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AFU and Urban Legends Archive  -
Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
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"The Hook..." -
Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
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About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore -
Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
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BellaOnline: Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
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Calypso's Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Small collection of famous urban legends.
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Christian Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.
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Christians United For The Truth - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
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Common E-mail Hoaxes - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
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Darwin Awards Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
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Don't Spread That Hoax! - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
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Don't Talk To Them - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
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Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
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.
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Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
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Hoax-Slayer - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
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Hoaxbusters - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
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HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
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Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico? - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.
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Jan Harold Brunvand - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."
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LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.
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Matt's Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
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NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
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Radek's Urban Legend Central - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Small collection of urban legends and other stories.
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Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.
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The Cat in Urban Mythology - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
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The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.
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The Museum of Hoaxes - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
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The Urban Legend Combat Kit - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
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theFolklorist.com - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
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Too Good to Be True - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
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Tourist Of Death - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
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Urban Legends & Modern Myths - http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
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Urban Legends & Superstitions Online - http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
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Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit - http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
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Urban Myths & Legends - http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
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Weird USA - http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/
Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
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