‘Y’all, Check Your Attics’ Facebook Warning In April 2021, a March 8 2019 Facebook post about a man caught secretly living in a woman’s attic went viral — purportedly told from the point of view of the unfortunate woman’s son. The Post and its Variations Originally, the text of the post read: YALL CHECK YOUR ATTICS. My mom been hearing noises […]
Did a Coney Island Sideshow Save Hundreds of Premature Babies in the Early 1900s? A viral Facebook post about the purported contributions of Dr. Martin Couney to early neonatology was virally popular.
The Parable of the Stolen Cookies If you use Facebook, chances are you’ve stumbled upon the videos of Jay Shetty — perhaps the one that is very vaguely titled “Before You Judge Anyone, Watch This,” which is a parable about airport cookie theft: https://www.facebook.com/JayShettyIW/videos/256522031874958/?v=256522031874958 The same story was told in another video on Twitter in 2017: Don't Be So Quick To […]
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: https://www.facebook.com/ExploreTalent/photos/a.73970478944/10155209536193945/ The text on the meme read: Everyone needs to be aware of this especially since it’s Summertime. Some sick […]
‘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. […]
