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» "The Hook..."

Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html

» About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore

Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/

» BellaOnline: Urban Legends

Updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on the classics.

http://urbanlegends.bellaonline.com/

» Calypso's Urban Legends

Small collection of famous urban legends.

http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/

» Christian Urban Legends

Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm

» 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

» 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.

http://www.janbrunvand.com/

» Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again

E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.

http://www.envasion.net/

» Hoax Busters

Large alphabetical list debunking internet hoaxes, scams, and e-mail chain letters.

http://www.hoaxbusters.org/

» Hoax-Slayer

Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

» 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 an 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 TrueThe Colossal Book of Urban Legends."

http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html

» NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore

Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.

http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban+Folklore

» 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.

http://snopes.com/

» 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 Urban Legend Combat Kit

Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.

http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/

» 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/

» Urban Legends & Superstitions Online

The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.

http://urbanlegendsonline.com/

» 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/

» Weird USA

Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.

http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/

» theFolklorist.com

Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.

http://www.thefolklorist.com/

» New Urban Legends

Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com. [RSS]

http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml