A Christian Church Leader in China Has Been Sentenced to Death–Truth! Summary of eRumor: Gong Shengliang, the leader of the South China church, a house church group, has been sentenced to death, and the penalty could be carried out on January 5th. Fifteen other members of the church group were also given prison sentences. Chinese …
A church leader in China has been sentenced to death-Truth! Read More »
Al Gore’s Horse-Thief Ancestor–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email claims that Tipper Gore, the wife of former Senator and presidential candidate Al Gore, is into genealogy and discovered a great-great uncle in the Gore family who was hanged as a horse thief and train robber. When the president’s image-makers were finished with the story, …
Al Gore Calls Christians a “Blight to the Environment”-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email contains a quote said to be from Al Gore’s Book “Earth in Balance.” The quote says Christians refuse to accept the earth as our “sacred mother” and are a dangerous threat to the survival of humanity. Gore is also quoted as …
Al Gore calls Christians a "blight to the environment"-Fiction! Read More »
The Danger of Green Grass Snakes–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This is a long narrative of a couple in Sweetwater, Texas who had a string of misfortunes because of an otherwise harmless green grass snake. See the full version below. The Truth: This eRumor has been making the rounds on the Internet for a long …
A long-standing urban legend found new life thanks to chat show host Graham Norton.
Dell Refused to Sell a Computer to a Man Because he Was a Gun maker-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The message says it is from a gunsmith named Jack Weigand who is upset that an order for a laptop computer to Dell was canceled. He says that after he ordered it and it failed …
Gun maker Says Dell refused to sell him a computer-Truth! Read More »
You Can Buy a Required “Hands-free” Headset For Your Cell Phone for $1 –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email warns that cell phones used in cars will be required to “hands free” after January 1, 2001. It comments on the high cost of headsets then offers to sell you one for $1. It also …
You can buy a required "Hands-free" headset for your cell phone for $1-Fiction! Read More »
The Little Girl Who Died and Left 57 Cents To Build A Bigger Church-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The touching story is about a little girl from a poor family who loved attending Sunday School, but there were so many children and the church was so small that she sometimes couldn’t get in. The …
The little girl who died and left 57 cents to build a bigger
church-Truth! & Fiction! Read More »
The Christians Who Upstaged Their Atheist Russian Leader–Unproven! Summary of eRumor: This story talks about Ivanovich Bukharin, a powerful Russian leader in the early part of the 20th century. In 1930, he is said to have traveled to Kiev to deliver an address to a large crowd on the subject of atheism. After a …
Christians who upstaged their atheist Russian leader-Unproven! Read More »
Hotmail Is Shutting Down, May Cancel Accounts Or Start Charging Unless You Send Emails Protesting The Action-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are a number of Hotmail eRumors making the rounds: …In one, an email from a Hotmail executive says Hotmail is getting too crowded and that you should forward his email to 20 people …
Hotmail will shut down if you don't forward an email about it-Fiction! Read More »
