Ep.12 – The Dreadnaught Hoax & Other Pranks of Horace de Vere Cole
Who doesn’t love a good prank? Well Horace de Vere Cole didn’t just love pranks - he lived for them. In the early 1900s, Cole managed to pull successful hoaxes on Cambridge and the British Royal Navy, but although they are his most famous antics, there are many more that are contributed to him that I have the pleasure to tell you and Sarah about this week.
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Who doesn’t love a good prank? Well Horace de Vere Cole didn’t just love pranks - he lived for them. In the early 1900s, Cole managed to pull successful hoaxes on Cambridge and the British Royal Navy, but although they are his most famous antics, there are many more that are contributed to him that I have the pleasure to tell you and Sarah about this week.
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Sources:
- Downer, Martyn (2011). The Sultan of Zanzibar: The Bizarre World and Spectacular Hoaxes of Horace De Vere Cole. London: Black Spring Press
- https://thehistorianshut.com/2017/08/30/horace-de-vere-cole-the-great-prankster-of-britain/
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