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» AFU and Urban Legends Archive    Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.    http://tafkac.org/

» "The Hook..."    Variants and analysis of this classic urban legend.    http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/thehook.html

» About.com: Urban Legends and Folklore    Articles, links, and an archive of urban and internet folklore.    http://urbanlegends.about.com/

» BellaOnline: Urban Legends    Weekly updates on the newest urban legends, plus articles on all of the classics.    http://www.bellaonline.com/site/urbanlegends/

» Calypso's Urban Legends    Small collection of famous urban legends.    http://www.angelfire.com/az2/urbanlegends/

» Christians United For The Truth    Aims to debunk internet and email hoaxes as well as myths; membership includes monthly newsletter and forum digest.    http://www.truthminers.com/truth/

» Common E-mail Hoaxes    A list of some of the more popular internet hoaxes, urban legends, rumors, and junk, circulated through your email.    http://www.3oddballz.com/hoaxes/

» Darwin Awards Urban Legends    Cautionary tales of human evolution in action that are simply too astounding to be true.    http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/

» Don't Spread That Hoax!    Debunking hoaxes as well as urban legends that spread on the internet.    http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/

» Don't Talk To Them    Local legends lists details of the village-idiots, nutters, weirdos and deviants we all know and love.    http://www.freewebs.com/locallegend/intro.htm

» Email Tracking Program Hoax    Debunks an email hoax about a new program from Microsoft.    http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/hoax/05-13hoax.asp

» Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again    E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.    http://www.envasion.net/

» Global Monetary    Get your IDchip inplant.    http://www.idchip.com/s1/entry.htm

» Hoax-Slayer    Information about email hoaxes; includes weekly newsletter, archives and list of the latest email hoaxes.    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

» Hoaxbusters    Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths and other bogus information being routed around the internet.    http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/

» HowStuffWorks: How Urban Legends Work    What they are, where they come from, and why they spread so quickly.    http://www.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm

» Is the Hotel California in the Eagles' song located in Todos Santos, Mexico?    Dispels the myth that this Eagles song was written about a hotel in Todos Santos, Mexico.    http://www.todossantos-baja.com/todos-santos/eagles/hotel-california.htm

» Jan Harold Brunvand    Transcript of an interview with folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, author of "Too Good to be True - The Colossal Book of Urban Legends."    http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html

» LIEmails: The Truth About E-mail Lies    E-mail hoaxes debunked, from a Christian point of view.    http://www.liemails.com/

» Legends From a Small Country    From the collection of Arthur Goldstuck, South Africa's foremost authority on urban legends.    http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/ul.htm

» Matt's Urban Legends    A collection of urban legends and superstitions.    http://www.geocities.com/neons2000/

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

» Radek's Urban Legend Central    Small collection of urban legends and other stories.    http://geocities.com/rayman_7575/

» Rocket Car Story    A possibly true story about four guys who attach a jet engine to their car.    http://www.rocketcarstory.com/

» Stiller Research Virus Hoax News    Virus and other hoaxes that spread by email.    http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm

» The Cat in Urban Mythology    Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.    http://messybeast.com/urbancat.htm

» The Horse and the Maiden: An Urban Legend in Ancient Athens    Article by Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University.    http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/HorseText.html

» The Museum of Hoaxes    A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.    http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/

» The Oracle    Listing of contradictions in the bible and brief discussion of some hoaxes and controversial issues.    http://www.geocities.com/tell_me_oracle/

» The Urban Legend Combat Kit    Collection of prepared responses to refute oft cited internet myths and urban legends.    http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/

» Too Good to Be True    Review of Jan Harold Brunvand's book on urban legends, with excerpt.    http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall01/032088.htm

» Tourist Of Death    A site maintaining the history of the WTC Rooftop Tourist picture hoax, and all copycat pictures resulting from the original picture.    http://www.touristofdeath.com/

» Uncle Ken's Urban Myth Page    Small collection of common urban legends.    http://pw1.netcom.com/~uncleken/urbanmyths.html

» Urban Legends    Essay by Seppo Raudaskoski on urban legends.    http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/PAPS/urbanl.html

» Urban Legends & Modern Myths    Collection of urban legends, modern myths and American folklore.    http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/

» Urban Legends & Superstitions Online    The most popular urban legends and superstitions including local legends based in New Jersey.    http://urbanlegendsonline.com/

» Urban Legends Reference Pages    Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.    http://www.snopes.com/

» Urban Legends Research Centre    Archive of annotated urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost legends, and superstitions, with FAQ.    http://www.ulrc.com.au/

» Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit    A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.    http://www.wdog.com/legends/

» Urban Myths & Legends    Submitted stories and other fantastic messages.    http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/

» Virus Hoaxes and Netlore    Information on virus hoaxes, chain letters, and netlore circulating via email.    http://hoaxinfo.com/

» Weird US    Strange stories from around the States: ghosts, local legends, crazy characters, UFOs, and other oddities.    http://www.weirdnj.com/__weirdus/

» Weird USA    Gazette of urban legends and beliefs, as well as ghost sightings and hauntings.    http://www.angelfire.com/zine/WeirdUSA/

» theFolklorist.com    Devoted to American folklore and urban legends.    http://thefolklorist.com/

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