Kim LaCapria
Kim LaCapria worked for Snopes between August 2014 and 2018. LaCapria is a New York-based Content Manager, Snopes community member, and folklore enthusiast. When not working, she enjoys air hockey, jjimjilbangs, and casual mermaiding.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 1, 2017
A prank news article led to widespread rumors that Governor Terry McAuliffe had passed a law leg ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2017
The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System sids conspiracy theory-related fears about a drill were ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 30, 2017
A joke about Fox News' coverage of Paul Manafort's indictment morphed into claims that the netwo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 30, 2017
An Alexandria church's decision to relocate two plaques due to ongoing controversy over memorial ...
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Oct. 26, 2017
A Twitter account posing as JD Wetherspoon falsely claimed the chain banned the flowers due to " ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 26, 2017
A gross-out story about an Iowa teacher's inappropriate punishment of a student was completely f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 26, 2017
No, police didn't strand the football team in their locker room after a game against the Philade ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Emery
Oct. 25, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 4, 2022)
The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and ...
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Oct. 24, 2017
Despite rumors, the President did not recall a thousand retired Air Force pilots by amending Exe ...
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Oct. 20, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 23, 2017)
A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her home to laws allow ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2017
No, the Department of Homeland Security hasn't advised that a Halloween curfew be implemented ov ...
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Oct. 17, 2017
The explanatory last line of a Halloween joke about a real-life Freddy Krueger was removed in su ...
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Oct. 16, 2017
Divers did uncover the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, but the discovery was not new in 2017 — contr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Emery
Oct. 14, 2017
Anecdotal reports say the expression "a shot of whiskey" came into being when cowboys traded bul ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria Alex Kasprak
Oct. 13, 2017
A deleted Facebook post alleged that a man's energy drink consumption caused a brain hemorrhage ...
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Oct. 12, 2017
A creepy vintage image of dubious provenance purports to illustrate an outdated psychiatric trea ...
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Oct. 10, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2017)
Despite what random people might say in homemade YouTube videos, they offer no proof that any an ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 10, 2017
Morgan Freeman isn't dead, as reported by a fake news site.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 9, 2017
A man who reportedly raped and threatened to kill a girl in 2008 was temporarily awarded joint l ...
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Oct. 9, 2017
McDonald's teased a "Rick and Morty" promotion for Szechuan Sauce, but purportedly sent only 20 ...
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