Urban legends are those strange but seemingly credible tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. At last, Professor Jan Harold Brunvand has collected the creepiest, most terrifying urban legends, many that have spooked you since your childhood and others that you believe really did occur - e[...]
The noted folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand has written a first book about one of the most common forms of contemporary folklore - the urban legends. All of the major legends are fully discussed, from teenage horror stories like "The Hook" and "The Boyfriend's Death" to spoofs of adult foibles like "Th[...]