Status Updates From The Coming of the Fairies

It's fascinating and sad at the same time, that the creator of Sherlock Holmes thought this was real and put a lot of effort into giving it legitimacy.

A minor diversion from my usual fantasy reading as I’d been reminded of this when reading a Houdini biography.
“ One of the great hoaxes of all time, the Cottingley Fairy photographs are proof of mankind s willingness to believe. Conan Doyle s book, reprinted here with the original photographs, offers a unique insight into the mind of an intelligent, highly respected figure, who just happened to believe in fairies.”