Urban Legends Websites

Urban legends are realistic stories concerning recent events or alleged events with an ironic or supernatural twist; urban beliefs or rumours are reports of such events that lack the storyline of the urban legend. Urban legends and beliefs spread not only through word of mouth, but also through the internet in the form of e-rumours, chain letters, and e-mail and computer virus hoaxes.- Category ID : 436520

List of Urban_Legends Sites 22 Websites

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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.

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The Urban Legend Combat Kit

Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.

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About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore

Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.

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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."

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NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore

Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.

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theFolklorist.com

Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.

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Common E-mail Hoaxes

A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.

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Urban Myths & Legends

Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.

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Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit

A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.

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Darwin Awards Urban Legends

Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.

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Weird USA

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

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The Cat in Urban Mythology

Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.

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Tourist Of Death

A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.

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HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work

What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.

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The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens

Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.

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Urban Legends & Superstitions Online

The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.

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Hoax-Slayer

Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.

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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.

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