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Hoax-Slayer popular
Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
Weird USA
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/
Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
Urban Myths & Legends
http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit
A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
Urban Legends & Superstitions Online
http://urbanlegendsonline.com/
The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
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.
theFolklorist.com
Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
The Urban Legend Combat Kit
http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
The Museum of Hoaxes
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
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 Cat in Urban Mythology
http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
Snopes.com 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.
New Urban Legends
http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml
Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com.
NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore
http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban+Folklore
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
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."
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.
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.
Hoax Busters
Large alphabetical list debunking internet hoaxes, scams, and e-mail chain letters.
Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again
E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand
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.
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.
Don't Spread That Hoax!
http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
Darwin Awards Urban Legends
http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/
Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.