Biggest Liars in History

Biggest Liars in History

Biggest Liars in History

Did you know that April 4 is National Tell-a-Lie Day? Don’t try this at home. No matter what the people on this list really meant, they’ll be known as big fibbers.

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The president who was “not a crook”

The Pulitzer Prize winner who faked it

The con artist who lied about it all

Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1990, but it turned out they lied about doing the vocals.

Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold started the American Revolutionary War as a patriot and ended it on the British side after plotting to get control of the fort at West Point and surrender it to the enemy. See what he looked like.

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon told a roomful of reporters that he never obstructed justice. He resigned from the office of president less than nine months later to avoid impeachment for lying and obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Janet Cooke

Janet Cooke won a prestigious prize for her 1980 report on an 8-year-old heroin addict. He never existed.

Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale was probably one of the most famous con men ever. He passed over $2.5 million in bad checks in the 1960s, had at least eight identities and escaped from police custody twice before he was 21. Get the latest on what he’s up to now.

Bill Clinton

It’s a sad state of affairs when a nation obsesses over a president’s sex life. Clinton was impeached, but the vote to remove him from office fell short.

Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen was a German nobleman who had a penchant for telling tall tales. He claimed to have ridden cannonballs, traveled to the moon and escaped from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair.

George W. Bush

President George W. Bush told the United Nations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. It was the basis for a pre-emptive war that continues today.

Victor Lustig

Victor Lustig was known as one of the world’s greatest con artists. His “money-printing machine” was another of his classic scams. He did time in Alcatraz for his misdeeds.

Han van Meegeren

One of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20^th century, he forged a Vermeer so realistic that this infamous Nazi bought it.        

Charles Ponzi

Charles Ponzi was one of the original pyramid scheme guys. Photos of the con man.

Rosie Ruiz

She achieved the third best women’s time in the Boston Marathon and wasn’t even tired! That was a sign. It’s unknown if they found subway tokens in her pockets, but she did take the subway when she cheated in the New York Marathon.

James Frey

James Frey lied about events in his personal life and published them as a memoir. He lied to newspapers and to Larry King, but Oprah held his feet to the fire and got an interesting title from a newspaper columnist.

Bernie Madoff

Bernie Madoff’s sons tipped off federal authorities to his fraud, which amounted to this much. It was the largest investor fraud committed by an individual. His actions have rocked a certain baseball team.

Source:Specials