URBAN LEGENDS

Urban Legends

What does the story tell you - how do you interpret it?

Urban legends are accounts belonging to the folklore, contemporary, although it contains elements of the supernatural or unbelievable those are presented as a chronicle of actual events that occurred today. Some are based on real events, but they are exaggerated, distorted or mixed with dummy data. It had circulated through the word of mouth, e-mail or media such as press, radio, television or Internet. Background tends to have a "moral." Since the late twentieth century, Internet has contributed significantly to the spread of urban legends, especially through email. ...