Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 28, 1999
Did John Wayne's autopsy reveal 40 pounds of impacted feces in his colon?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 19, 2001
In many legends, the 'why' is more important the 'what.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 12, 2009
Urban legend claims a phony carpark attendant collected parking fees outside the Bristol Zoo for ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 28, 2011
2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin did not say 'I can see Russia from my house.' ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 8, 2006
Does an experiment prove water that has been heated in a microwave oven is harmful to plants?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 29, 2002
How the sex-crazed March fly proliferated in the United States.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Urban legend claims scientists drilling in Siberia went too far and ended up punching a hole thr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2008
Barack Obama supposedly admitted to being a Muslim during an ABC News interview.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 14, 2003
Warning about schoolkids signalling their sexual availability through the use of jelly bracelets.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2000
A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 24, 2006
Bracing maximizes the chance of uninjured survival in an air crash; it doesn't ensure that passe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 2000
The sight of the dead, gold-painted girl in 'Goldfinger' is one of filmdomâs most memorable images.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 12, 1997
One of the most ubiquitous of film legends holds that a munchkin hanged himself on-camera during ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 23, 1999
The high-pressure environment of college has led to many legends that express the stresses and a ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 29, 2002
Did George W. Bush say the problem with the French is they have no word for entrepreneur?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 5, 2008
Did a man's cell phone place calls to his loved ones after his demise?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 1999
The tale of a ghostly hitchhiker who disappears from a car.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 5, 2011
Photographs show the corpse of Osama bin Laden.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 8, 2000
Among the most powerful lures of the myth is the idea that we could harness the remaining portio ...
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: David Mikkelson
Sept. 26, 2009
Photographs supposedly documenting a Hamas-organized mass wedding of adult men and pre-pubescent ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 16, 2000
Poking fun at people for the way they talk is is one of our oldest prejudices.
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 11, 2004
"Why, this is so simple even my driver could explain it to you."
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2001
Neither the concept nor the word 'picnic' originated with crowds gathering to witness extrajudic ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 7, 1999
A miraculous car that gets 200 miles to the gallon is sold by mistake then reclaimed by the fact ...
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