Urban Legends July 2012 Archive

There's a viral image making the rounds purporting to show a McDonald's sign that says, "We Support Chick-fil-A, Now Try to Boycott Us." Perhaps you've seen it. You may ... Read More

Going camping? Go prepared. Gather your campmates 'round the fire and scare them silly with the 13 scariest stories we know.

Question #1: In 1938, a nationally broadcast radio drama by Orson Welles convinced many listeners that the United States had been invaded by:   • Undocumented immigrants   • Communists   • Giant spiders   • Martians   • ... Read More

If this image is to be believed, gazillionaire Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was photographed at a campaign event last February with a group of children (supposedly his family) ... Read More

"I am sure the mass of citizens in these United States mean well," wrote Washington to John Jay in 1796, "and I firmly believe they will always act well whenever ... Read More

Is it true that when asked why he's confident he'll beat President Obama in the fall election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney said, "Of course I'll win, I'm the white guy"? ... Read More

Some say paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th) is the most widespread superstition in the United States, with an estimated 8% of Americans admitting they associate the date with bad ... Read More

A viral video taken during the flag folding ceremony on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 purportedly shows First Lady Michelle Obama leaning over to her husband and saying, "All this ... Read More

TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the U.S.A. and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby ... Read More