Hoaxes And Urban Legends
Snopes.com
Snopes is a searchable database of urban legends and myths, email hoaxes, computer virus warnings, and folklore. Museum of Hoaxes
Tracks great, deceptive acts and schemes since the beginning of the 18th century. TruthOrFiction.com
Provides reality checks and information about warnings, offers, requests for help, and humorous or inspirational stories which are circulated by email. About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore
Articles, FAQs, and a searchable archive of urban legends and Internet folklore. Weird N.J.
Travel guide focusing on places not found on state-funded maps or tourist-attraction pamphlets. Learn about New Jersey's local heroes and villains, weird animals, ghosts, and UFOs. MythBusters
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman separate truth from urban legend with the aid of modern-day science in this popular Discovery Channel show. Mythbusters Fan Club
Uniting fans of the Discovery Channel TV show, Mythbusters. Features episode breakdowns, show personality bios, and message board. Savage, Adam
Official site for the Mythbusters host. TV.com: MythBusters
Offers an episode guide and show info for the popular Discovery Channel show. Every Mythbusters Myth on One Page
Easy, convenient reference to every confirmed, busted, and plausible myth featured on Mythbusters. Brought to you by Drivl.com. Dog Island
Separated from the anxieties of urban life, dogs on Dog Island live a natural, healthy, and happy life. Snopes.com: Critter Country (Dog Island)
Describes the truth behind the legend.
Urban Legends and Hoaxes Resource Center
Help protect yourself from Internet scams. Hoax Photo Test
Test your pop culture literacy and decide whether these images widely circulated in the media and on the Internet are hoax or real. Dave's Web of Lies
Employs a trained team of specialized researchers to trawl the world's information nets seeking out falsehoods. Warphead.com: Urban Legends
Collection of urban legends and other modern folktales, featuring a searchable database, forums, polls, galleries and more. Snopes.com: Bonsai Kitten
Includes an article in support of the humor behind the satirical Bonsai Kitten web site. HSUS: Bonsai Kitten Web Site
Editorial article from the Humane Society decrying the images and intent of the tongue-in-cheek web site. About.com: The Bonsai Kitten Wars
February 2001 article examining the controversy surrounding the Bonsai Kitten web site. NM: Cookie Recipe
Legendary chocolate chip cookie recipe from Neiman Marcus itself. Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
Offers the legend behind the cookie recipe going public. Wikipedia: Urban Legend
Entry for urban legends, describing their structure, how they are spread, and their documentation. Shark "Photo of the Year" Is Email Hoax
Article on a spliced photograph falsely credited to National Geographic. Snopes.com: Really Bad Day
Explains that a photograph of a shark jumping out of the water to attack a diver dangling from a helicopter is not real. Weird U.S.
Collection of odd news clippings, bizarre facts, little-known historical anecdotes, and anomalous encounters from around the country. Wired News: Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail
Article on the latest anonymous sex trend in England. Wikipedia: Toothing
Hyperlinked article examines the media hoax which claimed that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones were being used to arrange sexual encounters. Toothing Blog
News and comments on the casual sex trend that uses wireless networks to meet partners. Toothing!
Messageboards on how and where to tooth. Kentucky Fried Chicken Hoax
Information about the urban legend falsely claims that KFC is using genetically engineered organisms instead of chickens. From the University of New Hampshire. About.com: The Curse of Frankenchicken
Looks at the hoax circulating the Internet accusing KFC of engineering mutant creatures for profit. AFU & Urban Legends Archive
Collection of urban legends that appear mysteriously and spread spontaneously in many different forms. Blush Spider Arachnius gluteus is a Hoax
Information from the University of California, Riverside Department of Entomology about the fictitious spider. About.com: Spiders in the Toilet
Copy of the email hoax. Darwin Awards: Urban Legends
Apocryphal stories are included as examples of Herculean Darwinian efforts. Gatored Community
Details of the popular myth about alligators in the sewers of New York City from the Urban Legends Reference Pages. World Beneath the City, The
Extracts from the 1959 book by Robert Daley that was probably a major factor in the spreading of the 'alligators in the sewer' urban legend. Cat in Urban Mythology, The
Looks at how society's ambivalent attitude towards cats shows up in urban legends. The article includes tales of giant cats, dead cat myths, and other strange stories that are often passed off as true. Snopes.com: Disney
Lists the urban legends, myths, and rumors concerning Walt Disney, the Disney Company, the theme parks, and the films. Breaking The Chain
Gives the truth about chain letters, virus hoaxes, sick child appeals, and other misinformation that goes around in email messages. | Researchers Record the Screams of the Damned
Newspaper account and sound files of alleged screams from the underworld. Snopes.com: Horrors
Collection of scary urban legends, including horror stories of murdering madmen, freakish fatalities, supernatural tales, and gruesome discoveries.
Usenet's Frequently Posted Urban Legends
From the alt.folklore.college newsgroup. Urban Legends & Superstitions
Collection of popular, creepy, and interesting myths and superstitions. Also offers local New Jersey and Hollywood urban legends. Andrew Warriner's Legendary Pages
Includes examination of such legends as the Sphinx's nose, Lord Horatio Nelson's body, and the Philadelphia Experiment. Snakehead Attack? Wok, Don't Run!
Collection of articles addressing the Northern Snakehead fish and some of the outlandish claims surrounding its nature and abilities. BBC Sport: Anger at Glamour Girl Hoax
Information about the Simonya Popova urban legend. FOXNews.com: Tennis Hoax Is "Stunning"
Information on the imaginary Simonya Popova. SI.com: Who's That Girl?
The original Sports Illustrated article that created the mythical beautiful tennis player, Simonya Popova. Spamming and Urban Legends
From the Internet Roadmap Radek's Urban Legend Central
Includes tales such as Someone in the Backseat, the Hook, the Vanishing Hitchhiker, and other classic spooky urban legends. Urban Legends of Southern Africa
Offers excerpts from Arthur Goldstuck's books. theFolklorist.com
Features urban legends and a collection of pareidolic images. Consuming Fire That is klapTor, The
Reptile man, born of a child's imagination. Snopes.com: An Electronic Art Exhibit
Photographic works by Sarah Wichlacz based on classic urban legends. FAQ - The Alt.Folklore.Urban Page
Web version of the FAQ list for AFU newsgroup, which is devoted to the discussion and debunking of urban legends and other related issues. Goatman Hollow
Annual October production in in Hyattsville, MD, based on the legend of the Goatman. Goatman Legend of Prince George's County
Examines the more-commonly discussed theories on the origins of the Goatman, the allegedly part human, part goat creature roaming in Maryland. Wikipedia: Goatman (Cryptozoology)
Article about the Goatman, a cryptozoological man-goat hybrid, allegedly living in Maryland. Includes dates and location of sightings. Goatman
Profile of the half man half goat creature that has been sighted mainly within the state of Maryland. Left Field P.S.I.: The Goatman Article
Article by Scott Fowler about the legends and theories on the existence and origins of the Goatman. Elvis Sighting Bulletin Board
Automated bulletin board service, tell the world where Elvis can be found today! Dead Elvis Sightings
List of Elvis sightings submitted by users. Wikipedia: Elvis Sightings
User-edited article on sightings of Elvis Presley even after his death. Includes background info, media examples, trivia, and references. Presley Proof Positive?
1997 article about the DNA test results, which indicate that Elvis is not buried in Elvis's grave.
Looking For Elvis
What happens when a man gives away everything he owns (except for the cash) to search the world for the King of rock and roll? Is Tupac Really Dead?
One person's endless inquest and theory regarding the death of Tu-Pac. Tupac Amaru Shakur: Alive theory
List of reasons supporting the theory that Tupac isn't dead as a doornail. Robby Robb's Reasons Tupac Is Alive
Examines the facts and alleged facts surrounding Tupac's death. Is the Legendary Thug Really Dead?
Offers 43 reasons why Tupac isn't dead. Hoaxbusters
Get information about the fraudulent email chain letters, warnings, offers, and pleas for help, computer viruses, and more. From the Department of Energy. BreakTheChain.org
Research, advice, and links to help stop the spread of email hoaxes, misinformation, and chain letters. Hoax-Slayer
Monthly newsletter reporting on the latest email hoaxes and current Internet scams. MAKE.MONEY.FAST and Other Internet Hoaxes
Offers introduction to, and warning about, three of the most widely-known Internet hoaxes which never seem to die out. Chain Letter Evolution
Presents the history, dynamics, motivations, and evolution of chain letters. How to Defeat a Chain Letter
Are you sick of feeling that you have to forward chain letters to avoid bad luck? Read this anti-chain letter. E-Mail Junkyard
Collection of e-mail forwards, funnies, hoxes, jokes, surveys and chain letters, jokes, forwards, fake virus warnings, surveys, petitions, cute little ASCII art, and every other form of forwarded e-mail junk imaginable on the Internet.
Don't Spread That Hoax!
Get the real story behind email scams, virus hoaxes, and other Internet junk. Chain Letters
What's wrong with them? Why can't they work? Includes examples and extensive other links. Truth Miners
Site aimed specifically at Christians and fighting the hoaxes, urban legends, and scams that show up in everyone's email box. Hoaxkill: Chainletter Hoaxes
Profiles various hoax messages which ask users to forward them to friends for a good cause. EFF Chain Letters Archive
Lists text files of various chain letters that have made the rounds. |