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Internet Hoaxes

The Internet: A Superhighway of Paranormal Hoaxes and Fakelore

Sharon Hill | Posted 05.14.2013 | Weird News
Read More: Loch Ness Monster, Ufos, Occulture, Ufology, Weird News, Hoaxes, Internet Hoaxes, Occult, Weird News News
Sharon Hill

The occulture scene gets decidedly more unhealthy as money, greed, quest for notoriety and lack of scruples allow the sensationalist speculation and outright hoaxers to keep right on fooling everyone, time and time again. There's a sucker born every minute.

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Social Media Con Artists

John Pavley | Posted 03.22.2013 | Technology
Read More: Social Media, Manti Teo, Lance Armstrong Doping, Lance Armstrong, Internet Hoaxes, Manti Teo Fake Girlfriend, Motive to Hoax Teo, Con Artists, Facebook Con Artist, Technology News
John Pavley

I understand why Lance Armstrong felt he needed to dope. I don't understand why he needed to lie (and tweet) with such conviction that I believed in him. I understand why Manti Te'o needed to build a great "brand." I don't understand why he needed a fake social media girlfriend to do it.

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Oh No! Gilligan Is Dead! I Read It On Facebook!

Bernard Ohanian | Posted 11.06.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Eddie Murphy, Bob Denver, Dead Celebrities, Internet Hoaxes, Slidepollajax, Fifty News
Bernard Ohanian

Sad, and true: the Skipper's "little buddy," Bob Denver -- who also starred, unforgettably, as Maynard G. Krebs in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" -- died. Seven years ago this week, as it turns out.

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Craigslist Ad Seeking Unborn Child's Metal-Loving Dad A Hoax

Posted 04.19.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Craigslist Ad Baby's Father, Video, Megadeth Concert Missed Connection, Craigslist Ad, Internet Hoaxes, Craigslist Baby Daddy Megadeth, Megadeth Concert Pregnant, Craigslist Father Chicago Concert, Craigslist Ad Baby's Dad, Craigslist Missed Connections, Craigslist Baby Daddy, Chicago News

It turns out that the the "too crazy to be true" Craigslist "missed connection" ad -- supposedly written by a woman searching for the father of her un...

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What On Earth Do We Mean By American Parenting?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.17.2012 | Parents
Read More: Tiger Mom, The Onion, French Parenting, Insecure Parents, Internet Hoaxes, Parentry, American Parents, American Parenting, Competitive Parenting, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Whatever this American parenting thing is, it reflects choices we have made as a culture. Choices we can undo, or rethink, or adjust if we decide we've ended up someplace we'd rather not be -- but first we have to agree on where we are and where we'd prefer to be headed.

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Cheese Laced With Nails In Chicago Dog Parks Called A Hoax

Tinley Park, IL Patch | Lauren TrautEmail the Author | Posted 12.04.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Urban Myths, Tinley Park Patch, Dog Parks, Hoaxes, Internet Hoaxes, Nail-Laced Cheese Hoax, Tinley Park, Cheese With Nails, Tinley Park Illinois, Patch, Chicagoland Patch, Chicago Dog Parks, Chicago News

Chicago area dog owners might be alarmed by the possibility of nail-laced cheese cubes at dog parks--but there's no need to be. The Facebook-based ...

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Lesbian Syrian Blogger A Hoax

AP | Posted 08.12.2011 | World
Read More: Tom MacMaster, Damascus, A-Gay-Girl-in-Damascus, Kidnapping, Hoax, Internet Hoaxes, A Gay Girl in Damascus, Syria, Syrian Blogger, World News

CAIRO — A new entry Sunday in a blog purportedly by a lesbian Syrian-American living in Damascus asserted that the entire saga was a hoax, suppo...

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LAPD Duped By Years-Old Internet Hoax

Sherman Oaks, CA Patch | Dennis Wilen | Email the Author | April 30, 2011 | Posted 07.01.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Ups Uniforms Hoax, West Valley Lapd, Internet Myth, Internet Hoaxes, Lapd, Los Angeles News

The proof that it's a paranoid urban legend has been circulating for years, but that didn't stop the LAPD's West Valley Division from sending out an e...

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Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: snopes.com, Urban Legends, Beauty Bites Beast, Sexual Assault, Internet Hoaxes, IMPACT Personal Safety, Impact News
Ellen Snortland

This piece is an answer to the complaint I've received on numerous occasions: "Why do I have to learn how to defend myself? Men should learn how to stop attacking women."

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All a Fake, But What Difference Does It Make?

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Fake Memoirs, James Frey, Internet Hoaxes, Fake Music, Entertainment News
Claudia Ricci

A friend sent me a link to a video featuring something called the Incredible Music Machine. It was wonderful, except for one thing: it was a fake. But what a fake.

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