Claim: The purchaser of a new pair of shrink-to-fit jeans attempted to achieve the perfect skin-tight size by wearing them while soaking in a bathtub and was killed by the crushing force of the constricted pants
Fact-check: Shrink-to-Fit Jeans Death
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Mikkelson
Date published: 1997-08-31T12:00:00