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Scary Urban Legends

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Aug. 15, 2019 Beware all ye that enter here. Not all urban legends are untrue.
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Dog Urban Legends

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug. 26, 2019 'Man's best friend' has been the subject of numerous rumors and viral social media postings. Tim ...
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Scary Urban Legends You Pretended Not to Believe

Written by:
Bond Huberman
Oct. 9, 2018 Did any of these scary stories haunt you as a kid? You were not alone.
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25 Hottest Urban Legends

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 26, 2015
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Biggest Urban Legends of 2014

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 2014 A list of the 25 urban legends that circulated most widely in 2014.
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Moon Landing Urban Legends

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 20, 2017 A collection of urban legends about the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing.
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Powerball and Lottery Urban Legends

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan. 12, 2016 Powerball frenzies aren't the only interesting lottery phenomenon, which has long inspired a wea ...
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Most Popular Urban Legends of 2015

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 28, 2015 These are the 25 urban legends that circulated the most widely on the Internet in 2015.
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Urban Legends of Canada

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 1, 2014 A collection of distinctly Canadian urban legends.
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7 Urban Legends About the 4th of July

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 4, 2015 A collection of founding myths related to events surrounding America's Independence Day.
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The Hook

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 2, 1998 An escaped killer interrupts a young couple's make-out session.
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 18, 1999 The tale of a ghostly hitchhiker who disappears from a car.
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Is the Bloody Mary Story True?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
April 27, 2001 Will chanting 'Bloody Mary' 13 times in front of a darkened mirror summon a vengeful ghost?
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The Boyfriend's Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2001 Was the boyfriend who went for gasoline murdered by a madman?
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Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sept. 8, 2000 A college student makes a horrifying discovery.
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Urban Legend

Written by:
Snopes Staff
March 14, 2021 An urban legend is a genre of folklore that comprises (usually) fictional narratives rooted in m ...
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Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
July 31, 2000 A longtime rumor is still bubbling up.
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UPS Uniforms Stolen by Terrorists?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 2, 2003 The claim that terrorists have acquired a large number of "missing" UPS uniforms is old and untrue.
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The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 29, 1999 A babysitter receives mysterious, threatening phone calls.
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Two-Striped Telamonia Spider

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Sept. 30, 1999 Venomous 'two-striped telamonia' spiders lurking beneath toilet seats in public restrooms is one ...
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