Kinderhook Plates: The Brass Hoax That Fooled a Prophet
The Kinderhook Plates were forged brass relics buried in 1843 to trick Joseph Smith. Science later exposed the deception.
1840s
Phineas Gage: The Man Who Survived a Rod Through His Brain — And Came Back Different
Phineas Gage survived an iron rod blasting through his skull in 1848. But the man who woke up wasn’t quite the same person.