Traveler Wakes Up in a Bathtub of Ice to Discover Both of His Kidneys Have Been Stolen – Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are various versions (such as the one below), but they all talk about a traveling businessman or a tourist who becomes involved with someone from the area where he is …
The tourist who woke up with no kidneys-Fiction! Read More »
Diane, the University Student Protected From a Rapist by Angels-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: The story of Diane, a college student home for the summer. After an evening with friends, she walks home via an alleyway. In the alley, there is a man, but she prays for protection, feels the strength of that, and continues …
Diane…protected from rape by two angels-Source Not Found! Read More »
Four Year Old Girl Abducted in Retail Store, Hair Shaved, and Clothes Removed In A Matter of Minutes-Fiction! Summary of RumorThe writer of this email says she was standing near a mother and 4 year old girl at a Sam’s Club store when the girl suddenly disappeared. Other versions say this happened at Mervyns’s …
Four-year-old abducted in store, hair shaved, clothes changed-Fiction! Read More »
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 “noisy cactus” That Turned out to Have Thousands of Tarantulas In It–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A lady buys an expensive decorative cactus to put into her home. One day, the cactus starts swaying and humming. Alarmed, the homeowner calls 911, happens to get an operator who knows what is going on and who tells the …
The cactus that was teeming with tarantulas-Fiction! Read More »
Hotel Room Keys Have Your Personal Information on Them Including Credit Card Numbers-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A warning that key cards issued to hotel or motel guests as room keys are being used for identity theft. The story says that Southern California Law Enforcement professionals discovered that some hotel room keys include the guest’s …
Hotel key cards being used for identity theft?-Fiction! Read More »
An American Missionary in Africa Faces Possible Murder Charges and Hanging Because of a Traffic Accident-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Mike Hutchinson, an American missionary in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, is caught in his car by an angry Moslem mob. A 16 year old boy is struck by the missionary’s car and the missionary is now on …
American missionary sentenced to death in Africa after traffic accident-Fiction! Read More »
A viral email compares the killing of 18-month-old Antonio Santiago by two African-American teenagers in March 2013 to the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, which fueled racial tensions.
A “dying black veteran” named William G. Lillas wrote a social commentary on the African-American community in response to the controversial shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
A viral email that was allegedly written by a dying 70-year-old African-American veteran attempts to summarize social, cultural and racial divides within society using derisive language.
