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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: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 6, 2018
A local legend connects the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis to telephone service.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 9, 2016
A meme promoting an alleged "experiment" was strikingly similar to a scene from some NBC sitcoms.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2016
Rumors about a Chinese live mice dish called 'Three Squeaks" have been circulating for several y ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 13, 2016
Prevalent racism legend holds that a Las Vegas hotel once completely drained their pool because ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 18, 2016
A number of tabloids are reporting rumors that a risky new "sex roulette" trend — involving orgi ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 20, 2013
Modern tradition holds that leaving coins on military graves denotes visits from living soldiers.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 28, 2013
Spooky tale of mysterious black-eyed children who show up at the homes of unsuspecting residents.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 24, 2013
Did an 'expressionless' apparition in a blood-covered gown appear at Cedars-Sinai hospital in 1972?
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 13, 2012
Bananas are deemed unlucky by recreational fishermen and those catering to that trade.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2012
"The next time someone needs you ... just be there."
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 4, 2012
Sentimental tale about a cab driver taking an elderly woman to a hospice on the last ride of her ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 23, 2011
A photograph purportedly shows a holiday time 'thank you' sign to Jews posted by the Chinese Res ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Oct. 4, 2011
Old lady responds to prosecutor's query about knowing him with scathing analysis of his character?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2011
A mother supposedly left a touching text message for the child she died shielding during an eart ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 1, 2010
Some people say dogs' mouths are yucky; others assert they're cleaner than human mouths.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 7, 2010
Why are peanuts in the shell considered to be unlucky at auto racing events?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 6, 2010
Folklore supplies two "reasons" for sun showers, one having to do with animals, the other with t ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 2010
Legend about a developmentally disabled adult who captures a delivery person (or other front doo ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 15, 2010
A lesson in how one lone punctuation mark can have a profound impact on the meaning of a sentence.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Sept. 19, 2009
Examples of a story purportedly involving a pharmacist and "one pound of mofeen" go back to at l ...
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