Islington
Now [UK]
14 March
2019
Exclusive: How the Astrosnacks “hoax” email alert
emerged in Islington and spread to schools across London
Warnings
of a supposedly dangerous sweet called Astrosnacks have caused widespread
concern across London, despite authorities failing to verify the claims. […] A
text alert […], seen by the parents of over 300 children, read: “We have
received information from the Met police to say that a fake snack bar called
‘Astrosnacks’ is being sold to children in the Highgate area which makes them
violently sick and have hallucinations. Please warn your child not to
purchase/eat it if offered.” […]
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Palm Beach
Post [FL]
2 May 2019
Florida History: World War II continued; German POWs
and Urban Legends
[…] Among
the urban legends, the most persistent is that German subs supposedly sent
parties ashore to buy supplies or pick up goods from “nests” of sympathizers.
It was rumored that searches of captured boats had revealed American
cigarettes, a Holsum bakery wrapper and tickets for West Palm Beach’s Florida
Theatre. (This urban legend verifies the tradition of those that surface in
different towns. Historians in New Jersey and North Carolina reporting the same
legends mention bakeries and movie theaters as well.) […]
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[The
Villages is a Florida retirement community.]
Villages
News [FL]
4 May 2019
Villages 101: What’s the truth behind urban legend of
STDs in The Villages?
The year
was 2006 and a Villages gynecologist was about to make a serious dent in the
image of Florida’s Friendliest Hometown – one that wasn’t going to be welcomed
with open arms. During an interview, the OB-GYN reported that she’d treated
more cases of herpes and human papillomavirus at The Villages than she did when
she practiced in Miami. It was a statement that she’d later somewhat recant and
clarify, but the damage was done. There was a heightened awareness of the
possibility of promiscuity in The Villages and the story spread like wildfire.
[…]
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