Category: Urban Legends

Claim:Charles Darwin, the author of THE SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION in 1859 and the champion of evolution, renounced his evolutionary theory and became a Christian on his deathbed.  This was reported by noblewoman Lady Hope who said she visited Darwin at his home …

Claim:This email says that a top executive from Procter and Gamble was on a television talk show such as Sally Jesse Raphael, Phil Donahue, or Jenny Jones and said that he’s a Satan worshiper.  He says that the profits from P & G go to …

Claim:An English commercial fisherman in the early part of the 20th Century is  thrown from his whaling ship and presumed lost at sea.  Later, he is discovered alive inside a whale that is harpooned by the whaling ship.  He is taken back to England where …

Claim:Halloween was a Satanic holiday. The Truth:Halloween does have some roots in a pagan (not Satanic) harvest festival. But the name of the holiday, pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat come from good origins! Erectile dysfunction is a sexual inhibiting disorder which takes away the ability of men …

Claim:Email warnings say that famed Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take religious music and programs off radio and television.  A petition number is mentioned, RM-2493, and people are encouraged to call or write the FCC to protest the …

Claim:Russian scientists conducting deep hole drilling experiments in Siberia break through the earth’s crust at more than 14 kilometers.  They find it unusually hot at that depth (2,000 degrees F).  As a part of trying to listen to movement in the earth’s crust, they drop …

Claim:Steve Irwin, the internationally famous “Crocodile Hunter” who was killed in a freak accident with a stingray, became a Christian just two weeks before his death and paid off all the debts of a church in Queensland. Example that appeared on the Internet I want …

Claim:A three-story computer in Brussels, Belgium called “The Beast,” is described as being the brain-child of the European Common Market.  It is said to be “self programming” and is intended to track the buying and selling activities of every person on earth.  Additionally, the system …

Claim:Email warnings say that famed Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take references to God out of the Touched By An Angel TV show.  A petition number is mentioned, RM-2493, and people are encouraged to call or write the FCC to …

An urban legend is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. The term is often used with a meaning similar to the expression “apocryphal story.” Urban legends are not necessarily untrue, but they are often false, distorted, …