Literature
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- About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore
- Page http://urbanlegends.about.com/
- Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
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- Calypso's Urban Legends
- Page http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/
- Small collection of famous urban legends.
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- Christian Urban Legends
- Page http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm
- Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.
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- Common E-mail Hoaxes
- Page http://www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/
- A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
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- Darwin Awards Urban Legends
- Page http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/
- Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
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- Don't Spread That Hoax!
- Page http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
- Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
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- Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again
- Page http://www.envasion.net/
- E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
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- Hoax Busters
- Page http://www.hoaxbusters.org/
- Large alphabetical list debunking internet hoaxes, scams, and e-mail chain letters.
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- Hoax-Slayer
- Page http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
- Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
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- HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work
- Page http://www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm
- What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
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- Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico?
- Page 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.
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- NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore
- Page http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban+Folklore
- Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
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- Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages
- Page 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.
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- The Cat in Urban Mythology
- Page http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
- Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
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- The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens
- Page http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html
- Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
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- The Museum of Hoaxes
- Page http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
- A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
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- The Urban Legend Combat Kit
- Page http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
- Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
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- Tourist Of Death
- Page 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.