A 10 Year Old Girl Named Asha Degree is Missing from North Carolina-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email being circulated says Asha Degree disappeared on Valentine’s Day, 2000, and asks that people circulate a picture of her as a part of trying to solve the case and have her returned safely. The email says …
Asha Degree, a ten-year-old is missing from North Carolina-Truth! Read More »
The Saga of the Hotel Soap-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says it is the record of a series of actual, humorous exchanges between a London hotel and one of it’s guests and was submitted to the Sunday Times in London for publishing. The Truth: This is not a real conversation between a guest …
The email warns never to call area code 809, 284, or 876 because you could get charged $25 or more per minute for the call. It goes on to describe various ways in which scam artists in the Virgin Islands are tricking people into returning their calls, then charging outrageous rates for making the call. (Complete versions are below.)
Neil Armstrong Wishing A “Mr. Gorsky” Good Luck from the Moon-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is quoted as saying, “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky” during his first lunar walk in 1969 on the Apollo 11 mission. Years later, Mr. Armstrong says that now that Mr. Gorsky …
Neil Armstrong wished "Mr. Gorsky" luck from the moon-Fiction! Read More »
George Carlin or Ted Nugent’s article on “A Bad American”-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This is a widely-circulated piece of social and political commentary, said to have been written by comedian George Carlin. Other versions say it has been written by musician Ted Nugent. (The full text is below) The Truth: TruthOrFiction.com has found this attributed …
George Carlin or Ted Nugent's article on "A Bad American"-Fiction! Read More »
Passengers on Doomed Alaska Airlines Plane Make Peace with God Before Crash-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email being circulated says that a pastor’s wife on a doomed Alaska Airlines plane addressed the passengers for 9 minutes and led them in prayer before the plane crashed. This allegedly came from an Alaska pilot who …
Woman who preached to Alaska Airlines passengers on doomed flight-Fiction! Read More »
Six Year Old Amanda Bundy Needs Prayer for a Massive Tumor-Previously Truth! Now Resolved! Summary of eRumor: Amanda Bundy is described as having a massive malignant tumor that has spread so widely that there is no organ untouched by it. The prayer request says she’s hospitalized and waiting for test results. The Truth: …
Forward Emails to Help Provide Financial Support for Cancer Victim Amy Bruce-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email is received alleged to be from a seven year old girl who has lung cancer from second hand smoke and a large brain tumor from beatings. The email says she will die without help but that her family …
Amy Bruce, a sick little girl, will get help from forwarded emails-Fiction! Read More »
Don’t Eat Sweets At Bedtime Because Ants May Invade Your Brain-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Two stories are told in this email. One is of a boy who died because of ants in his brain. He fell asleep with sweets either in his mouth or nearby and the ants that were attracted got into his brain …
Ants can invade your brain, so don't eat sweets at bedtime-Fiction! Read More »
The American Cancer Society will Donate to a Dying Girl if enough emails are circulated-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email says there is a little girl who has six months to live. People are asked to forward the email about her to as many people as possible because the American Cancer Society …
Slow Dance poem written by a girl with cancer-Fiction! Read More »
