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- Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.

» About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore - Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.

» BellaOnline: Urban Legends - Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.

» Calypso's Urban Legends - Small collection of famous urban legends.

» The Cat in Urban Mythology - Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.

» Christian Urban Legends - Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.

» Christians United For The Truth - Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.

» Common E-mail Hoaxes - A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.

» Darwin Awards Urban Legends - Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.

» Don't Spread That Hoax! - Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.

» Don't Talk To Them - Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.

» Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand - Official site of the folklorist who wrote several books on urban legends beginning with "The Vanishing Hitchhiker". Features personal and professional information, works, and a FAQ.

» Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again - E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.

» Hoaxbusters - Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.

» Hoax-Slayer - Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.

» The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens - Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.

» HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work - What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.

» Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico? - Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.

» Jan Harold Brunvand - Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."

» LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies - E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.

» Matt's Urban Legends - A collection of urban legends and superstitions.

» The Museum of Hoaxes - A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.

» NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore - Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.

» Radek's Urban Legend Central - Small collection of urban legends and other stories.

» Rocket Car Story - A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car.

» Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages - Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.

» "The Hook..." - Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.

» theFolklorist.com - Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.

» Too Good to Be True - Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.

» Tourist Of Death - A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.

» The Urban Legend Combat Kit - Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.

» Urban Legends & Modern Myths - Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.

» Urban Legends & Superstitions Online - The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.

» Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit - A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.

» Urban Myths & Legends - Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.

» Weird USA - Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.