S1E6: William-Henry Ireland
A precocious boy goes to extremes to maintain his father’s affection.
This episode features an original interview with Melissa Katsoulis, author of Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds. Other publications include: The Secret Life of Husbands.
Additional Sources
The Man Who Would Be Shakespeare: The Enigmatic Tale of William-Henry Ireland
The Great Shakespeare Fraud: The Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland
The Confessions of William Henry Ireland
W.H. Ireland’s Shakespeare Forgeries - Museum of Hoaxes
William-Henry Ireland's Great Shakespearean Hoax
To Be…Or Not: The Greatest Shakespeare Forgery
The Immortal Hoax of William Henry Ireland
The Shakespearian Forgeries of William Henry Ireland
The Strange Case of William Henry Ireland & the Shakespeare Forgeries
William Henry Ireland: From Forgery To Fish ’N’ Chips
The Shakespeare Fraud That Tricked Late 18th Century London
From Forger to Author: William Henry Ireland's Shakespeare Papers