The Man Who Believed in Fairies Arthur Conan Doyle invented Sherlock Holmes. Holmes solved cases through cold logic. His creator went the opposite way. In 1920, two English girls faked fairy photos. They used cardboard cutouts and hatpins. Conan Doyle wrote a whole book defending them. He died convinced fairies were real. The girls confessed sixty years later.
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