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 »
Foreign Auto Manufacturers Are Not Donating to Victims of the Attack on America Despite Record Sales in the U.S.–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This message says that although U.S. car manufacturers have donated generously to the victims of the Attack on America, the foreign car makers have not. Some versions of the message say the originator …
Foreign carmakers have avoided donations to 9/11 Victims-Fiction! Read More »
The 9/11 Flight Attendant Who Found God One Day Before She was Killed in a Hijacked Jet–Unproven! Summary of eRumor:The Rev. Bill Faye, a Christian evangelist, describes talking with an American Airlines flight attendant on a flight home from the state of Washington on Monday, September 10. He says that he gave her a piece …
The 9/11 flight attendant who found God before her fatal flight-Unproven! Read More »
Billy Evans, the Boy who Needs a Body Transplant–Humorous Fiction! The Truth: This is obviously satire about all the eRumors that appeal for forwarded emails to help sick people. We’ve had a surprising number of inquiries, however, from people asking about it.
The Little Boy Who Was Helped by “Birdies” While Trapped Beneath a Garage Door–Unproven! Summary of eRumor:An inspirational story said to be told by a man named Lloyd Glenn. His three-year-old son, Brian, was nearly crushed to death by a garage door. After hospitalization and recovery, the boy told his parents vivid accounts of what …
The Little boy who was helped by "Birdies" while trapped beneath a garage door-Unproven! Read More »
Tie a Navy Blue Ribbon Around Your Mailbox Pole to Honor Postal Workers–Grass Roots Effort! Summary of eRumor:To honor postal workers who are in the line of fire when it comes to bioterrorism, tie a navy blue ribbon around your mailbox pole. The Truth: There is no official organization that we know of that is …
Cruelty to Kittens by Rearing Them In Jars–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:This email says there is a Japanese man in New York stuffing kittens into bottles and rearing them so they’ll take on the shape of the bottle. They are being called “bonsai” kittens and have become the rage in New York, China, Indonesia, and New …
Bonsai Kittens-cruelty to kittens by rearing them in jars-Fiction! Read More »
