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Be Very, Very Quiet

Posted August 4, 2025July 29, 2001 in Categories Crime, Photo6 Comments

The story is amazing enough, but adding the photos really drives it home. Read the story before scrolling down: it’s worth it.

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The Big Easy: Do As We Say, Not As We Do!

Posted August 4, 2025March 18, 2001 in Categories Adult, Bureaucracy, Crime, Holidays, Photo, Special5 Comments

NOTICE: Includes NSFW Photo

From This is True, issued 5 March 2000:

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Mike the Headless Chicken

Posted August 4, 2025April 26, 2000 in Categories Animals, Celebrities, Photo, Special10 Comments

Update! See below.

Sometimes you come across a story that really, really seems too weird to be true. Sure we’ve all heard about chickens who run around the barnyard after getting their heads chopped off. But for over a year?

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Valentine’s Greetings from Mars

Posted August 4, 2025February 14, 2000 in Categories Holidays, Photo2 Comments

When This is True brings you greetings, we don’t think small, we bring you the world! In this case, the planet Mars. (Yes, I know Venus is the goddess of love, but this is more up the Current Events alley, OK?)

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Rants and Raves over “Austin Powers”

Posted August 1, 2025July 18, 1999 in Categories Adult, Photo, Reader Feedback, Special17 Comments

One of the first highly controversial stories in True, with some readers loving it, and others hating it. So let’s start with the story that started it all (in the 18 July 1999 issue):

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