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  • Giant Snake Found in Red Sea Created: Monday, May 20, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
    Viral images purport to show an unbelievably huge snake found and killed in the Red Sea by a team of Egyptian scientists.
  • Picture of a 'Grave Cage' Created: Friday, May 17, 2013 Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013
    Were iron cages placed over graves during the Victorian era to prevent vampires and zombies from returning from the dead?
  • Top 25 Urban Legends Created: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013
    Most popular urban legends, online rumors and hoaxes of the past week
  • New & Updated Created: Friday, September 19, 2008 Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013
    Find info on the latest Internet hoaxes, rumors, and the most popular stories circulating today.
  • 'I Want to Stay Privately Connected' Created: Thursday, September 13, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    'I want to stay privately connected...' Viral message purports to explain how Facebook members can protect the privacy of their comments and likes.
  • 13 Creepy Tales to Tell After Dark Created: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    Scary stories and urban legends: It's the witching hour on a dark, moonless night. You're huddled with friends around a campfire in the woods far from town, taking turns telling tales. Someone in t...
  • Is Ogling Women's Breasts Good for Men's Health? Created: Sunday, May 03, 2009 Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013
    'Medical study' supposedly published in the New England Journal of Medicine claims staring at women's breasts increases increases heart health and lengthens lifespan in men.
  • The Winged Spider Created: Friday, May 10, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    All the beasts of the Internet, both real and imaginary.
  • The Death of David Gregory Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013
    Chain letter circulating via social media claims 16-year-old David Gregory was found dead in a sewer after reading the message and failing to repost it. Did Carmen Winstead kill him?
  • Urban Legends: The Top 5 Travel Horror Stories Created: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
    From the Urban Legends archive, the five absolute worst, most dreadful, horrifying vacation travel stories we've ever heard!
  • Disney Urban Legends Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Legends about Walt Disney, his creations and his company
  • Email Rumor: Sodium Laureth Sulfate in Shampoo Causes Cancer Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Why are people saying those awful things about sodium laureth sulfate?
  • Drugs Smuggled in Baby's Corpse Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    An old urban legend dressed up in new clothes for the Internet
  • Dirty Needles in Pay Phone Coin Slots - Urban Legends Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Have drug addicts everywhere suddenly decided en masse to dispose of their dirty needles in pay phone coin return slots?
  • Asbestos in tampons - Netlore Archive Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    False email rumor claims brand-name tampons are purposely made with asbestos fibers 'to make women bleed'
  • Waterproof Sunscreen Warning Doesn't Hold Water Created: Thursday, June 01, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    An email alert warning that waterproof sunscreen can cause blindness in children has all the earmarks of an urban legend
  • Another Round of Pay Phone Hysteria - Netlore Archive Created: Thursday, November 10, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Add pay phone keypads coated with LSD and strychnine to the list of things the Internet says may kill you
  • Can Cell Phones Cause Explosions at Gas Pumps? - Urban Legends Created: Thursday, December 16, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Unsubstantiated rumor: Using a mobile phone near a gasoline pump may be hazardous to your health.
  • Spunkball Warning - Netlore Archive Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Spunkball - Internet warning about teens attacking cars with homemade firebombs is false
  • Code Adam - Foiled Abduction at Sam's Club Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Wal-Mart's 'Code Adam' program thwarts an attempted child abduction. Email version of an urban legend dating back at least 20 years.
  • Snakes in the Ball Pit - Urban Legends Created: Friday, December 02, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Urban legend has it that deadly vipers infest the ball pits in fast food restaurant playgrounds everywhere. True or false?
  • 90# Telephone Scam - Urban Legends Created: Friday, February 25, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    90# Phone Scam. Forwarded email warns telephone customers not to comply with instructions from persons claiming to be phone company service technicians to 'test the line' by dialing 90# or #90.
  • The Stuffed Baby - An Urban Legend Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Ruthless smugglers murder a small child and hide drugs in its hollowed-out body
  • Double Whammy! - Urban Legends and Folklore - Archive Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Contrite car thief 'makes amends' by sending his victims tickets to a ball game
  • Construction Calamities - Urban Legends and Folklore - Archive Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Darwinian fables from the annals of heavy construction
  • Win a Holiday Virus Alert (Hoax) Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Now taking up server space near you - an old virus hoax with a brand new name
  • The Good Samaritan - An Urban Legend Created: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    It pays to be a good samaritan... especially when the beneficiary of your aid happens to be very rich and very famous
  • Janet Reno Defines 'Cultist' - Urban Legends Created: Monday, January 30, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Contrary to what is claimed a widely-circulated email, Attorney General Janet Reno did NOT declare that all Christians are 'cultists.'
  • Lethal Rat Droppings / Rat Urine - Urban Legends Created: Friday, October 08, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Email rumor claims a Hawaiian man died after inhaling dried rat droppings and/or inadvertently consuming rat urine.
  • Please Don't Intoxicate the Animals - Urban Legends and Folklore - Archive Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    A drunken romp through a safari park ends in near-disaster
  • Deadly Rat Urine on Soda Cans - Urban Legends Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Email alert claims that people have died after coming into contact with rat urine on unwashed soda pop cans.
  • Progesterex - Date Rape Drug - Urban Legends Created: Monday, November 29, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Hoax! Email alert warns of a new date rape drug on college campuses called 'Progesterex.' Allegedly, it sterilizes female victims.

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