When a BBC hoax documentary aired on Halloween 1992, it terrified its 11 million viewers so much that the network had over 20,000 complaints.  ‘Ghostwatch’ featured well-known BBC presenters, was shot with hand-held cameras, and, though billed as a drama, was mistaken for a real documentary. The experience was so frightening for both viewers and the network that the program was never again rebroadcast in the UK.  (, , )

A Texas man went to the ER with a blood alcohol level of 0.37, but swore he hadn’t been drinking. For years, people thought he was a “closet drinker” because he often became randomly drunk and claimed he didn’t know why. Doctors found that he had auto-brewery syndrome, a condition which caused intoxicating fermentation inside his stomach whenever he ate a lot of carbs.  (, )