- Don't Spread That Hoax! - http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
- Christians United For The Truth - http://www.truthminers.com/truth/
Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.
- Hoaxbusters - http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/
Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.
- Jan Harold Brunvand - http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html
Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."
- NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore - http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.
- Email Tracking Program Hoax - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/hoax/05-13hoax.asp
Debunks an email hoax about a new program from Microsoft.
- Too Good to Be True - http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall01/032088.htm
Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.
- theFolklorist.com - http://thefolklorist.com/
Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
- Common E-mail Hoaxes - http://www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/
A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.
- Urban Myths & Legends - http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
- The Urban Legend Combat Kit - http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.
- Darwin Awards Urban Legends - http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/
Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.
- Weird USA - http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/
Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.
- The Cat in Urban Mythology - http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm
Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
- Tourist Of Death - http://www.touristofdeath.com/
A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.
- Global Monetary - http://www.idchip.com/s1/entry.htm
Get your IDchip inplant.
- "The Hook..." - http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html
Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
- Weird US - http://www.weirdnj.com/__weirdus/
Strange stories from around the States: ghosts, local legends, crazy characters, UFOs, and other oddities.
- BellaOnline: Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/
Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
- Matt's Urban Legends - http://www.geocities.com/neons2000/
A collection of urban legends and superstitions.
- The Museum of Hoaxes - http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
- Don't Talk To Them - http://www.freewebs.com/locallegend/intro.htm
Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.
- Hoax-Slayer - http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
- Rocket Car Story - http://www.rocketcarstory.com/
A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages - http://www.snopes.com/
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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