A viral video making the rounds since March appears to be a snippet from a security cam tape showing the ghost of an old woman haunting a well-known office building in Singapore. As the video unfolds, two workers enter the elevator, ride down a few floors, then exit, revealing a ghostly, stooped figure who slowly shuffles off after them.

The effect is creepy, but it isn't real. The video is a promotional gimmick dreamed up by ad agency McCann Worldgroup for the GMP Group, a job recruitment and human resources consultancy based in Singapore. Read more...

Contrary to what you may read in a factually-challenged email circulating since 2003, yanking on a stroke victim's ear lobes and pricking their fingertips till they bleed isn't likely to improve their prognosis one bit. In fact, delaying transport to a medical facility so you can take time out to torture the patient might well produce disastrous results.

Read more...