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title: "The Bermuda Triangle: How a Legend Gets Manufactured"
description: "The Bermuda Triangle was invented in 1964 by a writer for a pulp fiction magazine. This is the story of how a manufactured mystery became one of the twentieth century's most durable legends — and what the famous disappearances actually show."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/bermuda-triangle-mystery-truth-behind-legend.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/bermuda-triangle-mystery-truth-behind-legend
datePublished: 2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
dateModified: 2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/bermuda-triangle-mystery-truth-behind-legend.md.summary.md
---

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The Bermuda Triangle was invented in 1964 by a writer for a pulp fiction magazine. This is the story of how a manufactured mystery became one of the twentieth century's most durable legends — and what the famous disappearances actually show.
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