Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 29, 1999
Do Chinese restaurants serve cat meat?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 9, 2006
The ghost of a teen named Carmen Winstead supposedly strikes down those who don't repost her sto ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
May 4, 2006
A long-held rumor claims that Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma were created to represent s ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 27, 1999
Will downing a combination of Coca-Cola and aspirin get you high (or kill you)?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 9, 2000
Urban legends about mutated KFC meat are good for a laugh, but the chain does not use meat deriv ...
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: David Mikkelson
March 30, 2006
Is this the real thing, the product of digital trickery, or something else?
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
April 2, 2008
The story of a shark who supposedly developed an affection for the fisherman who saved her life.
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
Dec. 10, 2009
Does a proposed constitutional amendment seek to require that laws apply equally to U.S. citizen ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 27, 2005
A popular essay outlines the fates of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, but many o ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 10, 1999
Old broadcast legend holds that the wife of a famous golfer blurted out on the air that she kiss ...
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
June 23, 2008 (Updated: June 12, 2021)
This video has been "amazing" viewers for more than a decade.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 6, 2000
Despite modern religious legends, candy canes were not created as Christian symbols representing ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 2, 2002
A seller submitted a photo of a tea kettle with a revealing reflection to an online auction site.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 24, 1999
Was a memorable episode of 'Gilligan's Island' an inadvertent re-creation of what Lucille Ball e ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998
Let's fact-check that.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 5, 2007
Pouring Coca-Cola onto a piece of raw pork will not cause worms to come crawling out of the meat.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 5, 2001
Urban legend about a photo opportunity involving a bear and a honey-smeared kid going horribly w ...
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: Barbara Mikkelson
June 27, 2007
A pedestrian was killed by a flying fire hydrant?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2001
Was the boyfriend who went for gasoline murdered by a madman?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2001
U.S. General John J. Pershing did not effectively discourage Muslim terrorists in the Philippine ...
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