Open Directory - Society: Folklore: Literature: Urban Legends
See also: This category in other languages: - Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group. - Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend. - Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore. - Updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on the classics. - Small collection of famous urban legends. - Documents known urban legends and pious frauds. - A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email. - Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true. - Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet. - Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love. - 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. - E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories. - Large alphabetical list debunking internet hoaxes, scams, and e-mail chain letters. - Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes. - What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly. - Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico. - Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends." - Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net. - Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture. - Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends. - Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University. - A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception. - Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends. - A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture. - The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey. - A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz. - Submitted stories and other fantastic messages. - Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings. - Devoted to American folklore and urban legends. XML Feeds: - Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com. [RSS]
