Tag Archives: Hoax

Another bomb scare in Brownhills?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

There’s been another bomb scare in Brownhills this morning. Thankfully, yet again it was a hoax…

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Police incident this afternoon

Posted on February 2, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

It seems there was a hoax bomb alert in Brownhills this afternoon. Contrary to rumour, nobody is hurt and the incident wasn’t caused by a suicide.

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Ramblings of a Mad Old Baggage: A hoax scam

Posted on March 3, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Whilst I was grumbling about urban myths being propagated by Peter Rhodes the other day, that excellent local blogger Linda Mason has crafted a fine blog post about such dissemination elsewhere. Neighbourhood watch newsletters are notorious vectors of urban myths, … Continue reading →

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