Urban Legends

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AFU and Urban Legends Archive :

  - Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore :

- Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
BellaOnline: Urban Legends :

- Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
Calypso's Urban Legends :

- Small collection of famous urban legends.
The Cat in Urban Mythology :

- Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
Christian Urban Legends :

- Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.
Christians United For The Truth :

- Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
Common E-mail Hoaxes :

- A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
Darwin Awards Urban Legends :

- Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
Don't Spread That Hoax! :

- Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
Don't Talk To Them :

- Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand :

- Official site of the folklorist who wrote several books on urban legends beginning with "The Vanishing Hitchhiker". Features personal and professional information, works, and a FAQ.
Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again :

- E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
Hoaxbusters :

- Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
Hoax-Slayer :

- Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens :

- Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work :

- What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico? :

- Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.
Jan Harold Brunvand :

- Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."
LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies :

- E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.
Matt's Urban Legends :

- A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
The Museum of Hoaxes :

- A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore :

- Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
Radek's Urban Legend Central :

- Small collection of urban legends and other stories.
Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages :

- Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.
"The Hook..." :

- Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
theFolklorist.com :

- Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
Too Good to Be True :

- Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
Tourist Of Death :

- A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
The Urban Legend Combat Kit :

- Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
Urban Legends & Modern Myths :

- Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
Urban Legends & Superstitions Online :

- The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit :

- A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
Urban Myths & Legends :

- Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
Weird USA :

- Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.

New Urban Legends :

- Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com. [RSS]