A Missing Child’s Body is Stuffed With Cocaine For Smuggling Across the Mexico-U.S. Border-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A two year old boy disappears while visiting Mexico with his parents. Forty five minutes later, at the border, the mother spots a man carrying the child but when the man realizes she is the boy’s mother, he …
Child's body used for smuggling drugs into the U.S.-Fiction! Read More »
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s New York Home Mortgage is Being Covered By Secret Service Payments–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:Bill and Hillary Clinton bought a house in New York, but there was no room for the Secret Service, so they built a special area for the Secret Service…and are charging the same amount for the Secret Service’s …
Bill and Hillary's NY house payment paid by the government-Fiction! Read More »
Coca-Cola is Offering Free Cases of Coke for Circulating an Email about the Product-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email claims that if you’ll send a copy of it to as many people as you can, everybody on the list will receive four free cases of Coca-Cola. The Truth: It’s not true. It’s not …
Coke will give you free cans of soda for forwarding an email-Fiction! Read More »
The Story of the Woman in Maine Who Was Drugged and Raped by a Stranger Who Was HIV-Positive–Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A first-person account of a woman in Maine who stayed up late one night at her sister’s apartment building drinking and socializing with neighbors. She awoke the next day feeling ill and with vague …
Woman in Main who was drugged and raped-Fiction! Read More »
Cindy Williams, of the Laverne and Shirley show, has allegedly written an article for the Washington Times in which she lays out a highly technical criticism of planned pay raises for members of the military. The eRumor includes a response written by a member of the Air Force.
The Atheist Professor At USC Who Encountered God Through a Piece of Chalk-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A notorious atheist professor at the University of Southern California is known for challenging students about their faith. He dramatically drops a piece of chalk to the floor saying that if God existed, he could prevent the chalk from …
Atheist in a university classroom is upstaged by a piece of chalk-Fiction! Read More »
Winston Churchill’s Father Paid For The Education of The Discoverer of Penicillin…then, in turn, Winston Churchill’s Life Was Later Saved by Penicillin-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A Scottish farmer saves a drowning boy’s life, but refuses a reward from the boy’s nobleman father. The nobleman then offers to provide an education for the farmer’s son. The …
Burning Some Kinds of Candles in the Home Can Cause Indoor Pollution-Truth! Summary of eRumor: An email is making the rounds that talks about a woman in Texas whose family has experienced a variety of health problems which she says are due to the lead content of some candles. The email warns that burning candles …
Beware of potential pollution from certain candles-Truth! Read More »
Dangerous Gas in Car Air Conditioners is Causing Lung Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says that air conditioners in 1985 to 1998 cars are dangerously toxic and are spewing a gas that is the leading cause of Alzheimer’s disease and lung cancer. The Truth: This story is filled with fiction …
Teenager Darren Bucklew Has a Serious Liver Condition and Forwarded Emails Will Raise Funds For His Treatment-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A high school boy named David “Darren” Bucklew says he’s got a serious liver condition called “ostriopliosis.” If you forward emails to others, the Children’s hospital in Pittsburgh will donate to the National Disease Society …
Darren Bucklew has cancer. Forward an email for him for financial help-Fiction! Read More »
