[Virginia-American]

[Darwin's deathbed recantation] The lie was started by a woman thirty years after he died, who suddenly started telling this story of a visit that she made to him before he died three decades previously

And the woman just happened to be a tent revivalist. Who just happened to be in a position to get bigger crowds, (which just happened to result in bigger collections), by making an unsupported claim of converting someone famous.

By their fruits...

Wikipedia on Lady Hope and the story.

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Wikipedia, now there's an expert on disputed stories.