Every country, state, and town has its own urban legends known to residents and fans of the paranormal. Some are clear attempts to explain mysterious phenomena or tragedies, while others are ...

Urban legends are, in a basic sense, anecdotes that people share with one another, akin to jokes or tall tales. But although many urban legends are humorous in nature, they typically serve a ...

It was an innocent question posed by a student a few years ago that revealed to me the dirty laundry underneath our pristine white lab coats of authority — chemists have a set of urban legends ...

No matter where in the United States you’re from, your home state is sure to have its share of urban legends and urban myths.

However, urban legends exist all over the world, and we've scoured the globe to find the eeriest and most pervasive ones, from Nessie living in the depths of Loch Ness to a 13th-century town in ...

In his 2017 book Legendy Miejskie Warszawy (Warsaw’s Urban Legends) the writer and draughtsman Marek Dąbrowski says that the legend of the Black Volga is, by far, the ‘most popular’ Warsaw urban ...

Each zodiac sign finds its spooky match in the world of urban legends. From Aries' Headless Horseman to Pisces' ghostly ...

The year prior, we put an article together about urban legends found in the Lone Star State. An urban legend is a story typically about an unusual or funny event that some people believe to be ...

Some may think these were sightings of the Mothman, a chupacabra and maybe a Nessie-like monster — which like Bigfoot — are mythic, improbable creatures at the center of urban legends and ...

One big difference here is that Pokémon TCG Pocket is free-to-play; there are lots of ways to easily spend money. These urban ...

While many adults think about old urban legends involving razor blades and apples, experts point to real concerns they need to consider, such as kids crossing the streets safely and injuries from ...