crisis actors

Do Memes Show Same 'Crisis Actor' at Multiple Shooting Events?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Oct. 25, 2015

Social media rumors claim the same girl, a "crisis actor," was seen crying at tragedies in Bosto ...

Was the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting a Hoax?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Dec. 14, 2012

A video supposedly documenting that the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a staged ...

No, Uvalde Shooting Victim's 2 Fathers Were Not Proof of a 'False Flag'

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 2, 2022

Conspiracy theorists reached unimaginable new lows in response to the grief of parents whose chi ...

Did the Same 'Crisis Actor' Play the Mother and Victim in Three Different Mass Shootings?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 10, 2018

Three women who have suffered grievously deserve more respect than to be made the subject of jap ...

Does This Video Show Injuries Created with Makeup to Fool the Public About Atrocities?

Written by: Dan Evon

July 24, 2018

A video featuring a Palestinian makeup artist was used as propaganda to claim that reports of at ...

Were Palestinian Martyrs Caught on Video Faking Their Deaths?

Written by: Dan Evon

May 21, 2018

A video of a 2013 protest in Egypt is often shared with erroneous claims about false flag attack ...

Proof the White Helmets 'Staged' a Chemical Attack in Syria?

Written by: Dan Evon

April 19, 2018

Images purportedly proving that the White Helmets staged a chemical attack in Syria are actually ...

Was the 'March for Our Lives' Permit Application Made Months Before the Parkland Shooting?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 3, 2018

A viral story based entirely on a misunderstanding falsely insinuates that the Marjory Stoneman ...

Conspiracy Theorists Arrested for Harassing Sutherland Springs Church Have Been Released

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 7, 2018

Robert Ussery and Jodi Mann have been stalking mass shooting victims and survivors for months.

Conspiracy Theorists Arrested After Harassing Sutherland Springs Pastor

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 6, 2018

The pair have spent months stalking families of victims and their communities in a failed attemp ...

Are Parkland School Shooting Survivors Receiving Death Threats from NRA Members?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Feb. 27, 2018

Although we don't know if people using social media to harass massacre survivors are all NRA mem ...

Is Laura Phelps a Crisis Actor Who Lost a Child at Both Sandy Hook and Marjory Stoneman Douglas?

Written by: Dan Evon

Feb. 21, 2018

A conspiracy theory accusing Nick and Laura Phelps of being "crisis actors" received a new (and ...

Were News Stories About the Florida Mass Shooting Posted Days Before It Happened?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Feb. 20, 2018

A glitch that affects the time stamps on Google searches has led to bogus "false flag" conspirac ...

Did an American Actor Take Part in a London Bomb Attack 'Hoax'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 22, 2017

A bizarre false flag conspiracy theory falsely links an actor from NBC's 'The Office' to the Par ...

Did CNN Use the Same Girl in Three Different Refugee Crisis Pictures?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Dec. 25, 2016

A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same ...

Convicted Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Is Child Actor John Christian Graas

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Dec. 17, 2016

The conviction of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof led to the recirculation of rumors he is ...

Crisis Bell

Written by: Dan Evon

Dec. 7, 2015

A photograph does not show a "crisis actor" with a fake gunshot wound.