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Legend This label describes events so general or lacking in detail they could have happened to someone, somewhere, at some time, and are therefore essentially unprovable. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 7, 1998
Do the protective little ghosts of children killed at a railway crossing push stalled cars off t ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 2, 1998
An escaped killer interrupts a young couple's make-out session.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 1998
Is the Toys 'R' Us store in Sunnyvale, California, haunted?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 13, 1998
Penpals for more than a year, a woman and a returning war veteran decide to meet—will he pass he ...
Written by: Albert Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 1998
Did an angry fraternity exact revenge on its enemies via an adulterated peace offering?
Written by: David Mikkelson Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 17, 1998
A group returns a soused young man to his hometown, not realizing he's a newly-married groom on ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Aug. 17, 1998
Group returns soused young man to his hometown, not realizing he's a newly-married groom on his ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Aug. 9, 1998
The 1867 wedding of a princess and a duke was reportedly marred by tragedy on an unprecedented s ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
June 9, 1998
The exotic foreign medallion worn so proudly by a society matron bore an embarrassing inscriptio ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 5, 1998
Urban legend about an airline pilot who inadvertently makes risqué comment over an open microphone.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 1, 1998
Did a journalism instructor announce a pop quiz by running an ad in the morning paper?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 1997
Beep, beep. Crushed punch buggy.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 12, 1997
"You're not suggesting I made up this coat story for publicity, are you?"
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 10, 1997
The question of what the briefcase sought by the main characters in 'Pulp Fiction' contained is ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 19, 1997
Student working on thesis spreads birdseed on school football field every day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 19, 1997
Students purportedly used conditioning techniques to influence psychology instructor into lectur ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 4, 1997
Did a sheriff attempt to extort sexual favors from an underage girl, only to discover that she's ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1996
Viewers claim that clouds of dust form the word S-E-X in the Disney animated film 'The Lion King.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 6, 1996
Prankish Disney animators supposedly drew Jessica Rabbit without underwear in a few frames of 'W ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 1, 1996
A longstanding rumor maintains the minister officiating Ursula's wedding in 'The Little Mermaid' ...
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