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'''Brian Chase''' (age 38 as of ]), was the operations manager of a small delivery company, ]{{ref label|Rush|2|a}}, in ] who inadvertently made himself famous by posting a ] on ] from the ] ], which led to the ].

In this hoax Chase anonymously posted material suggesting that ], a former editor of '']'' in Nashville, had been involved in the assassinations of both ] and ].

The uncovering of Chase was reported in the '']'' on ] ]. The source of the hoax was discovered by ], who used an ] to track down Chase. Brandt is a critic of Misplaced Pages who has tried to get the Misplaced Pages article about himself deleted in the past. Chase said he had done it as a joke to amuse a colleague when they found out anyone could edit Misplaced Pages.{{ref label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|a}}

== Notes ==

# {{note label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|^}} Katharine Q. Seelye (], ]), "," '']''
# {{note label|Rush|2|^}} and

== External links ==

* Seelye, Katharine Q. ''New York Times'', 11 December 2005.
* Mielczarek, Natalia. ''The Tennesseean'', 11 December 2005.

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