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The Original Catfish

While we associate Catfishing with the 90s reality t.v show and the digital age, the concept has been around for a very long time and it all started with a sixty-something widow named Susanna Mildred Hill.

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Back in 1960s, Hill posed as a much younger woman in various “lonely hearts” newspaper ads. That was as close to social media, you could get in those days. Once she had won the affection of her eager male pen-pals, she’d solicit gifts and favours from them.