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

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

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.

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

Christian Urban Legends - http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul.htm
Documents known urban legends and pious frauds.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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."

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

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

New Urban Legends - http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml
Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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