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Urban Legends

Baby High Chair Death

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 22, 2001

Was a baby left in a high chair to await the sitter discovered dead when his vacationing parents ...

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Does Chewing Gum Take Seven Years to Digest?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Feb. 6, 2001

This oft-repeated claim may stem from genuine confusion over a term commonly applied to chewing ...

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The Boyfriend's Death

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 29, 2001

Was the boyfriend who went for gasoline murdered by a madman?

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Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 1, 2000

Old collegiate legend involves a student's coming up with a clever proof about the physical prop ...

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HIV Needles in Coin Returns

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 24, 2000

Are drug users dropping discarded needles into pay phone coin returns?

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Pins and razors and needles in Halloween candy is the subject of this story.

Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2000

Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the ...

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Beheaded Child on Schoolbus

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 11, 2000

Was a little girl hanging out of a school bus window decapitated by a road sign?

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AIDS Mary

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 27, 2000

A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...

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Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 8, 2000

A college student makes a horrifying discovery.

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Bus Driver Delivers Sane People to Mental Hospital

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 25, 2000

Legends about lunatic asylums, buses, and mistaken identities.

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Severed Fingers

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 1, 2000

Motorist who has a run-in with ruffians afterwards find the severed fingers of his assailants on ...

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Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 31, 2000

A longtime rumor is still bubbling up.

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Urban Legend: Drilled Wire

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 14, 2000

A competitor one-ups a company proud of their new ultra-thin wire by drilling a hole through it.

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The Pet in the Microwave

The Microwaved Pet

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

May 21, 2000

In this classic urban legend, an elderly pet owner attempts to dry her beloved pet in a microwav ...

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Two-Striped Telamonia Spider

Written by: Snopes Staff

Sept. 29, 1999

Venomous 'two-striped telamonia' spiders lurking beneath toilet seats in public restrooms is one ...

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The Vanishing Hitchhiker

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 17, 1999

The tale of a ghostly hitchhiker who disappears from a car.

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Can Alligators Live in Sewers?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 10, 1999

It's amazing what a little digging will uncover.

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The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 29, 1999

A babysitter receives mysterious, threatening phone calls.

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Hairy-Armed Hitchhiker

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 21, 1999

A helpful male stranger begging a ride at a shopping mall turns out to be a crazed killer.

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The Stolen Biscuits

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Feb. 8, 1999

A long-circulating tale of biscuit banditry.

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