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Websites in Urban Legends

1. "The Hook..."
   Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
   http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html
   
   
2. AFU and Urban Legends Archive
   Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
   http://tafkac.org/
   
   
3. About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore
   Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
   http://urbanlegends.about.com/
   
   
4. BellaOnline: Urban Legends
   Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
   http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
   
   
5. Calypso's Urban Legends
   Small collection of famous urban legends.
   http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/
   
   
6. 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/
   
   
7. 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/
   
   
8. Darwin Awards Urban Legends
   Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
   http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/
   
   
9. Don't Spread That Hoax!
   Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
   http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
   
   
10. 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
    
    
11. Email Tracking Program Hoax
    Debunks an email hoax about a new program from Microsoft.
    http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/hoax/05-13hoax.asp
    
    
12. Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again
    E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
    http://www.envasion.net/
    
    
13. Global Monetary
    Get your IDchip inplant.
    http://www.idchip.com/s1/entry.htm
    
    
14. Hoax-Slayer
    Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
    
    
15. Hoaxbusters
    Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
    http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/
    
    
16. 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
    
    
17. 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
    
    
18. 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
    
    
19. LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies
    E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.
    http://www.liemails.com/
    
    
20. 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
    
    
21. Matt's Urban Legends
    A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
    http://www.geocities.com/neons2000/
    
    
22. NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore
    Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
    http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore
    
    
23. Radek's Urban Legend Central
    Small collection of urban legends and other stories.
    http://geocities.com/rayman_7575/
    
    
24. Rocket Car Story
    A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car.
    http://www.rocketcarstory.com/
    
    
25. Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
    Virus and other hoaxes that spread by email.
    http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm
    
    
26. The Cat in Urban Mythology
    Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
    http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
    
    
27. 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
    
    
28. The Museum of Hoaxes
    A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
    http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
    
    
29. The Oracle
    Listing of contradictions in the bible and brief discussion of some hoaxes and controversial issues.
    http://www.geocities.com/tell_me_oracle/
    
    
30. The Urban Legend Combat Kit
    Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
    http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
    
    
31. 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
    
    
32. 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/
    
    
33. Uncle Ken's Urban Myth Page
    Small collection of common urban legends.
    http://pw1.netcom.com/~uncleken/urbanmyths.html
    
    
34. Urban Legends
    Essay by Seppo Raudaskoski on urban legends.
    http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/PAPS/urbanl.html
    
    
35. Urban Legends & Modern Myths
    Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
    http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
    
    
36. Urban Legends & Superstitions Online
    The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
    http://urbanlegendsonline.com/
    
    
37. 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/snopes.asp
    
    
38. 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/
    
    
39. Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit
    A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
    http://www.wdog.com/legends/
    
    
40. Urban Myths & Legends
    Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
    http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
    
    
41. Virus Hoaxes and Netlore
    Information on virus hoaxes, chain letters, and netlore circulating via email.
    http://hoaxinfo.com/
    
    
42. Weird US
    Strange stories from around the States: ghosts, local legends, crazy characters, UFOs, and other oddities.
    http://www.weirdnj.com/__weirdus/
    
    
43. Weird USA
    Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
    http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/
    
    
44. theFolklorist.com
    Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
    http://thefolklorist.com/
    
    

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