Is a New Hand Sign Being Used by Teens to Acquire Drugs? A Facebook post suggesting that teenagers are using a common hand sign to show they... Fact Check Read more
Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy 2 November 2000 Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the years. Fact Check Read more
Poisoned Halloween Candy 2 November 2000 Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to children on... Fact Check Read more
Did a Soldier Return From Deployment to Find Their Family Dead? 1 October 2010 The horrifying homecoming is a long-running legend that might be based on a true tragedy. Fact Check Read more
Smoking Bedbugs to Get High 10 April 2014 Rumor: Schoolkids are smoking and injecting crushed bedbugs to get high from a hallucinogenic substance... Fact Check Read more
Drugs Smuggled in Dead Babies 12 May 2000 Cautionary drug tale posits that dealers use hollowed-out bodies of dead children to smuggle cocaine... Fact Check Read more
Baby Killed by Electric Shock from Cord Rumor: Image depicts a toddler who was electrocuted after playing with an electrical cord. Fact Check Read more
Kids Using Burt’s Bees on Eyelids to Get High? Rumor: Kids are rubbing Burt's Bees lip balm on their eyelids to get high. Fact Check Read more
Origin of 'Baby on Board' Signs Rumor: The death of an infant in an auto accident led to the invention of... Fact Check Read more
Chubby Bunny Marshmallows Choking Death 17 March 2006 Account of a child's death while playing the 'Chubby Bunny' marshmallow-stuffing game. Fact Check Read more
Razor Blades Found in Playground Equipment Razor blades were discovered glued to playground equipment in a public park. Fact Check Read more
Snorting Smarties Are schoolkids really 'snorting' and 'smoking' Smarties and putting themselves at risk of contracting nasal... Fact Check Read more