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Chubby Bunny Marshmallows Choking Death

Account of a child's death while playing the 'Chubby Bunny' marshmallow-stuffing game.

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Origin of 'Baby on Board' Signs

Rumor: The death of an infant in an auto accident led to the invention of 'Baby on Board' signs.

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Kids Using Burt’s Bees on Eyelids to Get High?

Rumor: Kids are rubbing Burt's Bees lip balm on their eyelids to get high.

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Baby Killed by Electric Shock from Cord

Rumor: Image depicts a toddler who was electrocuted after playing with an electrical cord.

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Drugs Smuggled in Dead Babies

Cautionary drug tale posits that dealers use hollowed-out bodies of dead children to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.

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Smoking Bedbugs to Get High

Rumor: Schoolkids are smoking and injecting crushed bedbugs to get high from a hallucinogenic substance they contain.

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Returning Soldier Finds Family Dead

A serviceman returning from deployment discovers his wife died while he was away, and his children have starved to death.

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Poisoned Halloween Candy

Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to children on Halloween.

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Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy

Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the years.

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Is a New Hand Sign Being Used by Teens to Acquire Drugs?

A Facebook post suggesting that teenagers are using a common hand sign to show they wish to buy drugs was intended to be humorous.

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Did a Soldier Return From Deployment to Find Their Family Dead?

The horrifying homecoming is a long-running legend that might be based on a true tragedy.

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Razor Blades Found in Playground Equipment

Razor blades were discovered glued to playground equipment in a public park.

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LSD Tattoos

Drug dealers hand out LSD-laced tattoos of cartoon characters to schoolchildren?

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Foiled Child Abduction in Tupelo Rumor

Mexican woman attempts to abduct tot from store in Tupelo, MS?

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Quieting Children with Gas

A babysitter quiets her charges by gassing them.

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Snorting Smarties

Are schoolkids really 'snorting' and 'smoking' Smarties and putting themselves at risk of contracting nasal maggots?

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Heroin Needle in the Ballpit

A boy named Kevin Archer did not die of a heroin overdose after being stuck with a syringe in a playground ball pit.

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Did a Soldier Return From Deployment to Find Their Family Dead?

The horrifying homecoming is a long-running legend that might be based on a true tragedy.

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Silly Bandz Danger

A child injured his arm through extended wearing of Silly Bandz?

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Grieving Parents Accidentally Kill Other Child

Parents of murdered Virginia Tech co-ed unthinkingly back over other child on way to airport?

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