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Urban Legends

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition – Jan Harold Brunvand

This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized

11 July 2020

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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends – David Wilton

Do you believe that Ring Around the Rosie refers to the Black Death? Or that Eskimos have 50 (or 500) words for “snow”? Or that “Posh” is an acronym for “Port Out, Starboard Home”? If so, you badly need this

11 July 2020

by Valentin

The Slenderman Mysteries An Internet Urban Legend Comes to Life – Nick Redfern

It’s the dead of night; you are fast asleep. Suddenly, you are wide awake but unable

The 500 Best Urban Legends Ever! – Yorick Brown, Mike Flynn

Have you ever heard an improbable story told about a friend of a friend? Did you

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends – Jan Harold Brunvand

A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a “friend of a friend.” Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

London Urban Legends The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories – Scott Wood

How long has a corpse been staring out at passengers on the tube? Was London Bridge really shipped abroad by an American thinking he’d bought Tower Bridge? Did the Queen really mix

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings – Jan Harold Brunvand

The groundbreaking book that launched America’s urban legend obsession! Folklore scholar Jan Harold Brunvand assembles the best-known urban legends―including “The Hook,” “The Spider in the Hairdo,” and “The Baby-Sitter and the Man

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

Urban Legends: Bizarre Tales You Won’t Believe – James Proud

Bizarre tales you won’t believe of The Titanic, nuclear cockroaches, alligators in the subway, the two-headed dog, Black Bart the Pirate, Bonnie and Clyde, The Bunny Man, and much more! Fact or

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore – Linda S. Godfrey

Which came first–the monster or the myth? Journalist Linda Godfrey investigates present-day encounters with mysterious creatures of old. The monsters of ancient mythology, folklore, and more contemporary urban legend have long captured

11 July 2020

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The Big Book of Urban Legends: 200 True Stories, Too Good to be True! – Jan Harold Brunvand

This collection of strange and bizarre anecdotal tales drawn (ostensibly) from real life contains 200 stories that have circulated across metropolitan areas–all invariably sworn to be true. “The Poodle in the Microwave,

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

Urban Legends – Nick Harding

To many, Urban Legends are nothing more than harmless tales told round a camp fire, in a dormitory or round a table in a pub with the express aim of provoking a

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

Film, Folklore and Urban Legends – Mikel J. Koven

From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. But once those traditional aspects have been identified, do

11 July 2020

Urban Legends

Urban Legends

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition – Jan Harold Brunvand

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends – David Wilton

The Slenderman Mysteries An Internet Urban Legend Comes to Life – Nick Redfern

The 500 Best Urban Legends Ever! – Yorick Brown, Mike Flynn

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends – Jan Harold Brunvand

London Urban Legends The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories – Scott Wood

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings – Jan Harold Brunvand

Urban Legends: Bizarre Tales You Won’t Believe – James Proud

I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore – Linda S. Godfrey

The Big Book of Urban Legends: 200 True Stories, Too Good to be True! – Jan Harold Brunvand

Urban Legends – Nick Harding

Film, Folklore and Urban Legends – Mikel J. Koven

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