See the Snopes link below, which excels in urban legend busting.
They are not always called urban Legends. They can be called Urban Myths, Urban Tales or Urban Stories. And they are not necessarily from and 'Urban' origin.
The latest Urban legends can be found on the urbanlegends website and it hosts a variety of legends ranging from email rumours and internet hoaxes. Alternatively you may view the 25 hottest urban legends on the snopes website.
They list the top 25 trending Urban Legends and cover everything from political figures to misconceptions about large retailers. The range is quite large and also talks about possible accidents which might have happened and reverse pin numbers on an atm.
In Andover, Massachusetts, there was a double murder that has not been solved yet.
Legends don't usually have a specific person you can point to and say "that's where it started." They're myths and rumors that are not true, but that get passed around from person to person like gossip.
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There are several urban legends that have actually occurred in real life. The website CRACKED has an article called "7 Creepy Urban Legends That Happen To Be True." Other websites can also be found that have similar articles.
Urban legends can come from any country.
No, Truth or Fiction and Snopes are not the same. Truth or Fiction is a website that verifies the accuracy of news stories and internet rumors, while Snopes.com is a fact-checking website that debunks urban legends, myths, and misinformation. Both websites serve as resources for verifying the validity of information.
"Snopes" is a website that allows you to check facts, giving you the ability to determine whether an urban legend is just that, a legend. There are also other websites like "About Urban Legends" and "Hoaxbusters" that allow you to validate urban legends and therefore debunk them if they are in fact untruthful.
The duration of Urban Legends - TV series - is 1800.0 seconds.
An urban legend is a fake story. People tell urban legends, as though they are real, to scare people or humor them.