"The Hook..."
Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.htmlAbout.com: Urban Legends and Folklore
Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
AFU and Urban Legends Archive
Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
http://tafkac.org/
BellaOnline: Urban Legends
Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Calypso's Urban Legends
Small collection of famous urban legends.
http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/
Christians United For The Truth
Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
http://www.truthminers.com/truth/
Common E-mail Hoaxes
A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
http://www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/
Darwin Awards Urban Legends
Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/
Don't Spread That Hoax!
Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
Don't Talk To Them
Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
http://www.freewebs.com/locallegend/intro.htm
Email Tracking Program Hoax
Debunks an email hoax about a new program from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/hoax/05-13hoax.asp
Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again
E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
http://www.envasion.net/
Global Monetary
Get your IDchip inplant.
http://www.idchip.com/s1/entry.htm
Hoax-Slayer
Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Hoaxbusters
Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/
HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work
What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm
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.
http://www.todossantos-baja.com/todos-santos/eagles/hotel-california.htm
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."
http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html
Legends From a Small Country
From the collection of Arthur Goldstuck, South Africa's foremost authority on urban legends.
http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/ul.htm
LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies
E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.
http://www.liemails.com/
Matt's Urban Legends
A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
http://www.geocities.com/neons2000/
NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore
Radek's Urban Legend Central
Small collection of urban legends and other stories.
http://geocities.com/rayman_7575/
Rocket Car Story
A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car.
http://www.rocketcarstory.com/
Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
Virus and other hoaxes that spread by email.
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm
The Cat in Urban Mythology
Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens
Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html
The Museum of Hoaxes
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
The Oracle
Listing of contradictions in the bible and brief discussion of some hoaxes and controversial issues.
http://www.geocities.com/tell_me_oracle/
The Urban Legend Combat Kit
Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
theFolklorist.com
Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
http://thefolklorist.com/
Too Good to Be True
Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall01/032088.htm
Tourist Of Death
A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
http://www.touristofdeath.com/
Uncle Ken's Urban Myth Page
Small collection of common urban legends.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~uncleken/urbanmyths.html
Urban Legends
Essay by Seppo Raudaskoski on urban legends.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/PAPS/urbanl.html
Urban Legends & Modern Myths
Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
Urban Legends & Superstitions Online
The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
http://urbanlegendsonline.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.
http://www.snopes.com/
Urban Legends Research Centre
Archive of annotated urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost legends, and superstitions, with FAQ.
http://www.ulrc.com.au/
Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit
A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
http://www.wdog.com/legends/
Urban Myths & Legends
Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
Virus Hoaxes and Netlore
Information on virus hoaxes, chain letters, and netlore circulating via email.
http://hoaxinfo.com/
Weird US
Strange stories from around the States: ghosts, local legends, crazy characters, UFOs, and other oddities.
http://www.weirdnj.com/__weirdus/
Weird USA
Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/
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