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Podcast: This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)
Episode: True Crime Podcasters Discuss April Fools Pranks Gone Wrong
Description: Before we get into some foolish April Fools pranks that didn’t quite land, let’s talk about the origin of April Fools Day. The oldest historical reference for April Fools Day comes from a Flemish poem written in 1561 about a nobleman who sent his servant on “fool’s errands” on April 1st. In about the same era in France, the people were slow to adapt to the calendar change from the last week of March to January 1st to mark the new year. It was a move from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar that was decreed by the Counci...