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E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories. www.envasion.net/ Don't Spread That Hoax! Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet. www.nonprofit.net/hoax/ Christians United For The Truth Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest. www.truthminers.com/truth/ Hoaxbusters Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet. hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view. www.liemails.com/ 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." www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net. www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore. urbanlegends.about.com/ Urban Legends & Modern Myths Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore. www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/ Too Good to Be True Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt. www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall01/032088.htm theFolklorist.com Devoted to American folklore and urban legends. thefolklorist.com/ Common E-mail Hoaxes A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email. www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/ Urban Myths & Legends Submitted stories and other fantastic messages. www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/ The Urban Legend Combat Kit Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends. www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/ Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz. www.wdog.com/legends/ Calypso's Urban Legends Small collection of famous urban legends. www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/ Darwin Awards Urban Legends Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true. www.darwinawards.com/legends/ Weird USA Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings. www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/ The Cat in Urban Mythology Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends. messybeast.com/urbancat.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. www.touristofdeath.com/ HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly. www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University. www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html 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. www.todossantos-baja.com/todos-santos/eagles/hotel-california.htm "The Hook..." Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend. www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html Radek's Urban Legend Central Small collection of urban legends and other stories. geocities.com/rayman_7575/ BellaOnline: Urban Legends Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics. www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/ Matt's Urban Legends A collection of urban legends and superstitions. www.geocities.com/neons2000/ The Museum of Hoaxes A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception. www.museumofhoaxes.com/ Urban Legends & Superstitions Online The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey. urbanlegendsonline.com/ Don't Talk To Them Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love. www.freewebs.com/locallegend/intro.htm Hoax-Slayer Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes. www.hoax-slayer.com/ AFU and Urban Legends Archive Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group. tafkac.org/ Rocket Car Story A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car. www.rocketcarstory.com/ Snopes.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. www.snopes.com/ New Urban Legends Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com. www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand 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. www.janbrunvand.com/ Christian Urban Legends Documents known urban legends and pious frauds. www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm Other Search by Urban Legends
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