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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

Backseat Bandits
This articles tells of a murdering madman lurking in wait for unsupecting women drivers.
murdering madman • urban legend • nightmares • backseat • axe

Expose Urban Legends and Internet Hoaxes
Web sites such as snopes.com, truthorfiction.com, and hoaxbusters.org uncover the truth behind stories spread online.
expose urban legends • expose internet hoaxes • internet rumors • forwarded e-mails • snopes

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

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

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

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

Organic Gardening Myths and Urban Legends
Some false garden ideas have been around so long that organic gardeners forget to question these urban legends. Learn about grass clippings, peat moss, and weed fabric.
garden myths • urban legends • grass clippings • planting trees • planting shrubs

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

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

Urban Legends About College Life
Urban legends - or false stories that spread widely - about college students include the tale of the student who got a 4.0 after her roommate committed suicide.
college urban legend • college urban myth • 4.0 gpa • roommate suicide • organ thief

The Millennium Bug
Sooner rather than later the Y2K Myths will work their way into folklore, legends, myths and urban legends. This article is about that "bug's life!"
millennium bug • y2k • year two-thousand • myths • bug

Ghosts and Legends of USNA Annapolis
Murder victim Lt. James Sutton's ghost has been sighted. True, USMA West Point has more phantoms and, possibly, one courtesy of Annapolis' Brigade Activities Committee.
ghosts of annapolis • haunted annapolis • annapolis ghosts • maryland’s ghosts • haunted matyland

Good Samariton 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

Homemade Fruitcake Recipe Soaked in Rum & Brandy
Forget the holiday fruitcake jokes! Delicious moist fruitcakes full of butter, brown sugar, spices, brandy and rum soaked fruits and nuts. Mini loaves make great gifts.
homemade fruitcake recipe • fruitcake soaked in alcohol • order fruitcake online • fruitcake jokes • ask the fruitcake lady

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

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

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

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

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

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

Benefits of Prenatal Massage
More women are becoming interested in prenatal massage to help make a pregnancy easier. It's important to know the benefits and risks of prenatal massage.
benefits of prenatal massage • benefits and risks of prenatal massage • getting prenatal massage • prenatal massage • when to get prenatal massage

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

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

Jim Gillespie's I Know What You Did Last Summer
A review of Jim Gillespies' I Know What You Did Last Summer.
horror • movie • reviews • video • dvd

Aboriginal Humour
Colonists retaining Indigenous place names for towns are not always thrilled to find out what the Aboriginal language words actually mean...
aboriginal joke • indigenous humour • indigenous orthography • lavatory humour • goonies

Demons Alley in New Jersey
Demons Alley in New Jersey, once known as New City Complex, has some pretty scary stories and so many mysteries to learn.
demons alley • new city complex • demons alley new jersey • haunting • abandoned homes

Horror Movie Review: Wind Chill
Wind Chill offers a new spin on an old favorite. The depth of the story is enough to battle the boring car ride.
wind chill • horror movie • car ride • b movie • icy death

It's "The Tom Green Snow"
This article addresses a recent rumor about an outrageous stunt pulled off by the Tom Green Show.
tom green show • bar mitzvah • rumor • mtv

Mind The Gap: The London Underground Announcement in Popular Culture
The announcement "Mind The Gap" regularly heard on the London Underground, has entered popular culture. Here's what you need to know about the phrase and its usage.
london underground mind the gap • mind the gap voice • mind the gap warning • mind the gap announcement • london tube

Is Too Much Soap Ever a Bad Thing?
This very funny collection of letters between a frustrated traveller and his hotel maids may not be true, but it is definitely hilarious.
soap • maids • berman • letters

Shamrocked!
Book 2 in the Strange Encounters series is filled with treasure maps, a wannabe pirate, leprechauns, and adventure.
leprechaun • children • book • review • strange

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
The author advises: After a couple pages, you won’t want to be here. So forget it. Go away. Get out while you’re still in one piece. Save yourself. <p> I disagree.
choke • palahniuk • chuck • fiction • novel

Hey Arnold
Hey Arnold is a cartoon about a group of average fourth graders. Some episodes are funny, some are weird, and some are just plain stupid.
cartoon • children • television • children's television

Review of Vintage by Author Steve Berman
Vintage, an emotionally charged, haunting gay ghost story from award winning writer Steve Berman, re-released by Lethe Press, proves to be anything but stuck in the past.
vintage by steve berman • vintage lethe press • urban ghost story • gay ghost story • gay halloween

Spring Wedding Ideas
Personalize your spring wedding ceremony and reception by adding some creativity without spending a lot of cash!
spring wedding • wedding ideas • plantable paper • wedding invitations • wedding flowers

The Legend of Brents Road and Other Ghost Stories
Brents Road is only one of the many haunted places in the state of Mississippi.
ghost • ghosts • ghost story • ghost stories • mississippi

The REAL Story of Taps
A referenced collective account on the true origin of the traditional military bugle call known as Taps. Many myths exist about this song. This article shows the truth.
story of taps • taps song • bugle calls • history of taps • military bugle calls

Those Silent Stars
Buck Rainey has emerged as one of the foremost film historians of this last 20 years. With his books on ‘Serials and Series’, ‘Western Gunfighters in Fact and Fiction’, ‘Reel Cowboys’, ‘Essays on’, his various Buck Jones books (3), ‘The Fabulous Holts’, and several other western film topics, he is truly a master of the genre. Pity the man or woman who comes up against him in Trivial Pursuit, Western Style, or who starts an argument (discussion) on the topic of western heroes.
buck rainey • tom mix • art mix • fred thompson • silent films

Where Are They Now?: "John Woo's Once a Thief"
You watched them light up your television screen in the short-lived early nineties series "John Woo's Once a Thief" from Hong Kong director John Woo. Find out what your favorite stars are up to now!

Absinthe Returns
Looking back a hundred years, it's hard to imagine the hysteria surrounding absinthe at the turn of the century.
absinthe • the green fairy • la fee verte • thujone • wormwood

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