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Did the FBI reveal that murdered former Arkansas Senator Linda Collins-Smith planned to expose a child pornography and child sex trafficking syndicate? No, that's not true: It is a false claim made up by a fake news site that is notorious for attributing non-existent FBI sources in untrue conspiracy stories. The FBI and Arkansas State Police denied to Lead Stories…

Were 10,800 U.S. children raped by illegal immigrants in 2018? Almost certainly not. The actual statistics haven't been published yet and the 10,800 number is just a very sloppy extrapolation based on data from one state that also includes non-rapes. The story went viral via an article published on January 2, 2019 titled "NCFIRE: 10,800 U.S. Children Were Raped By…

Was a pedophile's decapitated corpse found on a judge's doorstep after a bail hearing? No, this is not true. In fact, it is an old recycled hoax apparently inspired by a real decapitation murder in Mississippi in June 2017. The image used in the story was taken from a local TV station website's report on the discovery of the headless…

Did Pope Francis give diplomatic immunity to a priest named Carlo Alberto Capella for the express purpose of avoiding a jail sentence for posessing and trading child pornography? No, that's not true: an article with a highly misleading headline to that effect was posted by a site that regularily twists the facts in its headlines and the first paragraphs of…

Was a 59-year-old pedophile named Adam Peever arrested in a Chicago, Illinois Walmart fro making love to a Berenguer baby doll? No, that's not true: that story originated from a website that habitually makes up bizarre stories about weird crimes and sex acts purely for entertainment value. It did not happen, the story is not real. It was originally published…

There is a fake/hoax story making the rounds on the interwebs about former Subway spokesperson being murdered in prison. This is simply not true. He is still alive and kicking, with a lifelong supply of footlongs in prison. The fake story starts with "According to local police, Jared Fogle, the disgraced former Subway pitchman who was convicted on child pornography…

The story that a slaughterhouse worker in Sulphur Springs, Texas, is suspected of murdering 71 co-workers over 17 years is trending hard on social networks, but it is not true, Lead Stories has confirmed. Several questionable websites reported that a man identified as Jeremiah Burroughs got rid of his victims at a rendering plant next to the Sulphur Springs,…