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Urban Legends
David Emery covers urban legends, hoaxes, Internet rumors & all manner of codswallop for About.comInformation
| 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 |
| Ratings |  (32 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 277 Followers |
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Raleigh 'Sewer Monster' a Colony of Worms
| Billed as an "Unknown Life Form in North Carolina Sewer," this creepy YouTube video of what looks like nothing so much as a pulsating blob of meat lodged in... |
2009-07-02
Insights into the Celebrity Death Rumor Craze
| Alex Boese has put together a terrific analysis of last weekend's spate of celebrity death rumors, including these pithy observations:Status seeking is an important motive in why people spread thes...Read More |
2009-07-01
Pubic Enemy
| Is it true that the private parts of Prohibition-era gangster John Dillinger were preserved in a jar of formaldehyde and are still on display at the Smithsonian Institution? Long story...... |
2009-07-01
Celebrity Death Hoaxes Abound
| It was a bumpy weekend for the rich and famous, with the entertainment industry mourning the loss of three pop icons as the Internet churned out one hoax after another... |
2009-06-30
Michael Jackson Dead; Jeff Goldblum Not So Much
| Pop star Michael Jackson died today at the age of 50 after apparently suffering cardiac arrest. Actor Jeff Goldblum did not die today after allegedly tumbling off a cliff in New... |
2009-06-25
Baloney Detection Kit
| Via Boing Boing: "With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael... |
2009-06-25
Obama Citizenship Hoax
| Some of those folks the mainstream media have labeled "Birthers" — you know, the ones who keep pestering the Supreme Court with lawsuits claiming Obama isn't eligible to be President... |
2009-06-22
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:... |
2009-06-16
FDA Issues Warning on Zicam
| Finally addressing anecdotal reports circulating since the mid-2000s to the effect that using Zicam zinc-based intranasal cold remedies may cause anosmia (loss of the sense of smell), the U.S. Food... |
2009-06-16
Flight 447 Tragedy Revives an Old Hoax
| The tragic loss of Air France Flight 447 off the coast of Brazil 11 days ago prompted the recirculation of a three-year-old hoax comprising photos supposedly taken inside the cabin... |
2009-06-12
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