A fifth-grade class in Texas Wants Your Emails Once Truth!-Now Ended! Summary of eRumor: This email says the fifth-grade class at Tomball Intermediate School in Tomball, Texas, is doing an email project and wants to receive emails from all over the world. The Truth: According to a spokesperson at Tomball Intermediate school, this …
Fifth graders in Texas want emails-Truth! But now Over! Read More »
The Body of a SCUBA Diver is Found on the Scene of a Forest Fire–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: On the scene of a forest fire in Southern California, fire officials discover the body of a man who was wearing a wet suit and complete SCUBA diving gear. An autopsy shows that the diver was …
The body of a SCUBA diver found in a California forest fire-Fiction! Read More »
The Suspicious Man At the Mall Who Helped Change a Flat Tire And Left His Killing Tools Behind–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A woman recounts the story of being helped with a flat tire by a man in the parking lot of a shopping mall. He then asks for a ride to his car elsewhere in the …
The killer who offers to help change flat tires at malls-Fiction! Read More »
You Have Won the Netherlands Sweepstakes Lottery-Scam! Summary of eRumor: You receive an email that says you have won a sweepstakes lottery in the Netherlands. It gives you phone and fax numbers to respond to and arrange to collect your winnings, which are in the millions of dollars. It warns you not to make any …
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The Hunters Who End up Dynamiting A Brand New SUV and Their Dog on a Frozen Lake–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: It’s a tragic tale with a twist. Two hunters use a stick of dynamite to make a hole big enough in a frozen lake to set themselves up for duck hunting. When they …
Aborted Babies are Being Sold For Food in Taiwan and China–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are several versions of this eRumor. Some are regarding China. Others are regarding Taiwan. They all claim that aborted fetuses are being purchased for cooking and eating. Many of the eRumor emails include pictures of an Asian man who …
Aborted fetuses served as food on menus in Taiwan-Fiction! Read More »
Fifty Percent of American Marriages Are Ending in Divorce-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Marriage has deteriorated so much that half the marriages in the United States are failing. There is a 50 percent chance that your marriage will not make it. The Truth: Here are some examples from just a few websites on the Internet: Divorce …
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There are Concerns Over The Distribution of Donations Collected for Victims of September 11–Truth! Summary of eRumor:The message says that more than one billion dollars has been collected for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., but that only a fraction of it has gotten to the families. It also …
Concerns over the distribution of donations collected for victims of September 11-Truth! Read More »
Background on the Drilling to Hell story By Rich Buhler I first heard about this story from people who started calling my radio program to ask about it in the early 1990s. There was such a flurry of calls that I finally promised the listeners I’d look into it. Most of the callers said they’d …
Dr Pepper Omitted the Words “Under God” From a Quote of The Pledge of Allegiance On Patriotic Soda Cans-Truth!…Sort Of! Summary of eRumor: This message says that Dr Pepper is coming out with a set of soft drink cans with a patriotic theme. One of them is to have the Statue of Liberty on …
Dr. Pepper left God out of the Pledge of Allegiance-Truth! Sort of… Read More »
