Walmart Gang Initiation: Shooting Texts a Mass Urban Legend Hoax

Reports of a text message about a gang initiation stunt requiring the random shooting of people at a Walmart are a hoax.  (See the comments stream below for a growing list of people in different parts of the...

The Top Urban Legends, Internet Hoaxes and Pranks

The Internet is many things, and one of those things is a conduit for the spread of urban legends, hoaxes and even pranks.  My wife, Peggy Robin, and I moderate a 5,100-member neighborhood email list in...