The SCARIEST Stories Ever Told!
Monday October 31, 2005
In celebration of All Hallows Eve, when the veil separating the living and the dead shrinks to gossamer, here's a selection of urban legends guaranteed to make your hair stand ... Read More
Bungee Jumper Meets Crocodile; Loses Head!
Thursday October 27, 2005
Today's "viral video" documents an unfortunate encounter between "Big Doug," an Australian bungee jumper, and a hungry crocodile lurking in the water below. The image is blurry, but it certainly ... Read More
Sony: 'PSP Giveaway' Email Is a Hoax
Tuesday October 25, 2005
A new chain letter circulating via email claims recipients will receive a free Sony PSP console for simply forwarding the message to 20 other people. Sound too good to be ... Read More
'Praying' Rock Formation
Friday October 21, 2005
This unattributed image depicting a rock formation resembling a mother and child at prayer has been described as "awesome" and "unbelievable" in Internet postings, but it is clearly a painting, ... Read More
The Ola Kuczma Hoax
Tuesday October 18, 2005
Can you help defray the medical costs of 14-month-old burn victim Ola Kuczma by forwarding an email? No. Sadly, Ola's story is true — she was very badly burned when ... Read More
Beware the Jury Duty Scam
Monday October 17, 2005
Finally, an email warning worth paying attention to: A new identity theft scam has emerged wherein potential victims are falsely notified that they have failed to appear for jury duty ... Read More
Edible Dolls?
Thursday October 13, 2005
Accompanying this emailed collection of a dozen images of miniature sculptures of human babies is a caption claiming they are made of marzipan — sweetened almond paste. True or false?
Frankenfish Run
Thursday October 13, 2005
The northern snakehead fish is making news again as wildlife officials try to explain the sudden appearance of hundreds of the voracious critters, dubbed "Frankenfish" by the media, in Dogue ... Read More
Squirrels on Crack
Monday October 10, 2005
"I was chatting with my neighbour who told me that crack users and dealers sometimes use my front garden to hide bits of their stash," says a Register informant in ... Read More
Amazing Bridges, Part II
Monday October 10, 2005
Direct from the inbox, here's a view of the world's largest "water bridge," completed in 2003 in Magdeburg, Germany. In addition to foot traffic, the kilometer-long bridge accomodates ships and ... Read More
Amazing Bridges, Part I
Saturday October 8, 2005
One of the more popular images circulating via email just now is an actual composite photo of the Millau Viaduct in southern France, officially the tallest road bridge in the ... Read More
George Carlin's Hurricane Rules?
Friday October 7, 2005
This caustic rant implying that Hurricane Katrina victims are to blame for their own suffering and telling them to "get a damn job and stop spooning off the people who ... Read More
Will Swiffer WetJet Mop Poison Your Pets?
Thursday October 6, 2005
A 2004 rumor circulating anew: Anonymous report claims Procter & Gamble's Swiffer WetJet mopping solution is responsible for the deaths of dogs and cats due to "liver failure." According to ... Read More
'That's One Mean Mule!'
Thursday October 6, 2005
Circulating since August, yet another variant of "The Bad-Ass Mule": "The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the ... Read More
Do They Really Use Puppies as Shark Bait?
Tuesday October 4, 2005
Tabloid headlines accusing fishermen on the French-controlled Ile de la Réunion of using live dogs and cats as shark bait have aroused the ire of animal lovers everywhere, but are ... Read More