermann was another celebrity who got caught up in that flim-flam.