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Satirical website World News Daily Report published a story titled "Zookeeper Arrested After Trying To Molest 500-Pound Male Gorilla". It opened: San Diego, CA | A San Diego zoo employee has been formally accused of repeated sexual assault on a 15-year-old male gorilla. Akimbo Obwe'bwe, a 29-year-old zoo intern originally from Gabon, was found guilty of feeding sedatives to Big…

A hoax article titled 'Creepy Clowns Plan Halloween Night Purge, Cops Warn "Stay Inside"' was recycled by fake news website ActionNews3 in october 2017. The story opened: Creepy Clowns Plan Halloween Night Purge "If you value the safety of yourself and your children, stay inside on Halloween night," warned the Sgt. William Stein during a meeting with the Department of…

Notoriously unreliable website ActionNews3 posted a Morgan Freeman death hoax titled "Legendary Actor Morgan Freeman Dead At Age 80" which opened: Morgan Freeman passed away in his Charleston, Mississippi home early this morning, according to his representatives. An investigation is underway, however the coroner stated his death was likely of 'natural causes.' The rest of the article is just copy-pasted…

Known fake news website ActionNews3 published a story titled "Osteen's Lakewood Church Checking Member's Tithe Records Before Allowing People into Church Shelter". The article opened: Lakewood Church was under fire after apparently not opening up the church to flood victims. The church disputed online criticism, stating "We are prepared to shelter people once the cities and county shelters reach capacity.""Victoria…

Fake news website ActionNews3 posted a death hoax article on or about August 18th 2017 about Rob Kardashian titled "ROB KARDASHIAN DEAD AT AGE 30: HANGS HIMSELF IN CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA HOME". It opened: Rob Kardashian allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling fan at his home $2.3 million home in Calabasas, California this morning. Before committing suicide, he allegedly sent a…

Fake news website ActionNews3 posted a hoax article titled "Trump Knocked Unconscious By Muslim Man Posing As Fox News Reporter" which opened: A radical Muslim who attempted to kill a Christian pastor earlier this month was arrested for an attack on President Donald Trump. According to the United States Secret Service, Ibn Yakoobi was a "Muslim extremist" who was part…

An untrustworthy site by the name of ActionNews3 posted a hoax titled: "REMEMBERING AN ICON: HUGH HEFNER DEAD AT AGE 91" somewhere on July 11th 2017. It opens: Hugh Hefner, Founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, was found dead of natural causes Sunday morning at his home, the Playboy Mansion, in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles,…

Fake news website now8news posted a Charles Manson death hoax some time ago which recently started trending again after a (different) Manson death fake news story went viral. The difference is that this time the cause of death is suicide while in the other story it was natural causes. Oh, and the five dead nurses for added gruesomeness. The old…

Lead Stories' Trendolizer has detected a trending HOAX story that claims a teen died while attempting the 'taser challenge'. This story was published by known hoax website Now8News and is NOT TRUE. The UNTRUE story reads: A 17-year-old boy, Trayton Smith, tragically lost his life after attempting an extremely dangerous challenge that has gone viral across the Internet. The…

There is a trending racist HOAX story making the rounds on the internet stating "Mom Puts Baby In The Oven Because He Was "Too Light Skinneded." Lead Stories had really hoped that this NOT TRUE story would just go away but that's not the case; it continues being shared so it's time to debunk the obvious. Although the NOT…