urban legends

Connecticut has its fair share of 'urban legends', way more than its fair share I think it would be fair to say.

The western region of New York State around Buffalo has its fair share of urban legends. This one is about a family that had hands like claws.

Many universities around America have urban legends about tunnels. That's certainly the case with Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau.

Young people in this northern Detroit suburb tell of a girl who died clawing her way out of Dunn's Tomb.

The urban legend of the Satabbus Well says anyone who descends into it will age years in just a few minutes.

There is no lack of urban legends, most of them are wild tales with little basis in fact. There is one however that is sadly true.

Before being cut down in the early 1990s, the Jesus Tree in Brewster, New York, was the stuff of urban legends.

There is at the very least some twisted truth in the telling of the Missouri doctor who allegedly stole corpses and at one time owned Mark Twain Cave in Hannibal.

New York urban legend will tell you that ambushes, scalpings and murder were commonplace along the King's Road which ran between Albany and Schenectady.

Black Eyed Kids are seen around the world. The urban legend was born out of a sighting in Abilene, Texas.