Urban Legends and Hoaxes 

See also: Logic and Critical Thinking

• About: Netlore
  Information and links from About.com.
• DMOZ: Urban Legends
  Links to many sites pertaining to urban legends, from the Open Directory project.
• How Urban Legends Work
  Describes how urban legends work, where they come from, how they spread, and what they mean.
• Museum of Hoaxes
  "The Museum was established in 1997 in order to promote knowledge about the phenomenon of hoaxes. It plays host to a variety of humbugs and hoodwinks—from ancient deceptions all the way up to modern schemes, dupes, and dodges that circulate on the internet."
• MythBusters
  Webpage of the tv program about exploring popular myths.
• Scambusters.org
  "Lots of great resources on how to avoid the most popular scams,identity theft threats, viruses and urban legends making the rounds."
• Snopes.com: Urban Legends
  Major reference site for urban legends. Describes and analyzes each story or claim and evaluates its truthfulness.
• The Straight Dope
  Website devoted to debunking hoaxes, urban legends, and misinformation in general.
• TruthOrFiction.com
  "Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are TRUTH! or FICTION!"
• Wikipedia: Urban Legend
  Article discussing various forms of urban legends and contemporary folklore.

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