Email Chain Letters
'Little Dead Girl Clarissa' Warning - Nasty and Violent Internet Chain LetterWidely circulated Internet chain message warns recipients that, if they do not read and pass on the message, the ghost of a little girl named "Clarissa" will visit their rooms at night and kill them.
Published: October 5, 2012
Hoax Chain Letter - The Vengeful Ghost of Carmen WinsteadCirculating message tells the story of teenager Carmen Winstead who supposedly died after being pushed into a sewer by school bullies. The message claims that Carmen's ghost returned to exact revenge on the bullies and continues to come back and kill those who do not resend her story.
Published: 11th December 2011
Moon Split Miracle Chain LetterChain message claims to present photographic evidence that the moon was once split in two thereby supposedly giving scientific support to Islamic stories of a miracle once performed by the Prophet Muhammad in which he split the moon into two parts.
Published: 7th September 2010
Cindy Hogman (or Hogan) Prayer Request EmailEmail claiming to be from Gary Hogman, (aka Gary Hogan) a soldier serving in Iraq, asks recipients to pray for Gary's wife Cindy who has been diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Published: 24th March 2009
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Prayer Request EmailEmail forward, claiming to be a "Special Prayer Request from Peggy Lesley at Brookwood Church" asks you to pray for an 11 year old boy who has Hodgkin's Lymphoma before adding your name to the message and sending it to as many people as possible
Published: 2nd February 2009
Bloody Mary Curse Chain EmailChain email claims to be cursed once opened and warns that "Bloody Mary" will kill the recipient if the email is not quickly sent to others.
Published: 31st December 2008
Miracle in Egypt - Buried Children Saved By JesusEmail forward tells the story of two Egyptian children who were buried alive by their murderous father but miraculously survived underground for fifteen days with the help of a "man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands".
Published: 18th August 2008
Person On The Bridge Hoax EmailEmail that includes a photograph of a wooden foot bridge on a forest walking track claims that a person will appear on the bridge if the email is forwarded to at least five other people
Published: 7th April 2008
Our Lady of Guadalupe Chain EmailEmail warns that bad luck will befall those who do not send an attached "miraculous and sacred" image to at least 20 people within 13 days.
Published: 14th March 2008
Most Beautiful Mummy Good Luck Chain LetterEmail chain letter with an attached photograph of a child mummy claims that those who send the message to twenty friends will receive good luck.
Published: 24th August 2007
