• Hoax: Paul Walker Video Claiming to Show Actor Denying His Death Reports

    A video circulating on social media allegedly shows Paul Walker claiming that “it was some other dude” in the car accident on November 30. Is this video real or fake?

  • Did a Woman Kill for the Last Xbox on Black Friday?

    A news report circulating states that a woman in Chicago stabbed three other Walmart shoppers to death while trying to secure the last Xbox One during Black Friday. Is this true or false?

  • Fake Paul Walker Photo Circulates Amid Hoax Confusion

    A photo allegedly of Paul Walker in a hospital bed is circulating as “proof” that the star’s death was a hoax. Is this image real or fake?

  • Paul Walker’s “Death Hoax” Never Happened

    Reports of the death of Paul Walker were clouded by a fake “death hoax” report from a website which posts nearly identical death hoax articles for hundreds of celebrities. In short, there was not a death hoax for Paul Walker the day before he died.

  • Gauging Toddler Earlobes: Real or Hoax?

    An article circulating online states that a new trend among parents is the gauging of toddler earlobes. The article includes several images as proof. Is this real or merely a hoax?

  • False Facebook Christmas Tree App Warning

    A warning circulating on Facebook claims that the “Christmas Tree App” is a virus which will crash you computer. Is this warning true or false?

  • Is Bitstrips an NSA Trojan?

    Is Bitstrips, the cartoon generation app, actually a secret spying tool implemented by the NSA? That’s what one internet rumor claims.

  • Rotating Egyptian Statue: Solved

    In June 2013, time-lapse photography showed an Egyptian statue which slowly rotated – without any power source – to turn away from onlookers at a museum over an 11-hour period. Now a British engineer claims to have solved the mystery.