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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