All posts tagged "Classics"

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Urban Legend: NASA Space Pen

    A long-standing urban myth claims that NASA invested millions into developing a pen that would work in space while Russian cosmonauts simply used pencils.

  • Odd News
    Classic Odd News: 1895 Train Wreck Photo

    A classic photo shows a steam locomotive hanging nose-first from the second story of a what appears to be a train station, apparently having crashed through the wall. Is this photo real or fake?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Piltdown Man: The Hoax That Fooled Scientists For Decades

    Provoking controversy for a little over four decades, Piltdown Man was one of the most prodigious hoaxes ever unloaded on the scientific community.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Odd News: The Crichton Leprechaun

    On March 14th, 2006, NBC associate WPMI-TV out of Mobile, Alabama dispatched a news crew to the Crichton community to see why police had been called due to substantial groups of people congregating outdoors. Recalling the day, reporter Scott Walker explains on his website that “We heard reports of large crowds gathering...

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Fire in the Hole: The Legend of the Ghost Pepper

    Listening to high school students frequently attempt to one-up each other over the years has repeatedly exposed this English teacher to urban legends surrounding characteristics of the ghost pepper, often in the context of one student claiming to have eaten such a pepper followed by another insisting that such a feat is...

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Stay Away From the Light: The Poltergeist Curse

    For some, the mention of scary movies recalls the haunting image of a little blond girl with arms outstretched, hands pressed up against the flickering static of a console television’s screen. The Poltergeist movie trilogy may be campy by today’s standards, but the added mystery surrounding the death of several cast members...

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Hoax: Iraqi Militants Capture Toy Soldier

    Nearly a decade ago, Iraqi militants attempted to pass off a picture of a detailed action figure as a real prisoner. Today we revisit this laughable hoax.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Divining the Truth: The Ancient Mystical Practice of Dowsing

    One author looks at dowsing with divining rods, the ancient mystical practice used to locate ground water, graves, and other things underground.