Urban Legends

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