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SpongeBob SquarePants Death

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 3, 2003 Did a child drown after jumping into ocean to see SpongeBob SquarePants?
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Child Abduction from Theme Park Thwarted by Shoes

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 12, 2001 Urban legend holds that an attempted abduction of a child from a big box store, mall, or amuseme ...
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Deaths of Children Left in Cars

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 27, 2001 Baby left in car by forgetful parent dies?
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Quieting Children with Gas

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 23, 2001 A babysitter quiets her charges by gassing them.
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Baby High Chair Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 22, 2001 Was a baby left in a high chair to await the sitter discovered dead when his vacationing parents ...
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Student AIDS

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 17, 2001 Blood drive at the local high school reveals 20% of the students were HIV positive?
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Punished by Castration

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 22, 2001 Child takes parent's exaggerated warning literally and acts on it?
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Tales of black-hearted madmen doling out poisoned Halloween candy to unsuspecting little tykes have been around for decades — they were part of my Halloween experience more than forty years ago.

Poisoned Halloween Candy

Written by:
Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov 1, 2000 Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...
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Pins and razors and needles in Halloween candy is the subject of this story.

Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy

Written by:
Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov 1, 2000 Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the ...
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LSD Tattoos

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Oct 16, 2000 Drug dealers hand out LSD-laced tattoos of cartoon characters to schoolchildren?
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Mutilated Boy

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Aug 28, 2000 Did a gang lure a little boy into a washroom and chop off his penis?
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Heroin Needle in the Ballpit

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jul 14, 2000 A boy named Kevin Archer did not die of a heroin overdose after being stuck with a syringe in a ...
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Do Dealers Smuggle Drugs in Dead Babies?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
May 12, 2000 Cautionary drug tale posits that dealers use hollowed-out bodies of dead children to smuggle coc ...
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Shannon's Friend

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sep 21, 1998 Policeman cyberstalks a young girl to show her how information could be used to find someone?
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