Articles related to "Urban Legend"
Backseat Bandits
This articles tells of a murdering madman lurking in wait for unsupecting women drivers.
• murdering madman • urban legend • nightmares • backseat • axe
This articles tells of a murdering madman lurking in wait for unsupecting women drivers.
• murdering madman • urban legend • nightmares • backseat • axe
Definition of an Urban Legend
Forensic Science is teeming with urban legends or "believe it or not" stories that do the rounds on the internet and spread like wildfire on the electronic grapevine.
• urban legends • believe it or not stories • forensic science • hoax • mythology
Forensic Science is teeming with urban legends or "believe it or not" stories that do the rounds on the internet and spread like wildfire on the electronic grapevine.
• urban legends • believe it or not stories • forensic science • hoax • mythology
Don't Answer the Phone!
The hype surrounding Hideo Nakata's cult phenomenon The Ring promises a film scarier than The Blair Witch Project. It's a bold claim. Then again, Ring has left audiences from Asia to Western Europe afraid to pick up the phone.
• urban legends • urban myths • the ring • blair witch project • ringu
The hype surrounding Hideo Nakata's cult phenomenon The Ring promises a film scarier than The Blair Witch Project. It's a bold claim. Then again, Ring has left audiences from Asia to Western Europe afraid to pick up the phone.
• urban legends • urban myths • the ring • blair witch project • ringu
Handling the Beginnings and Endings of Stories
It depends on the time, the place, and the audience, but sometimes when you as the storyteller are ready to start telling, the audience is still in the process of getting settled and in the mood. So how do you craft a beginning that will get their attention? Equally important is letting your audience know when the story is finished. Sometimes the story is so engrossing, they are not ready for it to end. In this article, I share ideas and phrases that help storytellers tackle both of these situations — beginnings and endings.
• storytelling • performance • interaction • programs • stories
It depends on the time, the place, and the audience, but sometimes when you as the storyteller are ready to start telling, the audience is still in the process of getting settled and in the mood. So how do you craft a beginning that will get their attention? Equally important is letting your audience know when the story is finished. Sometimes the story is so engrossing, they are not ready for it to end. In this article, I share ideas and phrases that help storytellers tackle both of these situations — beginnings and endings.
• storytelling • performance • interaction • programs • stories
I'm Only "Kidney"ing!
This article is in response to the Urban Legend which warns partygoers of losing vital organs while at parties.
• urban • legend • party • kidney • organ
This article is in response to the Urban Legend which warns partygoers of losing vital organs while at parties.
• urban • legend • party • kidney • organ
John Ottman's Urban Legends 2: Final Cut
A review of John Ottman's Urban Legends: Final Cut, a sequel to Urban Legend.
• horror • movies • reviews • john ottman • urban legends: final cut
A review of John Ottman's Urban Legends: Final Cut, a sequel to Urban Legend.
• horror • movies • reviews • john ottman • urban legends: final cut
Mars as Large as the Full Moon
Despite persistent rumors to the contrary it is never possible for Mars to appear as large as the full Moon in the sky.
• mars large as full moon • mars • moon • full moon • myth
Despite persistent rumors to the contrary it is never possible for Mars to appear as large as the full Moon in the sky.
• mars large as full moon • mars • moon • full moon • myth
Pretty High "Snakes" Just to Play in a Ballpit
This article discusses the legend of snakes biting and killing children in the ballpits that you find in fast food restaurant play areas.
• snakes • ballpit • urban • legend • burger king
This article discusses the legend of snakes biting and killing children in the ballpits that you find in fast food restaurant play areas.
• snakes • ballpit • urban • legend • burger king
See You Later...ALLIGATOR (1980)
The deft touch of writer John Sayles adds an extra spice to an otherwise pedestrian tale.
• alligator • john sayles • urban legends
The deft touch of writer John Sayles adds an extra spice to an otherwise pedestrian tale.
• alligator • john sayles • urban legends
Too Much Studying Can Kill You
What is an urban legend? This story will show you how myths and legends are created and handed down through the ages. Be prepared for a surprise.
• legend • folklore • urban legend • city myths • narrative
What is an urban legend? This story will show you how myths and legends are created and handed down through the ages. Be prepared for a surprise.
• legend • folklore • urban legend • city myths • narrative
Urban Cowboy or Urban Legend: The Myth of the Cowboy Image
Two authors discuss the image of the cowboy in Western Canadian history.
• cowboys • brock silversides • ted stone • stereotypes of cowboys • cowboy stereotypes
Two authors discuss the image of the cowboy in Western Canadian history.
• cowboys • brock silversides • ted stone • stereotypes of cowboys • cowboy stereotypes
Urban Legends
This is a general introductory article about Urban Legends. There are thousands of specific Urban Legends, but this just a general description of what they are.
• urban • legends • internet • e-mail • beware
This is a general introductory article about Urban Legends. There are thousands of specific Urban Legends, but this just a general description of what they are.
• urban • legends • internet • e-mail • beware
Urban Legends About Crime, part I
Urban legends straddle the line between truth and fiction.
• urban legend • story • myth • folktale • folklore
Urban legends straddle the line between truth and fiction.
• urban legend • story • myth • folktale • folklore
Urban Legends About Crime, part II
Crime legends and ways to prevent them from spreading...
• urban legend • story • myth • folktale • folklore
Crime legends and ways to prevent them from spreading...
• urban legend • story • myth • folktale • folklore
Urban Legends in Your Email
What are urban legends and why do people fall for them every time? A look at how these stories are spread through the Internet, and how to recognize them.
• urban legend • sam's club stores • ashley flores • urban legends • viral quality
What are urban legends and why do people fall for them every time? A look at how these stories are spread through the Internet, and how to recognize them.
• urban legend • sam's club stores • ashley flores • urban legends • viral quality
Urban Legends, Not Alien Intervention
Urban Legends and far-fetched stories are being circulated providing us wih "evidence" of what's behind the September 11 tragedies. And like many good Urban Legends and strange offerings of logical explanations, there's a good one I received through the email system and listed here for your review and consideration. Coincidence, it seems, is a powerful arguement.
• urban legends number eleven mystery of eleven worl
Urban Legends and far-fetched stories are being circulated providing us wih "evidence" of what's behind the September 11 tragedies. And like many good Urban Legends and strange offerings of logical explanations, there's a good one I received through the email system and listed here for your review and consideration. Coincidence, it seems, is a powerful arguement.
• urban legends number eleven mystery of eleven worl
Urban Legends: Final Cut
A review of the movie "Urban Legends: Final Cut".
• cinema • reviews • criticism • criticisms • cilms
A review of the movie "Urban Legends: Final Cut".
• cinema • reviews • criticism • criticisms • cilms
Famous Minie Ball Pregnancy
Woman impregnated when hit by bullet that shot Civil War soldier's testicles.
• famous minie ball pregnancy • facts on the civil war urban legend • urban legends • military weird • minie ball pregnancy
Woman impregnated when hit by bullet that shot Civil War soldier's testicles.
• famous minie ball pregnancy • facts on the civil war urban legend • urban legends • military weird • minie ball pregnancy
Popular Myths About Mormons
Are all Mormons Republican? Do Mormons use birth control? What is the truth about the Mormon church?
• popular myths about mormons • mormon church • church of jesus christ of latter day saints • lds church • rumors about mormons
Are all Mormons Republican? Do Mormons use birth control? What is the truth about the Mormon church?
• popular myths about mormons • mormon church • church of jesus christ of latter day saints • lds church • rumors about mormons
Film Review: Urbania
While most explicitly gay-themed movies tend be unexceptional but for their subject matter, Urbania stands head and shoulders above the rest.
• urbania • daniel reitz • gay and lesbian film • gay and lesbian movie • dan futterman
While most explicitly gay-themed movies tend be unexceptional but for their subject matter, Urbania stands head and shoulders above the rest.
• urbania • daniel reitz • gay and lesbian film • gay and lesbian movie • dan futterman
Free Cash?
Did you hear Bill Gates is giving away $1000 and all you have to do is forward some e-mail! Or maybe it's April Fool's Day? Whether they're responsible for senatorial candidates debating phony issues or causing plenty of false calls to 911, e-mail hoaxes are a year round problem and only you can help stop them.
• information • security • hoaxes • chain • letters
Did you hear Bill Gates is giving away $1000 and all you have to do is forward some e-mail! Or maybe it's April Fool's Day? Whether they're responsible for senatorial candidates debating phony issues or causing plenty of false calls to 911, e-mail hoaxes are a year round problem and only you can help stop them.
• information • security • hoaxes • chain • letters
Ghost Helps Telly Savalas
Urban legends of phantom hitchhikers abound. Details vary. Chicago has a documented hitchhiking ghost. In Telly's unique case, the passenger wasn't the specter....
• telly savalas and the ghost • telly savalas paranormal experience • phantom hitchhiker • resurrection mary • phantom hitchhiker urban legend
Urban legends of phantom hitchhikers abound. Details vary. Chicago has a documented hitchhiking ghost. In Telly's unique case, the passenger wasn't the specter....
• telly savalas and the ghost • telly savalas paranormal experience • phantom hitchhiker • resurrection mary • phantom hitchhiker urban legend
Homemade Drunken Fruitcake Recipe
Forget the holiday fruitcake jokes. How to make delicious moist fruitcake full of butter, brown sugar, spices, brandy and rum soaked fruits and nuts. Save money too!
• homemade fruitcake recipe • drunken fruitcake recipe • fruitcake jokes • ask the fruitcake lady • grandma's fruitcake
Forget the holiday fruitcake jokes. How to make delicious moist fruitcake full of butter, brown sugar, spices, brandy and rum soaked fruits and nuts. Save money too!
• homemade fruitcake recipe • drunken fruitcake recipe • fruitcake jokes • ask the fruitcake lady • grandma's fruitcake
How Scary Should a Scary Story Be?
It is that time of year when those of us who are storytellers are in demand. Why? Because when people think of Halloween, they think of ghosts, goblins, witches and scary stories. How scary should a scary story be? The answer is, it depends. There are many considerations to take into account when we are asked to tell Halloween stories. In this article I address some of those considerations.
• storytelling • stories • scary stories • ghost stories • halloween
It is that time of year when those of us who are storytellers are in demand. Why? Because when people think of Halloween, they think of ghosts, goblins, witches and scary stories. How scary should a scary story be? The answer is, it depends. There are many considerations to take into account when we are asked to tell Halloween stories. In this article I address some of those considerations.
• storytelling • stories • scary stories • ghost stories • halloween
KFC, Genetic Engineering, and Myth
Have you heard that KFC had to change its name because it was using genetically altered chickens? Might want to re-evaluate that one, my friend. But can a well-crafted lie serve a noble purpose?
• kfc • chicken • fast-food • consumer culture • urban legends
Have you heard that KFC had to change its name because it was using genetically altered chickens? Might want to re-evaluate that one, my friend. But can a well-crafted lie serve a noble purpose?
• kfc • chicken • fast-food • consumer culture • urban legends
Knock On Wood
"I've never broken a bone...Knock on wood.." Why do we look for wood when tempting fate? Here's the 411 on this and other well-known old wives' tales.
• superstitions • old wives' tales • knock on wood • urban legends • black cats
"I've never broken a bone...Knock on wood.." Why do we look for wood when tempting fate? Here's the 411 on this and other well-known old wives' tales.
• superstitions • old wives' tales • knock on wood • urban legends • black cats
Lord and Lady Baltimore Cakes
Imagine making a cake whose delectable taste leaves such an impression on an individual's taste buds that it is immortalized in one of their novels? Well, such is the case of the Lady Baltimore Cake.
• lady baltimore cake • lord baltimore cake • white cake • yellow cake • urban legend
Imagine making a cake whose delectable taste leaves such an impression on an individual's taste buds that it is immortalized in one of their novels? Well, such is the case of the Lady Baltimore Cake.
• lady baltimore cake • lord baltimore cake • white cake • yellow cake • urban legend
The Henderson Heartbreaker and His Ouachita Woman
Another urban legend by Madonna. This story talks about loyalty and betrayel on a Uni Campus.
• folklore • legend • urban legend • ouachita baptist university • arkadelphia
Another urban legend by Madonna. This story talks about loyalty and betrayel on a Uni Campus.
• folklore • legend • urban legend • ouachita baptist university • arkadelphia
The Memo
Hoaxes and rumors have a nasty habit of sticking around. The ones started in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks regarding the involvement of Israelis - Jews, only uncover the true hatred and moral bankruptcy of the regimes throughout the world that allow such statements to be made with impunity. Those regimes must give way to a freer society with democratic values at their core otherwise the hatred will overwhelm them.
• hoax • urban • legend • israel • mossad
Hoaxes and rumors have a nasty habit of sticking around. The ones started in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks regarding the involvement of Israelis - Jews, only uncover the true hatred and moral bankruptcy of the regimes throughout the world that allow such statements to be made with impunity. Those regimes must give way to a freer society with democratic values at their core otherwise the hatred will overwhelm them.
• hoax • urban • legend • israel • mossad
The New Generation of Junk Mail
With today's technology, it is easier than ever to publish just about anything. The internet has proven to be the perfect vehicle for eRumors.
• junk mail • forwarded e-mail messages • e-mail rumors • verifying the validity of forwarded e-mail stories • junk e-mail filtering
With today's technology, it is easier than ever to publish just about anything. The internet has proven to be the perfect vehicle for eRumors.
• junk mail • forwarded e-mail messages • e-mail rumors • verifying the validity of forwarded e-mail stories • junk e-mail filtering
We Are All Myth Informed
Don't believe everything you hear or read for that matter. However, if we were to spend our time analyzing the deluge of urban myths, we might be missing the enjoyment of something that has been told tongue in cheek just to entertain us at least those of us who are erudite enough not to fall into the trap set by some sharpie. Life would not be much fun if we needed to spend every waking moment discerning whether or not the absolute truth so help us had been told in every instance.
• myth informed • paul dickson • joseph goulden • no two snowflakes are alike • santa claus
Don't believe everything you hear or read for that matter. However, if we were to spend our time analyzing the deluge of urban myths, we might be missing the enjoyment of something that has been told tongue in cheek just to entertain us at least those of us who are erudite enough not to fall into the trap set by some sharpie. Life would not be much fun if we needed to spend every waking moment discerning whether or not the absolute truth so help us had been told in every instance.
• myth informed • paul dickson • joseph goulden • no two snowflakes are alike • santa claus
April Fool's Day Fun for Families
There are lots of fun ways to celebrate April Fool's Day without tricks and pranks.
• april fools day • backwards day • family joke contest • family riddle contest • april fools day ideas
There are lots of fun ways to celebrate April Fool's Day without tricks and pranks.
• april fools day • backwards day • family joke contest • family riddle contest • april fools day ideas
Canada's Festivals: Toronto Fairs
Multicultural Toronto, Canada, is home to three of the biggest festivals in North America: Caribana Festival, The Canadian National Exhibition and the Royal Winter Fair.
• toronto ontario canada • caribana festival • royal agricultural winter fair • canadian national exhibition cne the ex • toronto united nations multicultural urban legend
Multicultural Toronto, Canada, is home to three of the biggest festivals in North America: Caribana Festival, The Canadian National Exhibition and the Royal Winter Fair.
• toronto ontario canada • caribana festival • royal agricultural winter fair • canadian national exhibition cne the ex • toronto united nations multicultural urban legend
Dog Death Art
Guillermo Vargas Habacuc is an "artist" who recently made a name for himself by starving a dog to death in the name of art. Word spread quickly via the world wide web.
• 2008 bienal centroamericana • online petition • sandinista anthem • sandinista anthem backwards • we are what we read
Guillermo Vargas Habacuc is an "artist" who recently made a name for himself by starving a dog to death in the name of art. Word spread quickly via the world wide web.
• 2008 bienal centroamericana • online petition • sandinista anthem • sandinista anthem backwards • we are what we read
Drunk Munchkins ... and Other Stories
Did a man hang himself along the Yellow Brick Road? Did the Munchkins partake in drunken orgies? Learn the truth behind the urban legends of Oz.
• the wizard of oz • urban legends • munchkins • the jack paar show • judy garland
Did a man hang himself along the Yellow Brick Road? Did the Munchkins partake in drunken orgies? Learn the truth behind the urban legends of Oz.
• the wizard of oz • urban legends • munchkins • the jack paar show • judy garland
Wizard of Oz Reader Mail
Did megastar Jackie Cooper have an uncredited role in <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>? How can I make my own Tin Man? And what about that unfamous hanging man, again?
• the wizard of oz • wizard of oz • oz • jackie cooper • lollipop kids
Did megastar Jackie Cooper have an uncredited role in <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>? How can I make my own Tin Man? And what about that unfamous hanging man, again?
• the wizard of oz • wizard of oz • oz • jackie cooper • lollipop kids
Badger: Pagan symbol of Aggression
Badgers are members of the carnivorous mustelidae family which includes otters and weasels. Their symbolism reflects the nature of the animal.
• badger symbolism • badger: pagan symbol of aggression • animal symbolism • badger lore • badger urban legends
Badgers are members of the carnivorous mustelidae family which includes otters and weasels. Their symbolism reflects the nature of the animal.
• badger symbolism • badger: pagan symbol of aggression • animal symbolism • badger lore • badger urban legends