Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 30, 2005 (Updated: Aug. 17, 2022)
During WWII the Germans built wooden airplanes and sometimes complete airfields to keep the Alli ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 28, 2004
One of the most troubling conundrums is the question of how evil and suffering can survive in a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 1996 (Updated: June 29, 2021)
The true story went viral on TikTok 47 years to the day.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
April 6, 2001
Long-standing rumor holds that actress Jamie Lee Curtis acknowledged in an interview that she wa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 2007
According to a popular presentation, eagles extend their lifespans by removing their beaks, talo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 28, 1998
Hoary urban legend reports a celebrity was taken to a hospital emergency room to have a gerbil r ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 16, 2001
The eventual standardization of railroad gauge in the U.S. was due far less to a slavish devotio ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 13, 2005
Not one of the better schemes for those who need cash in a hurry.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 20, 2000
The long-standing claim that Jane Fonda turned smuggled messages from U.S. POWs over to their No ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 2003
Rhythmically coughing during a heart attack may increase your chances of surviving it, but self- ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 1999
Rumor: The characters in 'Captain Pugwash' had names that were sexual double entendres.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 10, 2002
Rumor holds that the MGM star killed a pedestrian while inebriated, but the studio conspired wit ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 1999
Numerous 'coincidences' between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations are not really so amazing.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
When a Nebraska church exploded in 1950, no one was injured because every single member of the c ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 2, 1999
Legend holds that the original Coca-Cola formula contained a significant amount of cocaine.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2001
A touching tale about a troubled boy named Teddy and the teacher who turned his life around.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 13, 2002
The story of how the code '420' entered drug parlance as a term signifying the time to light up ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 19, 1995
Half a century onwards, the rumor that Walt Disney's body was put in cryonic storage remains one ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 1, 2003
Contrary to common belief, a few drops of Visine brand eye drops taken internally will not cause ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2001
Did an Arizona man keep his dead wife's body in a glass-cased piece of furniture?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2001
For some of us, the desire to believe we've been let in on a piece of secret knowledge can overp ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 13, 2000
Students devise clever ways to measure height of building using a barometer.
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 11, 2004
"Why, this is so simple even my driver could explain it to you."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 24, 2004
An essay that postulates what steps the devil might take in order to corrupt human civilization ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 12, 2000
Oprah Winfrey supposedly kicked designer Tommy Hilfiger off her show when he announced, "If I kn ...
Page: 1