19/06/2026
Boston’s Dashing Museum Prankster Does Not Exist
A dumb joke got out of hand and accidentally invented a pretty good idea.
The tale, as it has circulated over the last few days, is that 34-year-old Ethan Caldwell, acting with “aggressively educational confidence,” got away with making up wacky stories about paintings for several days at an unnamed Boston museum, pretending to be a guide. “Several guests later demanded refunds when they discovered none of it was true,” we hear, which caused him to be hauled away by police.