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Urban Legends

pop culture, folklore, weird

David Emery covers urban legends, hoaxes, Internet rumors & all manner of codswallop for About.com

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Url:http://urbanlegends.about.com
Author(s):David Emery
Language:English
Tags:pop culture, folklore, weird
Description:Our mission is to debunk, deconstruct, and, wherever possible, simply enjoy the strangest, scariest, funniest, most popular tall tales, rumors, and hoaxes people see fit to share, both online and off. Join us as we explore the folklore of the digital age! Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/debunker
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The Pregnant Turkey
To tell you the truth, I don't know how any mortal being would find the time to play a prank like this while cooking a Thanksgiving meal, but here, along with a couple of amusing variants, is a sea...more
2009-11-21
Play the Urban Legends Name Game!
Choose the most correct answer for each question. Bear in mind, all the questions pertain to urban legends, so a correct answer isn't necessarily a true one. Good luck!Question #1: Decades after my...more
2009-11-15
Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky
The sixth day of the week and the number 13 have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times, and their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune th...more
2009-11-13
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Among the colorful myths surrounding the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery and its 24-hour-a-day Honor Guard are the claims that the guards' permanent residence is a barracks under the tom...more
2009-11-11
NOT A HOAX: Noah Biorkman Christmas Card Request
Michigan news sources say an emailed request for Christmas cards on behalf of 5-year-old Noah Biorkman, who is dying of neuroblastoma cancer, is genuine. Noah was diagnosed with the disease in 2007...more
2009-11-06
'Obama Phones' - A Sign of the Apocalypse
Is it true that the Obama administration has launched a government program granting a free cell phone and wireless service to every welfare recipient in the U.S.?No, though that is the central clai...more
2009-11-03
The History of Halloween
What is the origin of the Jack-o'-Lantern? Why do children go trick-or-treating on Halloween? Who came up with "bobbing for apples"? While the modern celebration of Halloween still bears traces of ...more
2009-10-29
The Urban Legends Slide Show
A gallery of odd and arresting viral images -- some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic -- as circulated on the Internets! Start here...The Urban Legends Slide Show originally appeared on
2009-10-24
'Gang Initiation Week' Is an Urban Legend
As if you didn't have enough to be afraid of already, folks are texting, Twittering, and emailing about a so-called "gang initiation week" beginning today, October 21, during which 140 women will s...more
2009-10-21
Kanye West Isn't Dead
"Roc-A-Fella artist Kanye West died last night from injuries sustained in a car accident," said a news release posted on miscellaneous blogs and websites last night."West, who had gained fame produ...more
2009-10-21

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Teresa Atkinson23. Juli

fake amber alert again......

AMBER ALERT IN OSHAWA - 3 YEAR OLD GIRL TAKEN BY MAN DRIVING A NEWER SILVER TRUCK Ontario PLATE# 72B 381. If all of you reading my status would copy and paste this to your status, it could potentially save a little girls life
 

Sarah Wolf14. Juli

hahaha i just got this text. it took me about 45 seconds to find out online if it was real or not... I wish people would question the validity of things like mass text forwards BEFORE sending them to everyone they know.
 

Dixie Gutierrez25. Juni

there are always a lot of false information on the internet, good to have a place to go to find out the truth.
 

Sarah Grillot-Rogers19. März

thank you for your posts the wqalmart this really got alot of women here in killeen tx a bit crazy becasue alot of us re single women of deployed soldiers and can only afford walamrt as our ain shopping place. so thank you you put a few minds at ease today
 

Facebook-Nutzer17. März

I love myths and mysteries thank you for posting these.
 

George Muriithi12. März

Humans grovel in mystique, the more absurd the juicier and hence the hoaxes. Debunking all these must be fun.........
 

Kristin Berry Nance06. März

I've lost a lot of friends debunking myths. They want to believe the unbelievable.....
 

Joe Perrott06. März

a study of the gullible!
 

Deb Keller06. März

Most of what is on the net is "a legend"
 
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