Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 10, 1999 (Updated: Sept. 22, 2022)
The "orange juice man" was one of the most ubiquitous pieces of LSD scarelore in the 1960s.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 2001
Gruesome Hollywood legend holds that the automobile crash that killed Jayne Mansfield also decap ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2000
People love to create and spread invented backstories for simple nursery rhymes.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 3, 2001
A warning from "Glen Eagles" hospital about the deaths of women who sniffed poisoned perfume sam ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 28, 1996
It's hardly surprising an entertainment industry giant would object to unauthorized commercial u ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
May 28, 2001
"There was this paper on her incubator that said 'Please save Urine,' so I knew that they had na ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2007 (Updated: Aug. 26, 2020)
A decade-old brouhaha over a photograph that shows Barack Obama not placing his hand over his he ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 10, 2008
Criminals in the U.S. are not using burundanga-soaked business cards to incapacitate their victi ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 31, 2002
A simple single question involving a funeral is nowhere near sufficient to identify who among us ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 8, 2000
Reports that an Australian grandmother blew the testicles off the two men who raped her granddau ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 15, 2003
Photographs show Japanese women wearing imitation see-through skirts.
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
Aug. 31, 2005
News photographs alternately described subjects of different races as 'looting' or 'finding' sup ...
Written by: Judy Johnson
July 12, 1997 (Updated: July 29, 2025)
Rumor holds that a stuntman was killed during the filming of the chariot race scene in the 1959 ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 29, 2001
Did a man die in his sleep from breathing in his own farts?
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 ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 13, 2003
We'd like to think beheadings happen only in campfire tales and low-budget thrillers, but they t ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 16, 2001
The story of a father's choice between saving his own son or a train full of people goes back lo ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 16, 1999
It's a common fixture of "did you know" trivia lists — but is it true?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 5, 2008
Did a man's cell phone place calls to his loved ones after his demise?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 1999
Numerous 'coincidences' between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations are not really so amazing.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 12, 1999
A vacationing couple staying in a foul-smelling motel room discovered a body hidden under their bed.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 23, 2004 (Updated: Sept. 9, 2022)
According to the rumor, Queen Elizabeth II was photographed with a group of soldiers, including ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2002
The book shown in this photograph is 'America: A Patriotic Primer,' by Lynne Cheney
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2000 (Updated: March 11, 2010)
Fears of superheated water from the microwave have been around since the earliest days of the in ...
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