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 »
Picture of the Foot of an Unborn Baby Pressing Against Its Mother’s Stomach-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A picture of a pregnant mother’s stomach with a baby’s foot pressing on the skin from the inside. The caption is “When Did You Say Life Begins?” The Truth: We’ve not found the source for this picture …
Picture the foot of an unborn baby pressing on its mother's stomach-Unproven! Read More »
Dr. David Hager Selected for the FDA’s Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor is a protest of the choice of Dr. David Hager to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. It says he is a religious pro-life physician who refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried …
Pray for Braedon Hembree in South Carolina-Truth! & Resolved! Summary of eRumor:A message from a doctor asking for prayer for little Braedon Hembree from Clinton, South Carolina. The message says 20-month-old Braedon is very sick with double pneumonia and on life support. The Truth: This story has a happy ending. Braedon survived his illness and returned …
Pray for little Braedon Hembree in South Carolina-Truth! But resolved! Read More »
A picture is being circulated that says it is from surgery on a 21-week-old fetus…and the fetus is holding a doctor’s hand.
U.S. Postal Service Campaign to Help Fund Cancer Research with a Breast Cancer Stamp-Truth! Summary of eRumor: You are encouraged to go to the Post Office and purchase “Fund the Cure” stamps that will be benefiting research on breast cancer. The Truth: This is true. The postal stamp for fighting breast cancer was the nation’s …
Postal Service stamp helps fund breast cancer research-Truth! Read More »
Tampons Manufactured in America Have Asbestos in Them And Rayon in Tampons Causes Toxic Shock Syndrome-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email is a warning to women and the writer urges that you send it to “every woman you know.” It claims that U.S. tampon manufacturers are creating a larger market for their product by adding …
A boy from a poor family who was a door-to-door salesman ran out of money. He was hungry and decided to ask for food from the next person who answered the door. He ended up merely asking for a glass of water, however, and the woman he asked brought him a glass of milk instead. Many years later, the poor boy was now a famous physician named Dr. Howard Kelly and the woman who gave him the glass of milk was seriously ill. He gave himself to her care, she recovered, and when the bill was presented, Dr. Kelly wrote, “Paid in full with one glass of milk.”
