urban legend
noun
: an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true
the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers
called also urban myth
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Writer Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the long-running Final Destination horror franchise, is teaming with producer Todd Slater and more on Bloody Mary: Origins, a chilling new take on the classic urban legend.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 July 2024
From the Seelbach Hilton Hotel's Lady in Blue, the Pope Lick Monster, and The Witches' Tree at 6th and Park Avenue in Old Louisville, the team explored some of Louisville's most famous urban legends.
—Scott Utterback, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2024
According to Snopes, a site that fact checks and debunks urban legends, their first email in this vein dates back to 2001.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
Over the course of 280-plus episodes to date, the podcast has dug into popular and obscure conspiracies, urban legends, and superstitions about the NBA being rigged, white people being alien to planet Earth, Khloé Kardashian being the biological daughter of O.J. Simpson, and more.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 July 2024
From the Seelbach Hilton Hotel's Lady in Blue, the Pope Lick Monster, and The Witches' Tree at 6th and Park Avenue in Old Louisville, the team explored some of Louisville's most famous urban legends.
—Scott Utterback, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2024
According to Snopes, a site that fact checks and debunks urban legends, their first email in this vein dates back to 2001.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
Over the course of 280-plus episodes to date, the podcast has dug into popular and obscure conspiracies, urban legends, and superstitions about the NBA being rigged, white people being alien to planet Earth, Khloé Kardashian being the biological daughter of O.J. Simpson, and more.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20legend. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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