Urban Legends

Urban Legends


In this paper I will explain exactly what an urban legend is, and

give some examples of very popular ones that have been passed by

word of mouth for decades across the United States.

1 " An urban legend is a story that is so bizarre, horrifying, or

unexplainable, that it makes something inside of us want to believe

it." Urban Legends can have traced origins from other countries,

universities, states, or people, that just decided to made up as

incredible story and pass it on to their friends and family members.

Many of these legends were started in the sixties and seventies,

and still continue to be passed on to this day. A good example, is

the horrifying Pop Rocks death. 2"In the seventies ,school kids

passed on the rumor that if Pop Rocks candy was eaten with any

kind of soda, the person's insides would explode". A legend that

eventually forced the candy company to prove as untrue.

Mos...