About Urban Legends
Archive of Urban Legends & Netlore
Your archive of urban legends and Netlore -- a permanent collection of hilarious, sad, horrifying and semi-instructive tales.How to Spot an Urban Legend
Hints and tips for identifying "friend of a friend" tales.What Exactly Are Urban Legends?
Infrequently Answered Questions about the contemporary tall tales we call urban legends.Archives on the Net
Best Web-based collections of urban legends and Netlore.Computer Virus Hoaxes
John Ives calls them "urban legends for the digital age" in this essay about the "mythologization" of the Internet.Folklore & Urban Myth on the Internet
Pithy overview of Internet-transmitted folklore -- urban legends, hoaxes, chain letters, etc. With bibliography and links to examples.High School Confidential
One brave skeptic accepts the thankless mission of lecturing teenagers on the dangers of propagating urban legends. "Just say no!"How Urban Myths Reveal Society's Fears
A marvelous article on the psychological reasons we tell tall tales, written by Neal Gabler.Internet Hoaxes, Rumors & Urban Legends
Information about the various forms of Netlore and resources for coping with them.Jan Harold Brunvand Speaks!
The renowned folklorist discusses his work in this transcript of a recent CNN chat.The Making of an Urban Legend
E. M. Ganin tracks a Net-propagated legend back to its point of origin, then shows how and why it spread. Nicely researched.Postcards from the Internet
ZDNet's bold foray into urban legends country. This expansive feature covers the $250 cookie recipe, Craig Shergold, memetic theory, and more.Tales of the Wooden Spoon
Barbara Mikkelson of the San Fernando Folklore Society explains what urban legends are and offers a host of examples.Tales Too Tall to be True
A gee-whiz article about all of the urban legends running rampant on the Internet, from USA Today.This Is Not a Hoax!
Scientific American investigates the Internet's influence on contemporary folklore.Truth, Justice and the Freudian Slip
This one's for all you Freud fans out there -- an intro to the psychoanalytic interpretation of Net myths and urban legends.Urban Folklore References
A bibliography of essential print resources compiled by Terry Chan.Vague But True
Tim Bedore, NPR's droll commentator on the true quandaries of modern life, looks for meaning behind the legend of the kidney snatchers.Virus Hoaxes, Urban Legends and Chain Letters
A concise introduction to common forms of misinformation on the Internet, by Matthew Armistead.What To Do When You're Told an Urban Legend
Tongue-in-cheek advice from the godfather of urban folklore, Jan Harold Brunvand.Why We Believe Cybermyths
A brief academic study of factors that make urban legends seem credible to us.
