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Barbara Mikkelson

Did a Statue Called Black Agnes Kill a Teenage Girl?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 5, 2000

Horror legend holds that a teenage girl was found dead in the arms of a graveyard statue.

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Instant Noodles Wax Warning

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 4, 2000

Cups of instant noodles do not pose a deadly danger to consumers due to the cups' wax linings.

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Getting the Strap

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 3, 2000

Women beheaded by purse snatchers?

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The Miselucidation of Lauryn Hill

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 2, 2000

Legend holds that singer Lauryn Hill said she'd rather die than have white people buy her albums.

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Tales of black-hearted madmen doling out poisoned Halloween candy to unsuspecting little tykes have been around for decades — they were part of my Halloween experience more than forty years ago.

Poisoned Halloween Candy

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2000

Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...

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Pins and razors and needles in Halloween candy is the subject of this story.

Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2000

Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the ...

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Boy Scout Petition

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 31, 2000

A discussion of a petition in support of the Boy Scouts.

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Is the Presidential '20-Year Death Curse' Real?

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 30, 2000 (Updated: Aug. 31, 2022)

Does a death curse threaten U.S. presidents elected in years evenly divisible by 20?

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Road, Highway, Freeway

Interstate Highways as Airstrips

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 30, 2000

Were interstate highways designed to be used as emergency airstrips in case of war?

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Iwon Chain Letter

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 21, 2000

Is forwarding an Internet chain letter going to get cash from IWon.com?

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Did Game Show Contestant Win by Memorizing Sequence of Lights on Prize Board?

Did Game Show Contestant Win by Memorizing Sequence of Lights on Prize Board?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

Oct. 20, 2000 (Updated: July 22, 2022)

The American television gameshow "Press Your Luck" first premiered in 1983.

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LSD Tattoos

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 16, 2000

Drug dealers hand out LSD-laced tattoos of cartoon characters to schoolchildren?

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The Deer Hunter and Suicides

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 11, 2000

Did the film 'The Deer Hunter' spark a rash of Russian Roulette suicides?

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Beheaded Child on Schoolbus

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 11, 2000

Was a little girl hanging out of a school bus window decapitated by a road sign?

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Forwarded Video Clip Hoax

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 9, 2000

Will forwarding a message cause a cool video clip to play out on your monitor?

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Toilets Boobytrapped by Zero Population Growth Terrorists?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 5, 2000

Rumor: Zero Population Growth terrorists are boobytrapping men's toilets with razors.

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Eaten Parrot

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 28, 2000

Dutiful son who gives expensive talking bird to mother finds out she ate it.

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Death by Playing Cards

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 28, 2000

Legend holds that a prisoner killed himself using a deck of playing cards.

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AIDS Mary

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 27, 2000

A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...

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Playboy's Top Party Schools

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 26, 2000

Is your college on Playboy magazine's annual ranking of America's top party schools?

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