Urban Legends
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 13, 2001
Asylum inmate saves the day for a motorist stranded with a flat tire.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 11, 2001
A story about two hitchhikers and not judging a book by its cover.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 27, 2001
Will chanting 'Bloody Mary' 13 times in front of a darkened mirror summon a vengeful ghost?
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 ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001
This oft-repeated claim may stem from genuine confusion over a term commonly applied to chewing ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2001
Was the boyfriend who went for gasoline murdered by a madman?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 1, 2000
Old collegiate legend involves a student's coming up with a clever proof about the physical prop ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 24, 2000
Are drug users dropping discarded needles into pay phone coin returns?
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 ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 11, 2000
Was a little girl hanging out of a school bus window decapitated by a road sign?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2000
A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 8, 2000
A college student makes a horrifying discovery.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 25, 2000
Legends about lunatic asylums, buses, and mistaken identities.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 1, 2000
Motorist who has a run-in with ruffians afterwards find the severed fingers of his assailants on ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 31, 2000
A longtime rumor is still bubbling up.
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.
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 ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 27, 2000
Did KFC change its name from 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' to eliminate the word 'fried'?
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 29, 1999
Venomous 'two-striped telamonia' spiders lurking beneath toilet seats in public restrooms is one ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 1999
The tale of a ghostly hitchhiker who disappears from a car.
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