- AFU and Urban Legends Archive
Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
- "The Hook..."
Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
- 4UrbanLegends
Lists of annotated links to hoaxes, scams, and urban legends.
- About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore
Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
- BellaOnline: Urban Legends
Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
- Calypso's Urban Legends
Small collection of famous urban legends.
- Christians United For The Truth
Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
- Common E-mail Hoaxes
A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
- Culture Shock
Small directory of online urban legends, conspiracy theories, and hoaxes.
- Darwin Awards Urban Legends
Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
- Don't Spread That Hoax!
Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
- Don't Talk To Them
Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
- Email Tracking Program Hoax
Debunks an email hoax about a new program from Microsoft.
- Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again
E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
- Global Monetary
Get your IDchip inplant.
- Hoax-Slayer
Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
- Hoaxbusters
Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
- HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work
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?
Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about a hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.
- Jan Harold Brunvand
Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."
- Legends From a Small Country
From the collection of Arthur Goldstuck, South Africa's foremost authority on urban legends.
- LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies
E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.
- Matt's Urban Legends
A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
- NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
- Radek's Urban Legend Central
Small collection of urban legends and other stories.
- Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
Virus and other hoaxes that spread by email.
- The Cat in Urban Mythology
Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
- The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens
Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
- The Museum of Hoaxes
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
- The Oracle
Listing of contradictions in the bible and brief discussion of some hoaxes and controversial issues.
- The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story
Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
- The Urban Legend Combat Kit
Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
- theFolklorist.com
Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
- Too Good to Be True
Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
- Tourist Of Death
A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
- Uncle Ken's Urban Myth Page
Small collection of common urban legends.
- Urban Legends
Essay by Seppo Raudaskoski on urban legends.
- Urban Legends & Modern Myths
Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
- Urban Legends & Superstitions Online
The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages
Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.
- Urban Legends Research Centre
Archive of annotated urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost legends, and superstitions, with FAQ.
- Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit
A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
- Urban Myths & Legends
Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
- Virus Hoaxes and Netlore
Information on virus hoaxes, chain letters, and netlore circulating via email.
- Weird US
Strange stories from around the States: ghosts, local legends, crazy characters, UFOs, and other oddities.
- Weird USA
Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
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