The “Taps” Military Bugle Tune Came From a Confederate Soldier Whose Body was Discovered By His Father, a Union Soldier in the Civil War–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A Union Captain in the Civil War named Robert Ellicombe hears the moan of a soldier in the distance one night near Harrison’s Landing in Virginia. He …
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Warning of soda cans contaminated with rat urine.
This email goes through a list of some of the signers of the Declaration of Independence that led to the formation of the United States more than 200 years ago. It says that the signers lived lives of hardship, personal loss, and poverty, and that five of them were captured by the British, tortured, and died. The entire email is duplicated at the bottom of this page.
Oliver North Warned of the Terrorism of Osama Bin Laden during the Iran-Contra Hearings in 1987–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:Oliver North allegedly told a congressional hearing that he had installed a security system in his home because of threats to his family by Osama Bin Laden. Later versions of the story say the person questioning …
This email claims that Leonardo Da Vinci spent seven years painting “The Last Supper” in Milan, Italy. He interviewed hundreds of models to get just the right ones to use for each disciple, choosing the one to portray Christ first. Six years later, he looked for someone to be the model for Judas and found a convicted murderer in Rome who fit the part. When he finished the painting, the man revealed that he was the same person Leonardo has used years earlier to be the model for Christ but had degenerated because of his sin and crime
This story says it is based on an actual radio conversation between the U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and a Canadian Lighthouse. The carrier and the lighthouse keep radioing each other to give way thinking each is a ship, until the game is over when one of them identifies itself as a lighthouse.
Forward an Email for IBM and Get a Free Computer-Fiction! Summary of eRumor:You are told that Hewlett-Packard and Gateway have merged to become the biggest computer supplier. In order to compete, IBM is giving away 250,000 computers to preserve or create loyal customers. The email includes special encoding that will track where it …
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Internet Clean Up Day is March 31-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email warns you that there is an annual day that all the accumulated e-junk on the Internet needs to be cleaned out such as old files, bookmarks, etc.. Some versions advise you to make sure your computer is off. Others actually suggest covering …
Giant Bear Killed in Alaska by Park Ranger-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Emails show photos of a giant bear that was supposedly killed in Alaska by a park ranger after eating three hikers. The Truth: These photos actually show a giant bear that was killed in Alaska. But, like most good hunting stories, the line between …
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Legend has it that Neiman Marcus’s secret cookie recipe has been made public by a woman who was tricked into buying it for $250.
