Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 1999
Numerous 'coincidences' between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations are not really so amazing.
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: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998
Next time a clerk looks down his nose at you, tell him about John Barrier and the Washington Sta ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 27, 2001
Will chanting 'Bloody Mary' 13 times in front of a darkened mirror summon a vengeful ghost?
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 26, 2001
The English word 'news' is said to derive from an acronym formed from the words 'north,' east,' ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 22, 1999 (Updated: April 1, 2013)
The dihydrogen monoxide hoax shows that even the most innocuous of substances can be made to sou ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 5, 2001
The legend of unwary travellers drugged and used as unwilling kidney donors by bands of organ th ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 10, 2000
Someone should start a museum to house all the non-existent things that thousands of people have ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 26, 2006
Hall of Fame outfielder Mickey Mantle sent a crude response when Yankees officials asked him to ...
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: Barbara Mikkelson
March 2, 2009
Purple dinosaur children's host Barney had cocaine hidden in his tail and cussed out a child?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 29, 2001
Did a man die in his sleep from breathing in his own farts?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 4, 1999
Does McDonald's use worm meat as filler in their hamburgers?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 25, 2010
"This was an error in judgment that shouldn't have happened."
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
Dec. 8, 2008 (Updated: Oct. 14, 2022)
Given the fear and uncertainty engendered by the economy, it was only a matter of time until som ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 31, 2000
A longtime rumor is still bubbling up.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 6, 2006
Did Albert Einstein declare compound interest to be 'the most powerful force in the universe'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 4, 2001
The extra 'something' that Marilyn possessed doesn't appear to have been a toe.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 2, 2000
A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged thr ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 19, 2001
A widely circulated essay has been attributed to Carlin, the Dalai Lama, an unnamed Columbine Hi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 2, 1999
Classic business legend holds that the Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 30, 2005 (Updated: Aug. 17, 2022)
During WWII the Germans built wooden airplanes and sometimes complete airfields to keep the Alli ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 27, 2008
"We hope that issuing certified copies of the original Certificate of Live Birth to President Ob ...
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