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E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
www.envasion.net/
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Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
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Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
www.truthminers.com/truth/
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Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
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E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.
www.liemails.com/
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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
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Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore
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Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
urbanlegends.about.com/
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Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
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Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall01/032088.htm
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Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
thefolklorist.com/
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A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/
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Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
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Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
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A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
www.wdog.com/legends/
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Small collection of famous urban legends.
www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/
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Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
www.darwinawards.com/legends/
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Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/
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Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
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A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
www.touristofdeath.com/
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What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm
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Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html
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Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.
www.todossantos-baja.com/todos-santos/eagles/hotel-california.htm
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Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html
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Small collection of urban legends and other stories.
geocities.com/rayman_7575/
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Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
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A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
www.geocities.com/neons2000/
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A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
www.museumofhoaxes.com/
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The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
urbanlegendsonline.com/
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Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
www.freewebs.com/locallegend/intro.htm
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Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
www.hoax-slayer.com/
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Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
tafkac.org/
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A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car.
www.rocketcarstory.com/
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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/
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Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com.
www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml
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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/
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Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.
www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm
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