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Did a 17-year-old teenager in Bowling Green, Kentucky crash a car into a building while maturbating to the gear shift under the influcence of "female viagra"? No, that's not true, the story was made up by a site that invents tales of bizarre crimes and weird sex acts for entertainment purposes. It did not happen for real. The story originated…

Was an obese woman arrested for starving her seven kids and did she say "there was only enough food for me"? Nope, that story was made up by a fake news website a few years ago but was recently recycled by another hoax website. The latest copy of the article was published on March 23, 2018 by a relative new…

There is no truth to the story about a supposed NFL lawyer by the name of "Dan Goodes" being found dead in New York City after telling reporters that the upcoming Super Bolw LII was "rigged". The story originated on notoriously unreliable website YourNewsWire.com in an article (archived here) titled "NFL Lawyer, Who Claimed Super Bowl Is 'Rigged', Found Dead"…

Fake regional newspapers Houston Leader, Sacramento Dispatch, NY Morning Post, Indy Gazette and Salt Lake City Guardian have been the target of fake news debunkings a lot recently here at Lead Stories. At first we thought they were just run of the mill fake news websites designed to attract visitors with over-the-top headlines and spectacular 'news' hoping to make a…

Based on an unsourced and unverified rumor, an article from fake news website USA Supreme is going viral with a headline claiming Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show will include a 'Muslim Tribute'. UPDATE: The story is part of a fake news campaign to promote the movie "A Cure for Wellness". The article is basically a cut-and-paste job from an…

A fake news website is claiming Trump's recent executive order on immigration has lead to the capture of a terror suspect named Rasheed Muhammad. The article opens like this: Terror suspect, Rasheed Muhammad, was arrested on Tuesday, January 30, at approximately 1:32AM EST at John F. Kennedy International Airport. This marks the first successful story following President Trump's executive order…

There is a NOT TRUE story on a known hoax/fake website with the header "Beyonce Announces Private Security Firm Consisting of Black Panthers". Although it comes from a hoax website many people don't read the fine print at the bottom of the page. Some of the fake stories out there are humorous and harmless, but then you have a NOT…

There is a NOT TRUE story on a known hoax/fake website with the header "Police Officer Gunned Down in Broad Daylight, Shooter Cites Beyonce". Although it comes from a hoax website many people don't read the fine print at the bottom of the page. Some of the fake stories out there are humorous and harmless, but then you have a…