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'Mermaids: The Body Found' is a hoax

Animal Planet recently aired a documentary titled "Mermaids: The Body Found" providing graphic proof that mermaids exist. There's...
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Story of rich banker tipping a niggardly 1% turns out to be hoax

  • Hoax
  • February 28, 2012
How greedy are members of the so-called 1%? A “news item” reported last Friday by the Huffington Post and CNN seemed to answer that...
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Abducted teen found in Vallejo but was it a hoax?

  • Christina Almanza found
  • December 10, 2011
Many people feel that a teen should be held responsible for her actions after she left a message with her family that she had been abducted and now...
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Brady Bunch Creator Shares How He Used Hoax to Scare Child Actors into Behaving

A couple of weeks ago, television writer Sherwood Schwartz died at 94. Most people may not know his name—a moniker worthy of a Catskills...
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Beware of snakes: Salvation Army issued statement regarding donation hoax

  • Hoax asking for donations for Japan
  • March 18, 2011
The Salvation Army’s motto is: “Doing the most good." and “We combat natural disasters with acts of God.”However, it...
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Man carjacked after party hoax

  • man carjacked after hoax
  • March 13, 2011
In San Diego, California, a man got an unpleasant surprise after he was invited to what he believed was a joyous house party.San Diego police say...
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Home invaders who posed as cable company workers remain at large

In Deer Park, Texas, three men remain at large after authorities say they disguised themselves as cable company workers and invaded a home,...
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Story of Seattle female jogger assailed turned out to be false

Authorities in Seattle, Washington say that the story about a 26-year-old woman who claimed that she was attacked by a man at approximately 1:50am...
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Lawyer for 'YouTube fountain lady' denies fountain fall was a hoax

Follow me on TwitterCathy Cruz Marrero, 49, now known as the "Fountain Lady," has denied that her fall into a Berkshire Mall fountain was...
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Olive Garden restaurant robbed; suspect still at large

  • Man robs Olive Garden restaurant
  • January 20, 2011
Authorities in Sugar Land, Texas say that a robbery took place at an Olive Garden restaurant last week.The restaurant where the holdup occurred is...
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