THE STORY OF THE DOMENECH MANUSCRIPT

FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST

In 1850, Father Emmanuel Domenech was given an ancient document, containing many pages of strange drawings and symbols. He became convinced it was a long-lost Native American manuscript. In 1860, he published a lengthy book about it. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Embarrassingly wrong.

Support this podcast

HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Domenech, Manuscrit Pictographique Americain [American Pictographic Manuscript], (book, 1860).

Pletzholdt , Julius, The Hieroglyphic Hoax, The Saturday Review (magazine, Sept. 14, 1861), pp. 278-279.

The Domenech Effect, The Galaxy (magazine, March 1871), pp. 472-473

Destiny of a Sensation: Emmanuel Domenech, FamPeople.com (webpage, 2019).

The Pictographs of Emmanuel Domenech, The Museum of Hoaxes (webpage, 2015).

OUR NEW CO-HOST:

Jessica Malone, free-lance voice artist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren.

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source: Cherterton, G.K,, Chaucer (1932), Chapter II - The Age of Chaucer.

MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org.

HEY! CONTACT US:

E-Mail: [e-mail]

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast

Twitter:

@NewsForgotten

@KitCaren

@xoxojessicaxoxo