There is a viral video trend gaining momentum on social media about a claim that “Jerry Dunk”, a New York City hot dog vendor in 1963, lured men secretly to their deaths beneath his food stand.
Alongside this video are the AI-generated images of basketball icon, LeBron James, as “Jerry the Dunk”, and horror-filled videos showing a burner and a secret basketball court.
Many, after seeing these videos, have been left wondering, Is this true?
The simple answer to this question is false; the videos are not true there is no record of a man named Jerry Dunk owning a hot dog cart in the city of NewYork at that time.
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From our research thus far, we have discovered that the claims are false in their entirety, and there was no one with that name connected to any crimes.
The story is steadily gaining momentum on TikTok; however was completely made up using AI tools. The story, according to expert researchers, gained attention due to its strange mix of horror and nostalgia.
Officials and historians are debunking the claim, saying; no Jerry Dunk existed and there was no incident of such that occurred in 1963 New York.
