The Rap Group’s Album Cover that Looked Like The Attack on the World Trade Center in New York–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The story is that a rap group named The Coup had a new album with a cover painting that looked eerily like the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11. So …
The album cover that seemed to anticipate the World Trade Center Attack-Truth! Read More »
The Time-Honored Urban Activity of Cow Tipping–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:The most commonly told cow tipping story involves a group of college students who got drunk one night, went out to a cow pasture, and teamed up to topple sleeping cows by sneaking up on them and giving them a surprise push. The story is usually …
Cancer patient Craig Shergold Wants to Break The World Record for Receiving Greeting Cards–Previously Truth! Now Ended! Summary of eRumor:An email says that 9-year old Craig Shergold of Carshalton, Great Britain is dying of Cancer. As a dying wish, he wants to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by collecting the most greeting …
Send greeting or business cards to cancer victim Craig Shergold-Fiction! Read More »
President Bush’s “Camel in the butt” Quote–True! Summary of eRumor:The message says that after the terrorist attacks on America, President Bush was asked why it was taking so long to take action against the terrorists. Bush is said to have replied, “When I take action I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile …
Columbine Student Cassie Bernall Said “Yes” When Asked By One of the Shooters if She Believed In God-Disputed! Summary of eRumor: Widely circulated reports and emails tell the story of high school student Cassie Bernall being a Christian martyr in the Columbine high school shootings of 1999 in Colorado. It was reported that one of …
Cassie Bernall Said "Yes" When Asked about her faith by a shooter at Columbine-Disputed! Read More »
A chain letter is a communication that, for example, encourages you to send money to a list of names that are included in the letter, then to add your name to the list and forward the letter to as many people as you can. It’s not hard to imagine that if you send the letter …
Published Letter of Dick Cheney’s View of the Military–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email is making the rounds after Mr. Cheney’s election as Vice President. It’s a feature that says it was published in the Washington Post and includes personal observations about the military. (See the entire email below.) The Truth: This was not …
Vice President Dick Cheney's view of the military-Fiction! Read More »
Poem of Tribute about 2 year-old Christine Hanson, Who Died on One of the Hijacked Airliners on September 11-Truth! Summary of eRumor: A moving poem written as though from the first-person perspective of Christine Hanson, a 2 year-old girl on United Flight 175, one of the airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center on …
A poem about little Christine Hanson, a young air crash victim from 9/11-Truth! Read More »
The Man Who Insured his Rare Cigars, Smoked Them All, Then Collected on the insurance–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A man bought a box of rare, expensive cigars, then took out fire insurances on them. When he had finished smoking them, he filed a claim against the insurance company. The company turned down his claim, but he …
The man who bought fire insurance for his expensive cigars-Fiction! Read More »
A xenophobic message that circulated within days of the attacks lingers as online swill.
