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Web Sites in Category Urban Legends
AFU and Urban Legends Archive  - Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
"The Hook..." - Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
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.
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.
Email Tracking Program Hoax - Debunks an email hoax about a new program from Microsoft.
Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again - E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
Global Monetary - Get your IDchip inplant.
Hoax-Slayer - Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
Hoaxbusters - Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
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 a 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."
Legends From a Small Country - From the collection of Arthur Goldstuck, South Africa's foremost authority on 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.
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.
Stiller Research Virus Hoax News - Virus and other hoaxes that spread by email.
The Cat in Urban Mythology - Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens - Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
The Museum of Hoaxes - A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
The Oracle - Listing of contradictions in the bible and brief discussion of some hoaxes and controversial issues.
The Urban Legend Combat Kit - Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
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.
Uncle Ken's Urban Myth Page - Small collection of common urban legends.
Urban Legends - Essay by Seppo Raudaskoski on 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 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.
Urban Legends Research Centre - Archive of annotated urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost legends, and superstitions, with FAQ.
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.
Virus Hoaxes and Netlore - Information on virus hoaxes, chain letters, and netlore circulating via email.
Weird US - Strange stories from around the States: ghosts, local legends, crazy characters, UFOs, and other oddities.
Weird USA - Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
Related Categories:
Science > Science in Society > Skeptical Inquiry
Society > Paranormal
Recreation > Humor > Pranks
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