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Nov 17, 2022 · So if you’re looking for a fun way to test your knowledge of modern myths, or want to prolong the Halloween spirit this year, here are some of the most famous urban legends that show no signs of leaving our minds anytime soon!
- Buried Alive. This one can barely be considered an urban legend considering how often people have been buried alive. In fact, in the past many coffins were even equipped with strings that ran through the ground and were connected to a bell not far away.
- Charlie No-Face. Also called the Green Man, legend states that a man was horribly disfigured by either acid or an electrical powerline and now roams dark and foreboding places.
- Dead Body Under The Mattress. This legend tells the story of a couple spending the night in a hotel room that is filled with a foul odor. After a while they can’t take it anymore and call the front office.
- The Fatal Hairdo. Although the hairstyle has changed with the times, the story has remained the same. A girl who is very concerned with her looks decides to wash her hair in sugar water and leave it wrapped in a towel overnight so that it will dry in the exact shape she wants.
A comprehensive list of urban legends from around the world, organized by alphabetical order. Urban legends are modern folklore stories that often involve supernatural, paranormal, or frightening elements.
- Candyman
- The Killer Calling from Inside The House
- The Goatman
- The Mothman
- “Humans Can Lick, Too”
- The Killer in The Backseat
- The Real Corpse on Display
- The Death of Life Cereal Spokesperson Mikey
- Rice Killing Birds
- The Wizard of Oz’s Dead Munchkin
In 2021, director Nia DaCosta’s new vision of Candyman—the popular 1992 horror hitabout a vengeful spirit who is summoned to reality by saying his name five times—arrived in theaters. In one of the movie’s most terrifying scenes, the villain bursts through a medicine cabinet in the bathroom to attack his victim. While Candyman himself isn’t an urba...
For decades, stories have circulated about a babysitter home alone who receives harassing phone calls. When the call is finally traced by police, the babysitter is horrified to discover it’s coming from inside the house. While that exact scenario doesn’t seem to have ever been documented, there have been unsettling reports of babysitters being assa...
The Goatman was a purported half-man, half-goat fond of devouring dogs and attacking people in Prince George’s County in Maryland. While the Goatman had been whispered about for years, he got an explosion of publicity in 1971 after a reporter named Karen Hosler delivereda one-two punch lending credibility to his existence. In one Halloween article,...
No urban legend rundown is complete without mention of the Mothman, a strange creature who purportedly terrorized West Virginia in the 1960s. This winged menace was spotted numerous times, including by a grave digger and two couples sitting in a car in 1966. They described it as having bright red eyes and a massive wingspan 10 feet wide. When they ...
Not all tales of killers result in people dying. Sometimes, it’s the near-misses that prove to be effective stories. In one urban legend, a person wakes up in response to some strange noises. As they let their hand dangle at the bottom of the bed, they feela reassuring lick from their family pet. The next morning, the pet is found dead, and a note ...
Another near-miss urban legend involves a driver who is seemingly harassed by a car following hers. When she finally stops, it turns out the other driver was trying to warn her of a killer hiding in the back seat. It’s actually hard for murderers to try and hitch a ride in a back seat without being seen, but this story does have some basis in reali...
Ever hear the one about the haunted house that left a real corpse on display? You’re probably not going to find a dead body at your local haunt, but if you were a crew member on The Six Million Dollar Man in 1976, you would have realized this was no myth. A man working on the show was setting up a sequence at a funhouse at the Nu-Pike Amusement Par...
The Six Million Dollar Man was a big hit in the 1970s, and so was Mikey, the star of the Life cereal commercials. At some point, word spread that Mikey had succumbed to a dangerous combination of soda and the effervescent candy Pop Rocks. The rumor grew so widespread that in 1979 the mother of child actor John Gilchrist, who played Mikey, got a con...
For some reason, people just can’t get enough of urban legends about food causing living creatures to explode. For years, couples planning their wedding have been warned about not throwing riceat the ceremony because birds will be tempted to eat it, causing them to blow up. That can’t actually happen. Rice, whether it’s cooked or uncooked, poses no...
Have you ever heard about the munchkin who was believed to have taken his own life on the set of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz? People who watched the movie would swear they could see a shadowy figure as Dorothy and her new friends stroll along the Yellow Brick Road. There is something a little off in the background, but it’s not a dead munchkin. Because...
- The truth behind Mr. Rogers. A secret many have been dying to know: was Mr. Rogers, host of the children’s show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” actually a U.S. Marine - or maybe a Navy SEAL?
- There are bodies buried in Hoover Dam. This is one urban legend that just won’t die. While there were many fatalities involved in the making of Hoover Dam, zero involved workers slipping into the mix and being covered up with concrete.
- Pools will turn red if you pee in them. We all heard this one as kids: you can’t pee in the pool because there’s a special chemical that turns the water around you red...
- Wedding rice makes birds explode. No one is quite sure where this particular urban legend originated, but there is nevertheless the pervasive fear that if birds consume rice they explode.
Urban legend, in folklore, a story about an unusual or humorous event that many people believe to be true but that is not true. Urban legends typically combine secondhand narratives, such as those heard from “a friend of a friend,” with contemporary settings and familiar everyday objects, such as.
Urban legends are stories that many people believe to be true but are not, often involving mystery, horror, or humor. Learn about the origin, structure, propagation, and relation of urban legends to mythology and folklore.
