Urban Legends

Send us Fan MailJen and Carolyn are jumping into scary season with both feet! Turn out the lights, pour yourself a pumpkin spice whatever, and fire up a fall scented candle because Jen and Carolyn are going to tell you all about Urban Legends. We’ll take a look at the origins of infamous urban legends like Bloody Mary, hook hand dude, and La Llorona as well as explore whether or not there is any truth to these tales that keep us in line and up at night. This multi-cultural journey will take a look at the psychology behind the longevity of these tales; exploring why after centuries in some instances, these stories persist and still scare the crap out of us. Top 10 urban legends | Children's books | The Guardian10 Creepy Urban Legends From Around The WorldDon’t read these international urban legends if you like sleephttps://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-20-urban-legends-that-turned-out-to-be-true/a-secret-murderSlender Man Stabbing - Crime MuseumThe impact of urban legends - The Paisanohttps://rhetoricofmythology.weebly.com/cautionary-tales.htmlUrban Legends How They Start and Why They Persist, Heather Whipps, 2006Joseph M. Stubbersfield , Emma G. Flynn and Jamshid J. Tehrani, Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends, The Journal Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 2017Naveed Saleh, 2022 10 Realities About Urban Legends