The Saga of the Hotel Soap-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says it is the record of a series of actual, humorous exchanges between a London hotel and one of it’s guests and was submitted to the Sunday Times in London for publishing. The Truth: This is not a real conversation between a guest …
Passengers on Doomed Alaska Airlines Plane Make Peace with God Before Crash-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email being circulated says that a pastor’s wife on a doomed Alaska Airlines plane addressed the passengers for 9 minutes and led them in prayer before the plane crashed. This allegedly came from an Alaska pilot who …
Woman who preached to Alaska Airlines passengers on doomed flight-Fiction! Read More »
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 »
The American Cancer Society will Donate to a Dying Girl if enough emails are circulated-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email says there is a little girl who has six months to live. People are asked to forward the email about her to as many people as possible because the American Cancer Society …
Slow Dance poem written by a girl with cancer-Fiction! Read More »
Help Find Little Christopher John Mineo Jr.–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email says it is from Christopher John Mineo of New York and that his 6 year-old son, Christopher John Mineo, Jr. has been missing since the end of 1998. Some versions say he’s been missing since May of 2001. A newer version says he’s …
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 »
“Bear Farms” in China Have Been Torturing Thousands of Bears With Tiny Cages and Live Bile Extraction-Truth! Summary of eRumor:It is said that in China, 10,000 bears are being kept in cramped cages, so small that they cannot stand, and that permanent holes have been made in their bodies or catheters inserted to allow bile …
"Bear Farms" in China torturing hundreds of bears-Truth! Read More »
1895 Salina, Kansas Eighth Grade Graduation Exam-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: The email lists questions from what it says is an exam required for eighth grade graduation in 1895 in Salina, Kansas. It is described as an example of how much more educated an eighth grader was a hundred years ago than today. The Truth: TruthOrFiction.com …
