Urban Legends

In this episode Mandi teaches us the history of Urban Legends as well as some popular Lore. 

The babysitter and the man upstairs

Candyman

 

The killer in the back seat

The licked hand

Pop Rocks

Poisoned Halloween candy

Bloody Mary

The hook

Chain Letters

The body under the bed

Organ transplants/Kidney Thieves

 

 

 

References:

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649385/urban-legends-origins

https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html

https://www.asuprepdigital.org/student_blog/i-heard-it-from-a-friend-of-a-friend-the-history-of-urban-legends-2/

https://www.cityliveglasgow.com/journalism/2022/5/5/the-candyman-the-urban-legend-and-true-story

https://investigatingurbanlegends.quora.com/What-is-the-urban-legend-about-the-Candyman?top_ans=40065716

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_babysitter_and_the_man_upstairs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Licked_Hand

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/humans-can-lick-too-how-urban-legends-spread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths

https://www.today.com/parents/family/poison-halloween-candy-myth-rcna121984

https://abc13.com/1974-candyman-turned-halloween-terrifying-pasadena-texas/375883/

https://www.pcsb.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=5837&ModuleInstanceID=27652&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=28107&PageID=14981

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend

https://collective.world/this-is-the-dark-origin-of-bloody-mary-your-favorite-childhood-superstition/

https://www.americanfolklore.net/the-hook/

http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Hook_Man_Legend

https://nerdbot.com/2023/05/30/urban-legend-fact-or-fiction-the-hook-hand-killer/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bawdy-under-the-bed/

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/59730/1/interact-4x-to-claim-chain-letters-are-taking-over-tiktok

https://slate.com/culture/2010/10/the-curious-history-of-chain-letters.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_letter

https://theexodusroad.com/organ-trafficking-facts/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transplant-myths-urban-legends/

https://paranormaldailynews.com/kidney-thieves-the-urban-legend/2158/

https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/1/the-legend-of-cropsey