A newlywed couple had their first baby. Annie, the baby’s mother, was afraid to leave the baby alone with anyone so the once social couple, found themselves spending their nights at home. Finally, when the baby was about 5 months old, Annie’s husband Jack decided to hire a babysitter to watch the child while they … Read more
It was Friday night and Ashley, a 16 year old girl, was babysitting 2 little boys. The boy’s parents weren’t supposed to come home until very late, so she put them to bed and sat downstairs in the living room to watch some TV. She was flipping channels and came to the evening news. The … Read more
A new privacy chain message is circulating across Facebook, which states that there are a handful of people who some how have gained access to your Facebook profile and are now spying on what you do. The reality is that this rumor is completely false, however thousands of users are now circulating the message. The … Read more
If you’ve seen some sketchy looking amber alert messages flying around Twitter or Facebook lately, do some research and check them out before you cry wolf. Check http://www.missingkids.com and see the current kids who could REALLY use our help. This one is fake by the way… http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/10/05/hoax-amber-alert-license-plate-98b351.htm Posted via email from Urban Legends Online
Sorry, guys, it’s quick and for a kid’s school project! (You are the ones I thought might follow through, either because you work in a school, you have kids, you like science, or you’re just plain nice.) This is for a Science Fair project. Copy and paste this letter into a new email (PLEASE do … Read more
The time is about 1917. Smallpox rears its ugly face and mass inoculation follows on its heels. It is customary, at this time, to inoculate all children in schools against the dreaded disease. Obtaining consent from the parents before inoculating the child is not customary. Children are routinely inoculated, at school, several times for the … Read more
This story happened on a cold mid-autumn day somewhere in the mid-western states. Two gentlemen were working in the town’s small general store. The store was quiet and no customers were shopping until she walked in. A small frail woman dressed in gray entered the store, and proceeded toward the dairy section, saying nothing. She … Read more
Lucy had been given a small doll as a gift from her parents. The doll was to them by an ancient great aunt who had now passed away. Lucy was secretly unnerved by the doll which had nasty little black eyes that seemed to follow her around the room and a cross expression on its … Read more
A young couple were waiting impatiently to leave on their first vacation since the baby was born. The young mother’s aunt had promised to babysit but was thirty minutes late. The young woman called her elderly aunt to find out what was going on, the old woman apologized for her forgetfulness, and said she’d speed … Read more
Brian was crazy about the carnival. He went to see it every summer it came to his town and he had never missed a year. He knew every ride and attraction by heart: the Ferris wheel, the gypsy fortune teller, the shooting gallery, throw a dart and get a poster game, even the freak show … Read more