Urban legend

:Urban Legend is also the name of a 1998 movie.

Documenting urban legends

Discussing, tracking, and analyzing urban legends have become a popular pursuit. A thriving usenet newsgroup, alt.folklore.urban, discusses such stories. The newsgroup's "Frequently Asked Questions" page summarizes the truth or otherwise of these stories, so far as this can be determined. For a similar list see the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com.

Related Topics:
Usenet - Alt.folklore.urban - Snopes.com

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The United States Department of Energy has set up a service called Hoaxbusters that deals with all sorts of computer-distributed hoaxes and legends. A recent TV series, MythBusters, has the goal of proving or disproving urban legends by actually attempting to reproduce them.

Related Topics:
United States Department of Energy - MythBusters

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