The Best Hoaxes & Disinformation Documentaries

Conspiracies & Cover-Ups - 20 free documentaries about hoaxes & disinformation.

Start with Investigating AI Deepfakes (34 min, Coffeezilla), then The Truth Behind ‘Birds Aren’t Real' (24 min, VICE). All 20 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on hoaxes & disinformation is The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan.

• Investigating AI Deepfakes (34 min, Coffeezilla)
• The Truth Behind ‘Birds Aren’t Real' | My Life Online (24 min, VICE)
• That Time Geocentrists Tricked A Bunch of Physicists (45 min, Folding Ideas)
• Truth vs Lies: The Science of Why We Believe Misinformation (37 min, Johnny Harris)
• Fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories - The fight against disinformation (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How The Government Manipulates Facts | Government Cover-Ups | Propaganda (87 min, Moconomy)
• Reddit Disinformation & How We Beat It Together - Smarter Every Day 232 (24 min, Smarter Every Day)
• AI's Disinformation Problem | AI IRL (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Confessions of a PsyOps Officer | Fake News in the 70s (68 min, ENDEVR)
• UFO Hoaxes *These Will Leave You Speechless* | The Proof Is Out There (39 min, HISTORY)
• Are Crop Circles Just A Hoax? Investigating The Ancient Alien Mystery (25 min, Our History)
• The Philippines' Fake News Epidemic: Who Wins And Who Loses? | Fact Vs Fiction (47 min, CNA Insider)
• The Trayvon Martin Hoax: The Fake Witness That Divided America (119 min, Real Stories)
• AI Manipulating the Media | Conspiracies & Coverups (18 min, Discovery)
• The Chocolate Diet - A Scientific Hoax (53 min, ENDEVR)
• Factory of Lies: Fake News From Russia | The Kremlin's Keyboard Warriors (59 min, Moconomy)
• The Fake Archaeopteryx and Other Great Hoaxes Of History (24 min, Our History)
• The Piltdown Man - The Biggest Scientific Hoax in History (22 min, Biographics)
• Investigating The Greatest Hoaxes In Ancient Archeological History (51 min, Odyssey)
• Enter staged right: misinformation feeds Britain’s riots (23 min, The Economist)

Top-Rated Books About Hoaxes & Disinformation

1. The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom - View on Amazon
3. Active Measures by Thomas Rid - View on Amazon
4. The Misinformation Age by Cailin O'Connor - View on Amazon
5. Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday (4/5) - View on Amazon
6. Escape the Rabbit Hole by Mick West - View on Amazon
7. Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (4.3/5) - View on Amazon