Hoax Slayer (stylized as Hoax-Slayer) was a fact-checking website[2][3] established in 2003 by Brett Christensen, dedicated to critically analyzing the veracity of urban legends.
[6] Stories it has debunked include fake videos claiming to depict Malaysia Airlines Flight 370,[7] myths that the 2013 supermoon appeared bigger than it really did,[8] and a "Simon Ashton" hoax claiming that emails from Simon Ashton should not be opened because doing so would lead to your computer being hacked.
[10] Brett M. Christensen, a resident of Bundaberg, Australia, worked as a caravan park cleaner before he founded Hoax-Slayer.com in August 2003.
[11][12] He wrote most of the site's articles, but two of his three sons, according to him, "help maintain the website and do invaluable work behind the scenes.
"[13] In addition to debunking hoaxes, Christensen has noted that many of them are "loosely derived" from real events.