Urban Legends

One of the most well-known urban legends is the story of "Bloody Mary," where a ghostly figure is said to appear in a mirror when her name is repeated a certain number of times. This legend has been passed down for generations and has inspired movies, books, and even rituals at sleepovers.

The moral of the story "Tiddalick The Frog" is that selfishness and greed can have negative consequences for everyone. Tiddalick's actions caused a drought, affecting all other animals in the story. It teaches the importance of sharing and not taking more than what is necessary.

No, he is completely fictional. While the Bloody Mary legend is oral folklore that has been passed down from generation to generation, the Candyman is the creation of one man, an English writer named Clive Barker.

Clive Barker is an acclaimed horror author who has been publishing novels, short stories, and novellas (very long short stories) for decades. The 1992 movie Candyman, starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd, was based on his novella, "The Forbidden," which was published in In the Flesh, a collection of four novellas by the author. Both the story and the movie are terrifying, but they are no more real than King Kong. The part about the Candyman being summoned when you say his name 5 times into the mirror is only in the movie, not the book. That part was invented by the screenwriter, Bernard Rose, who got the idea from the Bloody Mary legend.

Candyman is not the only film adaptation of a Clive Barker story. His story, "The Hellbound Heart," spawned the Hellraiser movies, and Clive Barker himself directed and wrote the screenplay for the first one, which came out in 1987. The 2008 movie The Midnight Meat Train was based on a short story of the same name, from his collection, Books of Blood: Volume 1. Among many other film credits, he has also done two episodes of the show Masters of Horror, and a Tales From the Darkside episode was based on one of his stories, "The Yattering and Jack."

In Greek mythology, a legend typically refers to a story based on historical events or figures, such as the Trojan War or the deeds of Hercules. On the other hand, a myth usually involves supernatural beings or events that explain natural phenomena, the origins of the world, or the actions of the gods, like the story of Demeter and Persephone. Both legends and myths are important parts of Greek mythology but serve slightly different purposes in storytelling.

Carmen was 17 years old when her parents decided to move to Indiana. Her father had lost his job and the only way he could find new employment was by moving to a new state. The relocation caused a lot of problems for Carmen. She had to leave her friends behind and attend a whole new school in Indiana.

Carmen had a hard time making friends when she changed schools. It was the middle of the school year and most of the students had no interest in befriending the new girl. Initially, she spent many days alone, walking from class to class without speaking to anyone, but she eventually started hanging around with a group of five other girls. Carmen thought these girls were her friends, but it wasn't long before she discovered that they had been talking about her behind her back and spreading vile rumors.

When she confronted them, the girls turned on her and began bullying her every day, making her life a misery. They started out calling her names, but then the bullying got much worse. One day, she left her school books in the classroom at break time. When she returned, she found someone had taken a sharpie and written dirty words all over her books. Another day, she opened her bag and discovered someone had poured yoghurt all over the insides. Sometimes, she would come to school and find her locker had been vandalized. The final straw came when she put on her coat at recess and found that someone had stuffed dog poop in her pockets.

There and then, Carmen decided that she couldn't take the bullying any longer. She planned to stay behind, that evening, after school, and tell her teacher what had been happening. Unfortunately, her decision came too late to save her life.

After lunch, her teacher announced that the school was holding a fire drill. When the alarm sounded, Carmen and the other students filed out of the classroom and assembled in the yard outside. As the teachers read out the roll call, the gang of five girls decided that this was a great opportunity to embarrass Carmen in front of the whole school during the fire drill. They moved over to where Carmen was standing, near a sewer drain, and began crowding the poor girl, getting in her face and nudging her towards the open manhole.

They pushed her and she tripped over and fell head-first down the manhole. When they saw her falling, the girls started giggling and when Carmen's name was called out, they shouted "She's down in the sewer!"

All of the other students began laughing. But when the teachers looked down the manhole and saw Carmen's body lying at the bottom in the muck and the poop, the laughter abruptly stopped. Her head was twisted around at an odd angle and her face was covered in blood. Worse still, she wasn't moving.

There was nothing any of the teachers could do for her. Carmen was dead. When the police arrived and went down into the sewer, they determined that she had broken her neck. Her face had been torn off when she hit the ladder on the way down and her neck snapped when she landed on her head on the concrete at the bottom.

The police hauled Carmen's body out of the sewer and sent her to the mortuary. Everyone had to stay behind after school while the police questioned all of Carmen's classmates. The five girls lied to the police, saying they had witnessed Carmen falling down the sewer. The police believed the girls and Carmen Winstead's death was ruled an accident and the case was closed. Everyone thought that was the last they would hear of Carmen Winstead, but they were wrong.

Months later, Carmen's classmates began receiving strange e-mails on their MySpaces. The e-mails were titled "They Pushed Her" and claimed that Carmen hadn't really fallen down the sewer, she had been pushed. The e-mails also warned that the guilty people should own up and take responsibility for their crime. If they didn't there would be horrible consequences. Most people dismissed the e-mails as a hoax, but others were not so sure.

A few days later, one of the girls who pushed Carmen down the sewer was at home taking a shower, when she heard a strange cackling laugh. It seemed to be coming from the drain. The girl started to freak out and ran out of the bathroom. That night, the girl said goodnight to her mom and went to sleep.

Five hours later, her mom was awoken in the middle of the night, by a loud noise that resounded throughout the house. She ran into her daughter's room, only to find it empty. There was no trace of the girl. The worried mother called the police and when they arrived, they conducted a search of the area. Eventually, they discovered the girl's grisly remains.

Her corpse was lying in the sewer, covered in muck and poop. Her neck was broken and her face missing. It had been completely torn off. One by one, all of the girls who pushed Carmen that day were found dead. They had all been killed in exactly the same way and were all found at exactly the same spot. In the sewer at the bottom of the same uncovered manhole where Carmen had met her doom.

But the killing didn't stop there. More and more of Carmen's former classmates were found dead. It seemed that anyone who didn't believe that Carmen had been pushed, was eventually found down in the sewer with their necks broken and their faces torn off.

They say that Carmen's ghost is still on the rampage, hunting down anyone who doesn't believe her story. According to the legend, Carmen will get you, whether it's from a toilet, a shower, a sink or a drain. When you go to sleep, you'll wake up in the sewer, in complete darkness, paralyzed, unable to move, hearing cackling laughter all around you. Then, as you scream in horror, Carmen will come and tear your face off.

So be careful who you bully, because you just might find yourself on the receiving end of the curse of Carmen Winstead.

The character himself could not be pinpointed on any one individual. However, the name is commonly accepted to have been based off of Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia, Romania (also known as "Vlad the Impaler").

Shoes hanging on power lines are often linked to gang activity, marking territories, or as a sign of someone who has died. In some cases, it is done as a prank or to symbolize the end of something.

No, Noland the Liar is not a real legend. It is a character created in the anime series One Piece as a story told by the character Montblanc Cricket to the Straw Hat Pirates.

The term "medium" as applied in a paranormal context means a person with specific abilties. A medium is usally thought to be able to communicate with "discarnates". A discarnate is the name for an intelligent entity that has no physical body. The term parapsychologists use for this ability is "After Death Communication" or ADC. Persons who claim to be "psychic" generally are thought to have abilties including thought transference among living individuals (telepathy) or seeing, hearing or knowing about events (clairvoyance, clairaudience or clairsentience) in the present, past (retrocognition) or future (precognition). People who believe in survival of bodily death, such as Spritualists for example, say that mediumship proves that survival in fact occurs. While many examples of interesting "cross-correspondences" have been documented in which a single discarnate seems to have sent similar or related messages to several mediums that do not know each other, there is a logical problem proving mediumship and survival. It is possible that mediumistic communications are the result of ADC. But, putting aside fraud for the moment, it is also possible that precognitive or retrocognitive clairvoyance, clairaudience or clairsentience could also explain mediums' abilities. Suppose that had a deceased Aunt Edith. You went to a medium and you were told that your Aunt Edith was speaking. Suppose further that the medium told you some details about Aunt Edith such as a pet name she had for her husband which you did not know at the time. You checked after the sitting and discovered this was in fact correct. How might the medium have known this? Again putting aside fraud, the medium might have been in contact with Aunt Edith. However the medium might also have witnessed the moment that Aunt Edith and her husband Uncle Fred agreed on this word or the moment in the future when it was discovered from some other living family member that this information was correct. While the alternate explanations are almost as astounding as the notion of After Death Communication, they cannot be fully dismissed. To control for fraud in laboratory experiments, the sitter and medium are allowed no contact and do not even know each other in any way. Statements from sittings are often combined and sitters are asked to score the statements. Success occurs when a significant number of statements belonging to the correct sitters are recognized by those sitters from a larger comingled collection of statements. Guessing is controlled for by calculating the random chance expectation of guessing and determining if the medium's performance has exceeded that expectation, which in general it does.

Belief in the paranormal has existed for centuries, with stories of ghosts, mediums, and supernatural phenomena dating back to ancient civilizations. However, the modern concept of paranormal activity and scientific investigation into it began to gain popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable events, such as the rise of spiritualism and the founding of organizations like the Society for Psychical Research, helped to shape how we perceive the paranormal today.

There are many theories as to how one can turn into a vampire. In the Twilight Series the venom caused the change therefore a single drop would kill.

In most theories, a person must exchange blood with a vampire and then killed with their blood (the vampires) in them. Other theories say that a person must be drained of all their blood except for the last drop, which then they would need a bit of vampire blood to survive. In the end they all turn.

The city "Santa Claus" can be found in Indiana.

It is a myth, hoax or misinformation. Urban means "city", and a legend is "a story coming down from the past." It's a story that goes from mouth to ear and becomes popular but cannot be verified, most people start to believe it's true because everyone knows the story. Such stories often become distorted or exaggerated with time. Nowadays, many urban legends circulate by email as well as by word of mouth.

One example of an Urban Legend is some kid ate the candy called Pop Rox and drank pop, and his throat exploded and he died. Even though this particular one is fake, many others haven't been verified yet.

If you want to learn more about it then go to sites like Snopes and Wikipedia.

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Urban legends are a type of modern folklore (although some of the stories have origins in much older stories). The stories are 99.999% false (OK - I made up that statistic, but the point being you shouldn't believe them). On rare occasions the stories are based on true events but even then they tend to be embellished to make them more impressive or transmogrified to put them in an environment more familiar to the teller or listener. Often they will be focused on weird or supernatural events. They tend to be enmeshed in local culture but with the homogenizing forces of fast modern communication, the lines are becoming more blurred with more shared world culture. Even when cultures do not overlap that much the same basic story often shows up in multiple areas with tweaks to make it fit the local culture better. While Urban Legends can be used for entertainment purposes, they are usually used as cautionary tales or to make the teller sound more "in-the-know" well as for semi-serious explanations for random events such as disappearances and strange objects.

"Champ" is a term sometimes used in various contexts, such as referring to winners or champions in sports or competitions. In the broader sense, it is not a tangible or physical being, so it is not "real" in the same way as a person, object, or animal. It is more of a concept or title.

There have been numerous reported sightings of the Loch Ness Monster but no concrete evidence exists to determine its speed. The Loch Ness Monster is typically described as moving at a moderate pace, often described as gliding or swimming smoothly through the water.

The vampires we are familiar with today are mostly based on eastern European legends. As Christianity spread, so did the belief in vampires. The Catholic Church officially recognized the existence of vampires as agents of the devil in 1215. There was mass hysteria for years; people who died from unknown causes were automatically thought to have been victims of vampirism. Graves were dug up years after burial to check for vampirism.

Bram Stoker combined historical fact with his imagination to create Dracula. He based Count Dracula on a historical figure from the 15th century. His name was Vlad Dracula (Dracul was the family name; the "a" at the end means "son of"), and he was nicknamed the Impaler. He was known for impaling his enemies onto poles and leaving them by the roadside or in their yards. This was done to invoke fear in those who would come against him. He was also known for mass executions, having large feasts in front of the dying, and for scalping, which some believe to be the origin of the Native American custom.

Vlad never actually drank the blood of his victims, but rather painted his face with their blood to emphasize his menace.

Contrary to popular belief, Dracula's castle is not in Transylvania. He was born there (northern Romania) but ruled in southern Romania.

On a side note: At the same period in history as Vlad, Hungarian Countess Elisabeth Bathroy was a blood monger in her own right. By her own testimony, she had over 650 victims, would bite large pieces of their flesh, torture them, and bathe in their blood.

FOR STARTERS,

Identify the type of zombies. Fast or slow, somehow smart or of course, dumb.

SAFETY

You should cover yourself in the wrapping paper stuff. The ones with the bubbles that if you push on them they pop. Also, carry around some form of weapon or weapons. This is why guns are invented. For protection. (and war)

HOW TO SURVIVE

First, you would try to get into your house. If you're already there, smart cookie. Then you gather nonperishable food, (Stuff in cans, stuff that isn't refrigerated) and go to your room with it, don't forget a can opener. If you have stairs get a hammer and wreck the stairs as you go up. Then get pillows and blankets, and anything else you would need. Water, batteries, flashlights, even some video games. ;-) Then, get weapons like pointy scissors,baseball bat, and stuff. Next, get the rest of your family, people in your house. CHECK FOR ZOMBIE BITE MARKS!

When the population of the zombies at your house (grasping at the walls of the house, moaning on your lawn, coming and waiting for you to die.) starts to decrease or lessen, get into your car and open your garage after everyone is safely in your car or cars. The bigger your car, the more people it will fit. Preferably, you should have everyone in one car. If you cannot drive, oh well, try anyway, what do you have to lose and if (somehow) you save everyone and begin new life you'll be rewarded. Then, you go on a boat,(cruise?) that can hold your car.

ON THE BOAT

Sail to an island around Hawaii or some other island with a lot of humidity. With no or little zombies.Then start life over again.

FOR ALL OF YOU SCARED...

At first, when I researched this topic, I was scared out of my pants. Then I noticed. One, they would have to have muscles to move their bones, Two, the majority would be old people, and lastly, if a majority is old people, then they could just collapse on their own from frail bones.

HARDER VERSION IF YOUR NOT IN AN ATTACK NOW.

Although this is VERY unlikely to happen and that there wouldn't be many zombies because when you rot there are only bones and bones need muscle to move and dead things are called dead for a reason. Also, why would they go for you? unless you killed them. Regardless, for you who want answers...

First, you should cut off some small, unimportant part of your body, such as a finger, so the zombies would feel you're dead. Although, if they're flesh eating, DON'T DO THAT!! They will burst to or through your door. Also, slow down or occasionally stop breathing, greater chance of living. Board up everything, but on door. Preferably, you would want to be in your room. I would also suggest a room with a bathroom, but that isn't necessary. Also, in some video game with zombies, I think they barricaded the doors or openings. Then, when the amount of zombies has decreased,get to some mode of transportation that is shut off from the world. (Car or bus, but not pick up truck, zombies could grab onto the back.)Get remaining survivors and drive to the nearest dock. There, get in a boat with supplies and SPEED I mean SPEED away from there. Then, on the boat, find a small island and try to start civilization over again. When there, build some form of shelter, start a fire with dry wood, and hunt and scavenge for food.

-Zombie Researcher

There is currently not anything posted on her. But you could be the first. If you already know the Carmen Winstead story, you should definitely be contributing and writing it up on wikipedia. The story has to do with a 16 year old boy that didn't respond to a chain letter, and ended up dying because of it. It is a famous urban legend that is going around lately. So post a wikipedia article on Carmen Winstead, or she will get you next!

Currently, there are no "chain letters" that are similar to the Carmen Winstead or Jessica Smith story. best known as the 'Sewer Ghost'. The story is of a 17 year old girl being pushed down a sewer by 5 girls trying to embarrass her during a fire drill at their school. When help went down Carmen was found with a broken neck hit by a ladder. FACT: 6 months later David received this 'chain letter' and didn't forward it. An hour later he went to take a shwer and heard laughter coming from the shower; ran to his room to forward the message and went to bed. Exactly 5 hours after he said good-night to his mother; she was awakened by a loud noise and found David's room to be empty. The next morning the cops found David to br laying dead in a sewer near-by. His neck broken and his face peeled off. But Carmen/Jessica was not seen; the police still to this very day do not know whom murdered David.

Sure! it all depends on the angle of attack, or rather repose- I wouldn"t recommend it as a sportive practice. The acrobat Lillian Leitzel died of Injuries received in a 20 Foot fall she was conscious when found by aids (they did not have paramedics then) and died the following day of injuries received. there are cases of people surviving falls of many hundreds of feet-but the impact was cushioned by landing in snowbanks, 9on top of disused tents, and so on probably landed on their back or feet -obviously a head or neck-on angle of attack would be fatal. It is conceivable if they had the current rescue-paramedic level of technology in l93l as we have now- and Paramedics were inthe arena, Lillilan Leitzel may have been saved! The Broken Link of the carnival circuit! ( a broken link chain precipitated the accident)

The opposite of tragedy is comedy. Comedy typically features light-hearted and humorous elements, as opposed to the serious and somber tone of tragedy.

The story of Carmen Winstead falling into a well is a hoax. There is no credible information or evidence to support the claim that Carmen Winstead fell into a well. It is important to be cautious about believing in urban legends or internet rumors without verifying their authenticity.

No, humans have never naturally had the ability to fly. While technology like airplanes and helicopters allow us to fly, humans themselves are not capable of flight without the aid of machines.