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• Paranormal(1933)
• Pranks(87)
• Skeptical Inquiry(192)

Sites

• "The Hook..."--http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html
  Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
• About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore--http://urbanlegends.about.com/
  Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
• AFU and Urban Legends Archive--http://tafkac.org/
  Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
• BellaOnline: Urban Legends--http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
  Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
• Calypso's Urban Legends--http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/
  Small collection of famous urban legends.
• Christian Urban Legends--http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm
  Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.
• Christians United For The Truth--http://www.truthminers.com/truth/
  Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
• Common E-mail Hoaxes--http://www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/
  A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
• Darwin Awards Urban Legends--http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/
  Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
• Don't Spread That Hoax!--http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
  Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
• Don't Talk To Them--http://www.freewebs.com/locallegend/intro.htm
  Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
• Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand--http://www.janbrunvand.com/
  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.
• Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again--http://www.envasion.net/
  E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
• Hoax-Slayer--http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
  Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
• HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work--http://www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm
  What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
• Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico?--http://www.todossantos-baja.com/todos-santos/eagles/hotel-california.htm
  Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.
• Jan Harold Brunvand--http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html
  Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."
• NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore--http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore
  Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
• New Urban Legends--http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml
  Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com.
• Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages--http://snopes.com/
  Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.
• The Cat in Urban Mythology--http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
  Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
• The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens--http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html
  Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
• The Museum of Hoaxes--http://www.museumofhoaxes.com
  A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
• The Urban Legend Combat Kit--http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
  Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
• theFolklorist.com--http://thefolklorist.com/
  Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
• Tourist Of Death--http://www.touristofdeath.com/
  A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
• Urban Legends & Modern Myths--http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
  Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
• Urban Legends & Superstitions Online--http://urbanlegendsonline.com/
  The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
• Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit--http://www.wdog.com/legends/
  A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
• Urban Myths & Legends--http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
  Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
• Weird USA--http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/
  Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.