Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2003 (Updated: July 30, 2011)
Did a troop of Boy Scouts die after roasting hot dogs on oleander branches?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 11, 2002
Did a "Newlywed Game" contestant say the weirdest place she'd ever "made whoopee" was "up the butt"?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2004 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2005)
Imam is questioned about Islamic attitude toward infidels.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 28, 2004
One of the most troubling conundrums is the question of how evil and suffering can survive in a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 21, 2001
Did 4,000 Israelis stay home from work at the World Trade Center on 9/11?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 5, 2005
Despite decades of media mirth-making about the supposed statement, former vice president Al Gor ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 6, 1997
Do women flash their breasts at the camera in Disneyland's Splash Mountain?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 17, 2000
Honeymooning couple's sexual activities are secretly videotaped by their hotel.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 1996
Lemmings don't commit mass suicide, so filmmakers had to use various camera tricks to capture sc ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 19, 2001
In many legends, the 'why' is more important the 'what.'
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 11, 2010
A child's drawing supposedly showing mom trying to sell a shovel at Home Depot looks suspiciousl ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 29, 1999 (Updated: June 20, 2022)
The 'middle finger salute' did not derive from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 1, 1998
Did a Sears catalog photo include a glimpse of a male model exposing himself?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 16, 1999
Many consumers claimed to be able to see a naked man hidden in the artwork of Camel cigarette pa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 5, 2007
A video clip seemingly captures a middle-aged woman sucker-punching another woman in the mouth. ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 13, 1999
Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 2, 2003
This fact check is not safe for anywhere.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2009
A prayer request for 22 missionaries about to be executed in Afghanistan is spurious and outdated.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998
Ever hear the urban legend about a gas-siphoning thief who accidentally gets a mouthful of sewage?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 17, 2011
First Lady ripostes that ex-boyfriend would have been President if she'd married him?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 2008
Rumor: Photograph shows Sarah Palin posing in a U.S. flag bikini while holding a rifle.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 16, 1999
A machine shop worker tore his scrotum in a piece of machinery and then stapled it back together.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 6, 2005 (Updated: Feb. 2, 2021)
Did the jilted wife of the owner of Home Depot create the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores?
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2008
The tale of a mother who names her child 'Le-a,' which she insists be pronounced 'Ledasha.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 13, 2005 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2017)
An article that compares the salaries of top executives of several large charitable organization ...
Page: 4