• Halloween 2015 Rumours and Hoaxes
  • Internet Hoaxes

Did a Texas man really eat a teen boy inside a haunted house?

11 years ago

A bizarre rumour claiming a man named Phillip Harris was found eating a teenage boy alive in a horror attraction…

  • Facebook
  • Survey/Rewards Schemes

Is Marlboro giving away free cartons for 100th anniversary?

11 years ago

Links are spreading virally on Facebook that claim tobacco brand Marlboro are giving away free cartons of cigarettes to celebrate…

  • Google
  • Internet Hoaxes

Google continues to list spoof websites as real news

11 years ago

We've discovered that Google is still listing spoof websites as real news in its “In the news” section that appears…

  • Google
  • In The News

YouTube launch premium service with dodgy name

11 years ago

YouTube have just launched their premium subscription service where those who sign up can forgo having to see ads, along…

  • Internet Hoaxes

Michael J Fox hasn’t been arrested for insider trading

11 years ago

There is plenty of fake news masquerading as "satire" out there that isn't really satire so much as it is…

  • Facebook
  • Survey/Rewards Schemes

Watch out for “free cases of Smirnoff” scam on Facebook

11 years ago

Claims that Smirnoff is giving away free cases of vodka to celebrate their 150th anniversary are spreading across Facebook. The…

  • In The News

Yes, Back to the Future Day’s arrived! What did it get right?

11 years ago

Yes, today REALLY IS 'Back to the Future' Day! Finally we can say it instead of debunking it. Today -…

  • Privacy

German police ask parents to stop posting photos of their kids online.

11 years ago

Police in Germany are imploring parents to think twice before uploading photos of their children on social media, or at…

  • Internet Hoaxes

Has NASA’s Kepler Telescope found a “colossal artificial structure”?

11 years ago

The Internet is abuzz with claims that NASA’s Kepler Telescope has found evidence of an alien civilisation after seeing a…

  • Internet Hoaxes

The Bristol Zoo parking attendant swindler story

11 years ago

A story about a man who posed as a parking attendant for 25 years at Bristol Zoo only to disappear…