A woman was given a business card by a painter. She later got dizzy and realized that the business card had been soaked in some kind of substance that disabled her. The eRumor speculates that it was burundanga, a well-known Colombian drug.
This is a forwarded email that contains an article that alleges that the Presidential nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, is a Muslim convert.
This is a forwarded email that contains what appears to be an article alleging that a former child sex slave said that former President Bill Clinton was present during sex parties in a class action lawsuit against convicted billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
The fallout from a February 2005 extrajudicial shooting by two U.S. Border Patrol agents was picked up as a source of outrage by right-wing media personalities two years later. Jose Alonso Compeán and Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 for charges including discharge of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence for shooting …
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An eRumor quoting a New York Times article from 2003 that claims the Bush administration had recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing industry in a decade, A new agency would be created under the Department of the Treasury to assume supervision of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The concept was met with opposition by the Congressional Democrats because at the time the lending agencies were not facing any kind of financial crisis.
A photo has gone viral on the Web that allegedly showed Michael Brown involved in a strong-arm robbery. The photo is said to have been taken shortly before he was shot by Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo.
A political and social commentary allegedly written by comedian Bill Cosby.
News reports of a freak accident involving 3 children playing in a bounce house that was swooped up 20 feet in the air because of high winds. People are asking if this incident was true.
George W. Bush Bible His Favorite Bible Verse-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email alleges that during a presidential campaign speech in 2004, George W. Bush said his favorite Bible verse was John 16:3. It was obviously a reference to the well known passage in John 3:16 which says, “For God so loved the world that …
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This is a forwarded email that alleges that major league baseball catcher Moe Berg was a U.S. spy filmed the Tokyo skyline, which was later used by General Jimmy Doolittle to plan the 1942 bombing mission on the Japanese capital.
