On 27 November 1810, an ordinary London house became the destination for an extraordinary procession of chimney sweeps, coal merchants, furniture, musicians, tradesmen, professionals, servants — and even the Lord Mayor. Someone had sent a barrage of convincing requests in the name of the unsuspecting woman at Number 54 Berners Street. More than two centuries later, we know the hoax happened. The question is: did Theodore Hook really do it?