Was an Ohio Woman Charged After Slowly Eating Her Husband Alive?
13 February 2019You won't be hearing about this grisly incident on the nightly news, for very good reason.
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Can Amputees Take Their Limbs Home?
16 June 2018A Reddit user's account of his post-amputation experience of bringing home his leg and making tacos out of it is decidedly uncommon, but at least part of his story is not unheard of.
Was a Zambian Man Arrested After Boasting He Lost 280 Pounds on a ‘Cannibal Diet’?
14 May 2018Not a realistic way of losing weight, nor a method that's actually been tried.
Do Celebrities Dine at a Cannibal Restaurant in Los Angeles?
10 January 2018A more-creative-than-usual Your News Wire piece claims that Katy Perry, Meryl Streep, and Chelsea Clinton have dined on human flesh.
Did Tokyo Open the First Human Meat Restaurant?
2 December 2017Reports that a new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world to legally offer human meat to diners are fake news.
Did a Man Stuck 71 Hours in an Elevator Kill and Eat His Wife to Survive?
3 May 2017Desperate situations sometimes call for horrifically desperate measures.
Restaurant Shut Down for Serving Human Meat?
29 November 2017Rumors that various restaurants around the world were shuttered for serving "the most dangerous game" were fake news.
Couple High on Meth Eats Homeless Man?
A story about meth-addled cannibals came from a site that specializes in secondhand fake news.
Fright Night Bite
No, visitors to a Texas haunted house didn't discover a man eating a teenaged boy inside the attraction.
Nigeria: Restaurant Served Roasted Human Heads
Rumor: A hotel restaurant in Nigeria was found to be selling human meat.
Are Human Fetuses ‘Taiwan’s Hottest Dish’?
19 June 2001Photographs showing a man supposedly eating a dead baby served at a Taiwan restaurant originated with a piece of performance art.
LQP-79 Zombie Virus
A virus known as LQP-79 produces 'zombie-like' cannibalistic behavior in humans?
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Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?
13 June 2018In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of vaccinations.
Is This Video of a ‘Gyro Drop’ Amusement Park Ride Real?
14 June 2019The "Gyro Drop" is a real amusement park ride, but a popular video of it relies on some imagination.
Did Obama Pledge ‘More Flexibility’ Toward Russia After the 2012 Election?
13 December 2016In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would have "more flexibility" to negotiate with Putin after the election.
Will Woody Be Openly Bisexual in ‘Toy Story 4?’
3 June 2019A niche genre of 'satire' sexualizes animated characters.
Does Facebook Have ‘Shake-to-Report’ Feature That Lands Users in ‘Facebook Jail’?
14 June 2019As of late May 2019, a new Facebook feature allowing users to report technical problems by shaking their phones was being rolled out gradually to all mobile accounts.