"The Hook..."
Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend. |
4UrbanLegends
Lists of annotated links to hoaxes, scams, and urban legends. |
About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore
Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore. |
AFU and Urban Legends Archive
Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group. |
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. |
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. |
Grahams Urban Legends!
Urban rumours grouped by theme, with indications of their being true, not true, or possible. |
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. |
Information About Email You Receive
Quick summary on hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information sent through the internet. |
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. |
Monkeyburgers - Tasty Urban legends
Includes urban legends circulating in the Netherlands. |
NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net. |
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 Lost Playground
Submitted local legends, strange experiences, and photos; inspired by the magazine Weird N.J. |
The Urban Legend Combat Kit
Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends. |
theFolklorist.com-Welcome
A website devoted to American folklore and urban legends. |
Tourist Of Death
A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture. |
Urban Legends
Essay by Seppo Raudaskoski on urban legends. |
Urban Legends & Modern Myths
Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore. |
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. |
Urban Myths!
Compilation of famous urban legends, scare mails, and scams. |
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. |
