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The Bedbug Letter

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec 9, 2000 As the story goes, an apology letter to a wronged customer is marred by attached instructions to ...
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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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Are No Two Snowflakes Exactly Alike?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 19, 2017 Your elementary school teachers weren't lying to you -- this oft-repeated phrase is correct, but ...
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Doubt of Gas

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jul 14, 2015
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Organ Trail

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jul 13, 2015
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Baby High Chair Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 22, 2001 Was a baby left in a high chair to await the sitter discovered dead when his vacationing parents ...
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Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec 1, 2000 Old collegiate legend involves a student's coming up with a clever proof about the physical prop ...
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HIV Needles in Coin Returns

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov 24, 2000 Are drug users dropping discarded needles into pay phone coin returns?
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AIDS Mary

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sep 27, 2000 A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sep 17, 1999 The tale of a ghostly hitchhiker who disappears from a car.
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The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 29, 1999 A babysitter receives mysterious, threatening phone calls.
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The Stolen Biscuits

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Feb 8, 1999 A long-circulating tale of biscuit banditry.
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