Investigating urban legends 6 Articles

by Emily Gee

People didn't begin talking about "urban legends" until the 1930's & 1940's yet it possible to identify a similar phenomenon stretching back thousands of years. In the most general terms, an urban legend, or myth, is any m...read more

by Victoria Hall

Urban legends are freaky, funny and usually frightening. It is a usually a cautionary tale that takes on a legendary status. It is folklore that exist somewhere between a rumor, a lie and sometimes a small bit of truth. ...read more

by Paula Maher

There are a lot of ghost stories out there. Some are old, some are new and some are mere legends. There are videos and photographs of spirit sightings too, although I admit I am not always convinced of their legitimacy. Ha...read more

by Original Sharp

THE HAUNTING OF MINSDEN CHAPEL - HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND Okay, some of you in the UK may have heard of a little place in the Hertfordshire countryside called Minsden Chapel. For the rest of you who have not I'll take p...read more

by Philip Sicks

Two men from Wisconsin decide to go ice fishing. One guy takes his brand-new SUV and the other his Labrador retriever. When they find the ice quite thick, they drive onto the ice with the SUV. (These guys have an I.Q. th...read more

by Richie Caldicott

The most irritating of urban legends to my mind are two examples of anti-drug propaganda that have somehow been accepted as fact. When I was a child I remember the teachers at school telling us that evil drug dealers we...read more