Halloween 2015 Rumours and Hoaxes

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Does using blue bucket at Halloween indicate autism? Fact Check

A message spreading online claims that someone carrying a blue bucket during Halloween trick-or-treating festivities is likely to be autistic,…

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

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

9 years ago
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The Jersey Devil (photo sort of debunked.)

A photo purporting to show the Jersey Devil taken in Atlantic City is going viral across the Internet. Taken by…

9 years ago
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Is there a new Halloween drug disguised as Gummi Bears?

Another Halloween warning is going viral across social media warning viewers of a "new type of drug" that is in…

9 years ago
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Is 2015 the 666th recorded Halloween?

Rumours are spreading online that Halloween 2015 will be the 666th instance of the celebration. As if Halloween wasn't spooky…

9 years ago
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The “new shapes of ecstasy” being given out at Halloween?

Rumours that parents should be on the lookout for ecstasy laced candy during the annual Halloween trick or treat custom…

9 years ago
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Does Halloween 2015 really fall on Friday the 13th? No.

A rumour is running riot on Facebook that claims Halloween is going to fall on a Friday 13th, and this…

9 years ago
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3 Halloween legends that actually are true

(Post updated July 2016.) The annual festival of witches, ghouls and ghosts is nearly upon us yet again, and this…

11 years ago
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Gang Initiation Hoaxes

Warnings that spread online cautioning readers against the latest "gang initiation" attacks are a popular type of alarmist hoax. If…

11 years ago