There are plenty of examples of video game urban legends that people can’t stop talking about, including Sonic.exe, Mario 64, and Polybius, to name a few.

The enemy of false urban legends is data. For example, in the face of stories about rampant shoplifting leading to closures of chain stores, the numbers tell us that shoplifting has in fact declined.

Urban legends also provide a source of entertainment. ... For example, media outlets and providers of internet-related services can use international fact checking networks.

Whether urban legends are dark or funny in nature, their underlying messages are customarily serious ones, offering vivid and easily assimilable examples of issues such as the dangers of new ...

Top 10 Greatest Urban Legends in Sports Jon Star Jul 20, 2010 At times, sports can act like a good story, one that keeps the fans engaged and something that we remember for a long time.

Urban legends get around, but we don’t really understand why. ... These examples are a form of contemporary folklore, which are told as true and are set in post-industrial settings.

Owners of The Urban Legends Reference Pages, ... Take, for example, the three biggest legends to come out of Sept. 11: Nostradamus, the Accidental Tourist, and Mall-o-ween.

You know that creepy urban legend you heard about that thing in your town? Yeah, someone is probably telling that very same story in another part of the country right now. Here’s why everybody ...

For example, a survey conducted for the American Tort Reform Assn. in 2003 found that by a ratio of 2 to 1, respondents believed that lawsuits were harming the economy and stifling job creation.

Batman Urban Legends spoilers ahead… Gail Simone wrote the Women in Refrigerators list in 1999 listing examples of the superhero comic-book trope whereby female characters are affected by injury ...

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The story of a terrifying “slit-mouthed woman” who approached children in the late 1970s kickstarted Japan’s modern urban legends.