How to Interpret Urban Legends
There's a rat in the take-out fried chicken. A man wakes up in bathtub filled with ice, minus one kidney. Urban legends are rampant in our culture, especially now that spreading them is as easy as clicking the "forward" button on your email ... [... more]
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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends
 A good reference: If you're interested in urban legends from a folklore standpoint, a research standpoint, or just a fan then you will appreciate this book. It is the most complete reference I have seen. Details of stories, their comparison with other [... more]
$19.95
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Are You Checking Under Your Car? - Urban Legends
I know that it is only September but the holiday shopping season will soon be here and we will all be heading out to the mall to start our Christmas shopping. Just make sure that you check under your car. This particular Urban Legend is one that ... [... more]
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How to Research an Urban Legend
Urban legends are both entertaining and interesting to study. Part of the fun comes from finding out the truth behind the urban legend (some aren't as embellished as you think!) It's also important when writing non-fiction that you don't use a ... [... more]
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Ghost Children and the Train Tracks - Urban Legends
This story takes place anywhere between 1930 and 1949 depending on which website you visit or which book you read. The one thing they all seem to agree on is the place, San Antonio, Texas. This popular Urban Legend is about a school bus, with an ... [... more]
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Are Urban Legends Fact or Fiction? - Urban Legends
Most of us have heard an Urban Legend or at the very least have received one in our email box. Urban Legends can start a variety of ways and often start with "I know this is true because it happened to my friend's cousin's girlfriend's sister." [... more]
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Urban Legends Newsletter - Urban Legends
Are there atheist themes in The Golden Compass? Who is La Llorona? Can you cook an egg with your cell phone? What do these questions have in common?? Well, they are among the list of topics that have been queried on the Urban Legends site within ... [... more]
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Curses! Broiled Again!: The Hottest Urban Legends Going
a fun book to read: Everyone has heard at least one of the legends presented in this book. While I hadn't heard of many of them, there were a couple that were familiar to me. The legend that was the most familiar to me was the one that states that if you [... more]
$21.95
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and ...
The very best book ever on this subject: This author is a rare find in literature of this kind: a genuine, professional folklorist who carefully documents his subject and traces its beginnings. Brumvand is the first author to consult on urban folklore. [... more]
$13.95
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Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously ...
History Is Myth....Or....?: In this book there are many of those Urban Legends that we've heard of that have been circulating since we can remember. And, there are also many tales that we haven't heard of. Today we get most of these myths via email, but [... more]
$13.99
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Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends
Amazon.com Review: Have you heard the one about the new computer owner who mistook the CD-ROM player for a cup holder? Or the woman who thought her brains were oozing out of a gunshot wound, when the "truth" was that when her Pillsbury Poppin' [... more]
$29.95
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Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened ...
Great "quck read" book: If you just have a few minutes to read here or there this is a great book. You can read through a few of these enjoyable, often hilarious urban legends. I have to confess that Mr. Craughwell has at least one in there [... more]
$9.95
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