Nonexistent people

legendary female pope

Merit-Ptah ("Beloved of Ptah") was thought to be a female chief physician of the king's court during the Second Dynasty of Egypt, . She was purportedly referred as such on an inscription left on her grave at Saqqara by her son.

nonexistent female serial killer hypothesized due to DNA contamination

fictional gunshot victim used to illustrate law of death inquiry

collective pseudonym used by cultural activists

papal numbering anomaly

supposed animal killer in the United Kingdom

purported example of a recalled past life (1923-1995)