Forward an Email to Help Cover Medical Costs for a 6-year old Badly Burned in a Fire at Wal-Mart-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A story about a 6-year old girl who, while on a visit to Wal-Mart with her brother, gets trapped in a bathroom during a fire. At first her family assumes she has died …
Fashion Tips from Actress Audrey Hepburn-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A series of one-line beauty tips said to be from actress Audrey Hepburn. The Truth: According to Hepburn’s biographer, Barry Paris, these words were not written by Hepburn but by humorist Sam Levinson. Hepburn was known to quote them, however. Updated 4/12/06
World’s Largest Dog?-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A story with a picture about a dog said to be named Hercules that has become the “World’s Largest Dog” in the Guinness World Records. It is an English Mastiff that weights in at 282-pounds and has a 38-inch neck. The Truth: Hercules, the massive English …
Hershey is moving business from the U.S. to Mexico
Pastor-Singer Hezekiah Walker is Homosexual and Leaving the Pulpit-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The forwarded email says that minister and musician Hezekiah Walker, known at “The Hip-Hop Pastor,” has come out of the closet as a homosexual, is divorcing his wife, Monique Walker, will step down from his position at his church, and is …
Hezekiah Walker has come out as a homosexual-Fiction! Read More »
This is a forwarded email that contains speech made by a new high school principal made on opening day. The speech announces changes regarding policies towards behavior, ethnicity, language, national identity, values, service clubs and self esteem.
Pictures said to be ocean waves frozen in place during sub-freezing weather.
Email claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission-It’s a Virus!
A forwarded email about a new directive from the commander of Fort Campbell Army Base mandating that all soldiers provided registration numbers, locations and permit information of their personal firearms to the chain of command.
Correspondence Between a Naval Officer and His Superiors in 1870-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This is alleged to be a series of communications between a naval commander and the office of the Secretary of the Navy regarding the commander’s reassignment from New London, Connecticut to San Francisco in 1870. The Truth: We’ve found no evidence that …
Correspondence Between a Naval Officer and His Superiors in 1870-Fiction! Read More »
