Rumors alleging that Diocletian's death was merely being kept secret until Galerius could come to assume power spread through the city.

Rumors spread that maybe " Stevie Wonder " should be traded.

Rumors spread about his incredible strength – a strength that was the size of his temper.

Rumors that Larry Wachowski was transitioning gender spread in the early 2000s, though neither sibling had spoken directly on the subject.

Rumors spread that the deaths were a deliberate act of revenge for an Israeli shopper that was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in Gaza four days earlier.

Rumors spread among fans of albums being recorded and then shelved.

Rumors spread that Shevkal wanted to occupy the throne for himself and introduce Islam to the city.

Rumors spread in the territory about the motives for the troop movement.

Rumors spread at an American Society of Equity meeting in Bismarck that a state legislator named Treadwell Twichell had told a group of farmers to " go home and slop the hogs.

Rumors spread that the studio, Fox Searchlight, had forced changes on Romanek that seriously altered the film from how he had intended it.

Rumors quickly spread that Vanderjagt would be released by the Cowboys before the regular season began.

Rumors spread through the South that 30, 000 Northerners were descending on Kansas, and in November 1854, thousands of armed pro-slavery men known as " Border Ruffians ," mostly from Missouri, poured over the line in an attempt to steal the election to Congress of a single territorial delegate.

Rumors of an impending WWE buyout of the WCCW video library began to spread on internet message boards the following year, and on June 5, 2006, the company issued a press release announcing that the purchase had been finalized.

Rumors begin to spread, and several people believe Hector and Theodora to be lovers.

Rumors spread that the person behind the dismissal was Leah Hager, wife of the rebbe, who died more than ten years ago ; she was the most important woman in Vizhnitz holding great influence over her husband.

Rumors of the planned event spread to the local Spanish authorities who acted swiftly and put an end to what would be the last major uprising in the island to Spanish colonial rule.

Rumors spread that more massacres were coming soon.

Rumors of Crazy Horse's desire to slip away and return to the old ways of life started to spread at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies.

Rumors spread that his brother Kublai founded a de facto independent ulus ( district ) and perhaps took for himself some of the tax receipts that should by rights be coming to Karakorum.

Rumors spread that Yoong was to be replaced by either Alonso, who was Renault's test driver or Bryan Herta and Justin Wilson.

Rumors also spread that Barzani was given a rank in the Red Army, which appears to have been false.

Rumors of a secret military supplement to the treaty soon spread.

Rumors of the new law quickly spread throughout the area and the colonists seemed on the brink of revolt.

Rumors of police censorship spread quickly ; Morante ignored the request and performed the play as planned.

Rumors of the offer Tom Horn had made at the Stockgrowers' Association meeting had leaked out by then, and as a grand jury investigation of the murder got underway, the prosecuting attorney, a Colonel Baird, ordered that the tall stock detective be summoned for questioning.

Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years.

Rumors that he had bribed the board and concern that he would be likened to Jack Dempsey, who had received negative publicity for failure to serve in World War I, led Greenberg to be reexamined, and he was found fit to serve.

Rumors also circulated that Bismarck had made overtures toward Arnim's wife, which further inflamed tensions.

Rumors of poisoning were fueled, in part, by a book called The Strange Death of President Harding, in which the author ( convicted criminal, former Ohio Gang member, and detective Gaston Means, hired by Mrs. Harding to investigate Warren Harding and his mistress ) suggested that Mrs. Harding had poisoned her husband.

Rumors of the death of Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa at the hands of Tutsis, who had beaten him, set off a violent retaliation, called the wind of destruction.

Rumors immediately arose that Olaf had been poisoned which gave rise to many years later to the story of " false Olaf " ( see below ).

Rumors of his proof began to circulate in March 1984, but many mathematicians were sceptical, because de Branges had earlier announced some false results, including a claimed proof of the invariant subspace conjecture in 1964 ( incidentally, in December 2008 he published a new claimed proof for this conjecture on his website ).

American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors had a track named " Ship of Fools " on their 1990 self-titled album.

Rumors had long circulated about Sommerlath's life and career during World War II, especially so when his daughter's relationship with the future King of Sweden became known, but until his death in 1990, the businessman denied any connection to the Nazi Party.

Rumors of a railroad to be built through southwestern Minnesota had circulated in the 1850s, and even though no survey had been taken for the railroad, the town of Gretchtown had been created-at least on paper-to serve as a stopping point.

Rumors had been circulating in the press for several weeks that Presley, who had begun his career at Sun Records, was ready to move to RCA Victor to help launch him nationally.

Rumors had been circulating in Washington that Black would resign in the event that Truman chose Jackson as Chief Justice Stone ’ s successor.

Rumors that Moog had to go to court over the patent seem to be nothing more ; ' differences ' with ARP at one point were settled amicably.

Rumors floated that she had either tried to commit suicide or had been murdered.

A chamberlain recalled: " Rumors of his eccentricity had made me doubt his capability, but my worry turned out to be utterly groundless when I met this well-mannered and polite man.

Rumors circulated for years that the two had a romantic relationship.

Rumors circulated that Frazier had died.