Did a Pastor Die After 30 Days of Fasting to Beat Jesus Christ’s Record?
In September 2019, a story about a pastor’s purported ill-fated fasting effort was all over Facebook — but it wasn’t the story’s first appearance.
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Razor Blades on Slides: Urban Legend or Legitimate Risk?
A meme shared by the page “Explore Talent” (archived here) including several images alongside a warning about razor blades purportedly affixed to playground equipment such as slides has been circulating on social media for years: The text on the meme read: Everyone needs to be aware of this especially since it’s Summertime. Some sick human …
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‘They Pushed Her’ Facebook Post
On April 17 2019, a Facebook post (archived here) began circulating, purporting to tell the tragic story (“they pushed her”) of a young girl named Carmen Winstead, as well as the fates of the classmates responsible for her death: They pushed her After lunch, her teacher announced that the school was holding a fire drill. …
Were 70 Christians Massacred by Muslims in March 2019?
On March 19 2019, a Facebook user shared the status update below (archived here), claiming that 70 Nigerian Christians had been massacred by Muslims one day previously: Yesterday, muslims marched into a college in Nigeria, separated out the Christian students and killed them. 70 dead. Ten days later, the status had been shared tens of …
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Did a Man Lose His Penis to Frostbite After Urinating Outside During a Cold Snap?
In early February 2019, the Facebook page Sexy Atheists shared a link to an article titled “Chicago Man Loses His Penis To Frostbite After Peeing Outside,” which appeared to report: The bitter cold in Chicago has kept hospitals busy, with doctors at one facility during the brunt of an Arctic freeze treating 50 frostbite victims, including …
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Murderous 1960s Cult Leader Charles Manson Died at 83 in November 2017-Truth!
Charles Manson died of natural causes on November 19, 2017, at a hospital in Kern County, California, the California Department of Corrections reports.
Was an ‘Antifa Manual’ Found on a College Campus?
How an August 2017 disinformation campaign showed the spread of online extremism.
Cop Who Arrested Malia Obama Found Dead-Fiction!
Malia Obama has never been arrested, and reports that the cop who arrested Obama was found dead is the latest twist in that false narrative.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch Supports Summer of Chaos-Reported as Fiction!
Attorney General Loretta Lynch supports the Black Lives Matter movement’s “summer of chaos” strategy to get President Obama elected to a third term in office.
The Heavy Price of Publishing Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories
The authors of ‘Nobody Died at Sandy Hook’ were ordered to pay $450,000 to one bereaved father.