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

Devoted to American folklore and urban legends

Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore

The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey

A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car

Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture

E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view

A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception

Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes

E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories

A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture

Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics

Small collection of famous urban legends

Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends

Documents known urban legends and pious frauds

Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest

A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email

Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true

Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet

Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University

What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly

Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about a hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico

Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

A collection of urban legends and superstitions

Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net

Small collection of urban legends and other stories

Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend

Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt

Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends

Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore

A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz

Submitted stories and other fantastic messages

Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings

Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com