Rumours soon began circulating that Zoe and Michael had decided to use a slow poison to kill him.

Rumours of poison, administered by Leicester, immediately sprung up and continued notwithstanding an official investigation which concluded that Essex had died of natural causes.

* Bob Brunning, The Fleetwood Mac Story: Rumours and Lies, Omnibus Press, 2004 ; foreword by B. B.

Rumours circulated of a brain haemorrhage, followed by reports he had been mugged and that he had drunk himself to death.

Rumours of the group disbanding were publicly denied by Bevan.

Rumours about a new, online series of The Fast Show being commissioned by Fosters have been confirmed with Whitehouse starring in the first of six weekly episodes due to launch on the 10th of November 2011.

Rumours of an uprising by slaves in 1694 led to the gruesome execution of three slaves and cruel punishment of many others.

Rumours of an impending coup d ' état by younger army officers against the government of President Mohammed Agha Yahya Khan swept the country.

( Nicks was quoted by Billboard saying that her new album was " my own little Rumours.

Over the years, Nicks has developed a style which she calls her " uniform ", which is best exemplified by the outfit worn on the cover of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, perhaps the base inspiration for many of her costumes.

Rumours of a new studio album co-written with Guy Chambers surfaced in early 2007, along with known commitments required by Williams to his EMI contract.

Rumours sprang up that his illness was radiation sickness and that it was caused by radioactive strontium being placed in his soup during his stay in Moscow in an attempt to kill him.

Rumours of these actions by Frederick II shocked the French.

For example, consider the references to the use of a Dobro guitar on songs like " The Ballad of Curtis Loew " by Lynyrd Skynyrd, " Valium Waltz " by the Old 97's, " When Papa Played the Dobro " by Johnny Cash on the Ride This Train album, or " Gold Dust Woman ", a song by Fleetwood Mac from the album Rumours which features a a Dobro.

Rumours that he was an agent of the Soviet secret service surfaced later, begun by Hungarian party-leader Károly Grósz in 1989 in an attempt to discredit Nagy.

Rumours of their death were in circulation by late 1483, but Richard never attempted to prove that they were alive by having them seen in public, which strongly suggests that they were dead by then.

Rumours that Bruce's middle name is " Anthony " have yet to be confirmed by DC Comics.

Dystheistic sentiment has also made its way into popular music, evincing itself in controversial songs like " Dear God " by the band XTC ( later covered by Sarah McLachlan ) and " Blasphemous Rumours " by Depeche Mode, which tells the story of a teenage girl who attempted suicide, survived, and turned her life over to God, only to be hit by a car, wind up on life support, and eventually die.

Rumours among his associates ( somewhat confirmed in the GURPS Discworld RPG sourcebook co-written by Pratchett ) imply that the glass eye is in fact a scrying crystal, which might go some way towards explaining his abilities but also means that he implanted notoriously erratic Discworld magic into his own eye-socket.

Rumours were rife that he was incapable of fathering a child and that the new Prince of Wales was the result of an adulterous liaison.

Rumours were spread that the King was going to strip the parish churches too, and even tax cattle and sheep.

Rumours reached them in Corfu of agitation in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, where the people were being represented as ready to rise en masse at the first appearance of a leader.

Rumours that Prince Albert Victor may have committed, or been responsible for, the Jack the Ripper murders were first mentioned in print in 1962.

Rumours arose that he was of princely parentage, possibly of Baden origin, but there were also claims that he was an impostor.

Rumours about the Posts imminent closure were chronic.

Rumours that it was then translated into French were taken seriously by some: however, not by Voltaire who issued a satirical reply.

Rumours that he was going to move the capital of the Empire to Syracuse were probably fatal for Constans.

Rumours of a mob fix were brought up causing some to maintain Sharkey threw the fight.

Rumours about potential repercussions, many of them false, made their way to the Grand Council, and were one of the factors in their decision to stage a coup against the Emperor.

Rumours spread that the prices paid for land were to be well below market value, and local protests erupted throughout the summer.

Rumours of a world tour, which some believe is further evidence for imminent release of new material, were made concrete by confirmation of live FSOL appearances at 2009's Bestival event in the UK, and a festival run by Existenz in Athens, Greece, and an 11-hour Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble curated tent at 2009's Green Man festival, which included a performance by Hawkwind.

Rumours began and were fuelled by Liverpool's visit to Leeds Road on 28 November.

Rumours were soon spreading that St. Cyr was a " bad bed fellow ".

Rumours of a Ferrari return for 1998 were false.

Rumours that the general election was called so that certain Fianna Fáil members could raise money for themselves were also doing the rounds at the time.

Rumours were also afoot that Nzinga had actually poisoned him, and these rumours were repeated by the Portuguese as grounds for not honouring her right to succeed her brother.

Rumours spread around the Internet that TV3 were in talks with producers of the show.

Rumours circulated that an Amstrad PC would overheat, and while existing owners would note that this did not happen, new buyers were discouraged.

Rumours circulated that either the Bolsheviks finally got him ( or that Hitler had taken his firm " no " badly ), but soon lost relevance in the general clamour and mayhem of World War II.

Rumours circulated that Gannon would soon be on his way out.

Rumours surfaced that Alan Wilder was to start work on a new album pretty soon.