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Urban Legends

Episode 25 of the Paranormal Experience with Melissa and Mandi podcast, hosted by Dark and Ominous Entertainment, titled "Urban Legends" was published on May 6, 2025 and runs 74 minutes.

May 6, 2025 ·74m · Paranormal Experience with Melissa and Mandi

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In this episode Mandi teaches us the history of Urban Legends as well as some popular Lore.  The babysitter and the man upstairs Candyman   The killer in the back seat The licked hand Pop Rocks Poisoned Halloween candy Bloody Mary The hook Chain Letters The body under the bed Organ transplants/Kidney Thieves       References:   https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649385/urban-legends-origins https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html https://www.asuprepdigital.org/student_blog/i-heard-it-from-a-friend-of-a-friend-the-history-of-urban-legends-2/ https://www.cityliveglasgow.com/journalism/2022/5/5/the-candyman-the-urban-legend-and-true-story https://investigatingurbanlegends.quora.com/What-is-the-urban-legend-about-the-Candyman?top_ans=40065716 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_babysitter_and_the_man_upstairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Licked_Hand https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/humans-can-lick-too-how-urban-legends-spread https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths https://www.today.com/parents/family/poison-halloween-candy-myth-rcna121984 https://abc13.com/1974-candyman-turned-halloween-terrifying-pasadena-texas/375883/ https://www.pcsb.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=5837&ModuleInstanceID=27652&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=28107&PageID=14981 https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend https://collective.world/this-is-the-dark-origin-of-bloody-mary-your-favorite-childhood-superstition/ https://www.americanfolklore.net/the-hook/ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Hook_Man_Legend https://nerdbot.com/2023/05/30/urban-legend-fact-or-fiction-the-hook-hand-killer/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bawdy-under-the-bed/ https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/59730/1/interact-4x-to-claim-chain-letters-are-taking-over-tiktok https://slate.com/culture/2010/10/the-curious-history-of-chain-letters.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_letter https://theexodusroad.com/organ-trafficking-facts/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transplant-myths-urban-legends/ https://paranormaldailynews.com/kidney-thieves-the-urban-legend/2158/ https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/1/the-legend-of-cropsey

In this episode Mandi teaches us the history of Urban Legends as well as some popular Lore. 

The babysitter and the man upstairs

Candyman

 

The killer in the back seat

The licked hand

Pop Rocks

Poisoned Halloween candy

Bloody Mary

The hook

Chain Letters

The body under the bed

Organ transplants/Kidney Thieves

 

 

 

References:

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649385/urban-legends-origins

https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html

https://www.asuprepdigital.org/student_blog/i-heard-it-from-a-friend-of-a-friend-the-history-of-urban-legends-2/

https://www.cityliveglasgow.com/journalism/2022/5/5/the-candyman-the-urban-legend-and-true-story

https://investigatingurbanlegends.quora.com/What-is-the-urban-legend-about-the-Candyman?top_ans=40065716

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_babysitter_and_the_man_upstairs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Licked_Hand

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/humans-can-lick-too-how-urban-legends-spread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths

https://www.today.com/parents/family/poison-halloween-candy-myth-rcna121984

https://abc13.com/1974-candyman-turned-halloween-terrifying-pasadena-texas/375883/

https://www.pcsb.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=5837&ModuleInstanceID=27652&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=28107&PageID=14981

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend

https://collective.world/this-is-the-dark-origin-of-bloody-mary-your-favorite-childhood-superstition/

https://www.americanfolklore.net/the-hook/

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Hook_Man_Legend

https://nerdbot.com/2023/05/30/urban-legend-fact-or-fiction-the-hook-hand-killer/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bawdy-under-the-bed/

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/59730/1/interact-4x-to-claim-chain-letters-are-taking-over-tiktok

https://slate.com/culture/2010/10/the-curious-history-of-chain-letters.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_letter

https://theexodusroad.com/organ-trafficking-facts/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transplant-myths-urban-legends/

https://paranormaldailynews.com/kidney-thieves-the-urban-legend/2158/

https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/1/the-legend-of-cropsey

 

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