For a while, ‘Puff The Magic Dragon’ seemed like a harmless song based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton until speculation started to unveil something slightly darker. Written by Peter Yarrow, ‘Puff ...

It is unclear, however, where the claim that 8,000 individuals were pardoned as a result of this act originated from. Snopes found no primary source attesting to this figure. We asked John Sipher ...