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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/publicdomainrev/statuses/116329280180421993">The Public Domain Review (publicdomainrev@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 02:50:28 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" title="publicdomainrev@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/56169-48-20221207020954.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="The Public Domain Review" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">The Public Domain Review</a></section><article><p>Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, fell for one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century when he became convinced that the "fairy photographs" taken by two girls from Yorkshire in the 1920s were real. Mary Losure explores: <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/sir-arthur-and-the-fairies" rel="nofollow">https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/sir-arthur-and-the-fairies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AprilFools" rel="tag">#AprilFools</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6286873#notice-12386239">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-04-02T02:50:28+09:00" title="Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 02:50:28 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116329280180421993" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116329280180421993">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5950079">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/329/280/131/491/827/original/3cf752a1607c8617.jpg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/329/280/131/491/827/original/3cf752a1607c8617.jpg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: pdr-assets.b-cdn.net</div><h5><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/sir-arthur-and-the-fairies">Sir Arthur and the Fairies</a></h5><div></div></header><div>In the spring of 1920, at the beginning of a growing fascination with spiritualism brought on by the death of his son and brother in WWI, Arthur Conan Doyle took up the case of the Cottingley Fairies. Mary Losure explores how the creator of Sherlock Holmes became convinced that the 'fairy photographs' taken by two girls from Yorkshire were real.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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  In the spring of 1920, at the beginning of a growing fascination with spiritualism brought on by the death of his son and brother in WWI, Arthur Conan Doyle took up the case of the Cottingley Fairies. Mary Losure explores how the creator of Sherlock Holmes became convinced that the 'fairy photographs' taken by two girls from Yorkshire were real.