Here follow a number of articles which consider the possibility that the entire Oak Island mystery could have been a hoax.

• The Treasure of Oak Island – Is it a myth or a $30 million fact? by Betty O’Hanlon
  The Atlantic Advocate October 1965
• Excerpt from The Atlantic Advocate by Betty O’Hanlon
  October 1965
• The Pit & The Perplexities
  Canadian Journal, Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Equinox, May – June 1983
• Oak Island Treasure hunt branded ‘human folly’ by early magazine chronicler
  Bert Wentmore for the Halifax Chronicle – Herald April 25, 1963
• No treasure, just family papers, says county resident
  Bob Mossman for the Bridgewater Bulletin August 12, 1981
• “That’s Increadible!” comes to Oak Island
  Bridgewater Bulletin, September 9, 1981
• Author says Oak Island theory is drivel
  Bridgewater Bulletin – September 16, 1981