Urban Legends
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 12, 2012
Rumor: NASA has announced that a multi-day worldwide blackout will occur beginning on 16 Decembe ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 8, 2007
A subset of dogs appears to be susceptible to kidney damage following the ingestion of grapes, b ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 2009
"Facebook is a free site and will never require that you pay to continue using the site."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 14, 2012
A video supposedly documenting that the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a staged ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 13, 2005
An article that compares the salaries of top executives of several large charitable organization ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 11, 1999
Contrary to what one hears, there's no one right answer as to why people practice 'shoefiti' or ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 29, 2022
"According to pictures taken recently on a trail cam in eastern Kentucky, Sprinkles could very w ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 26, 2019
'Man's best friend' has been the subject of numerous rumors and viral social media postings. Tim ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 16, 2019
The burger-imitation products do share a few ingredients with some brands of vegan, grain-free “ ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 15, 2019
Beware all ye that enter here. Not all urban legends are untrue.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 13, 2019
Several groups of organisms that produce algal blooms also produce potentially deadly toxins.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2019
And who is walking whom in this relationship?
Written by: Bond Huberman
Oct. 9, 2018
Did any of these scary stories haunt you as a kid? You were not alone.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 8, 2018
Arguments made by one sheriff opposed to legalized marijuana are dubious and disputed by police ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
Feb. 22, 2017
News reports conflated a genuine incident of human trafficking with a completely unrelated claim ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 28, 2016
Domestic dogs split from their wild counterpart, the grey wolf, quite recently by evolutionary t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2016
A rumor that the children's TV show 'Barney & Friends' was based on a 1930s serial killer is ju ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2016
Reports that a meth-addled Missouri babysitter consumed a small child are fake news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 12, 2016
Powerball frenzies aren't the only interesting lottery phenomenon, which has long inspired a wea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 30, 2015
What happens when a social media prank achieves its intended results.
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