# Seeing Is Believing? American Hoaxes and Scams

How do some people convince large populations to believe something that is essentially a large-scale lie? Why are we so gullible? David Baron’s “The Martians” dives into the early 20th century hoax that convinced people there was life on Mars. Leah Sottile’s “Blazing Eye Sees All” investigates the nefarious underbelly of the New Age movement. Moderated by Frederick F. Wherry.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 57 min
- By: Sottile, Leah
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11038/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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