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	Snopes.com 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.
	About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore - http://urbanlegends.about.com/ Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.
	The Museum of Hoaxes - http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/ A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
	New Urban Legends - http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com.
	Darwin Awards Urban Legends - http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/ Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.

	Don't Spread That Hoax! - http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/ Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.
	Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand - http://www.janbrunvand.com/ Official site of the folklorist who wrote several books on urban legends beginning with "The Vanishing Hitchhiker". Features personal and professional information, works, and a FAQ.
	The Urban Legend Combat Kit - http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/ Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and 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.
	Christian Urban Legends - http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.

	HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.
	Hoax-Slayer - http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.
	AFU and Urban Legends Archive - http://tafkac.org/ Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
	BellaOnline: Urban Legends - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/ Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.
	The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens - http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.

	Urban Legends & Modern Myths - http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/ Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.
	Urban Legends & Superstitions Online - http://urbanlegendsonline.com/ The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.
	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."
	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.

	Urban Myths & Legends - http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/ Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.
	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.
	Calypso's Urban Legends - http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/ Small collection of famous urban legends.
	Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit - http://www.wdog.com/legends/ A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
	Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico? - http://www.todossantos-baja.com/todos-santos/eagles/hotel-california.htm Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about an hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.

	"The Hook..." - http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.
	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.
	theFolklorist.com - http://thefolklorist.com/ Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.
	Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again - http://www.envasion.net/ E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
	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.

NetScrap.com: Urban Folklore - http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap.cfm?cat_show=Urban%20Folklore
Urban legends and beliefs gathered from across the net.

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