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Urban Legends.

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LordOfThe5Rings · 03/08/2012 23:23

I know I've been hogging the boards the last few days, but I don't care :P Just been curious on other peoples opinions on things.

I didn't know where to put this, so I apologise if it's in the wrong category.

I was wondering what everyones favourite Urban Legend/Cautionary Tale was. I have been fascinated in them for pretty much forever, due to so many meanings and of course expressing the nations fears.

So what are your favourites? Feel free to share the UL with us! :)

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plutocrap · 10/08/2012 21:39

Back to the dawn of civilisation with that ur-Bald Myth.

whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 20:35
Grin
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whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 20:18

Now you have mentioned Ted Danson, it reminds me of another mystery - when he was in Cheers I thought it was commonly known that he was badly receding and wore a hairpiece at the front. Now he is in CSI he seems to have a full head of grey hair Confused

BrianCoxIsUpTheDuff · 10/08/2012 20:01

The 3 Men and a Baby ghost story scared me so much as a child that I actually slept with the light on in my room for months (seriously!)

Having reluctantly Googled it for this thread, there is an explanation:

here

But having reluctantly studied the close-up Ted Danson cut out and the 'boy' behind the curtains, it doesn't look like the same person.

~ ~ ~ ~ Woooowooooowoooooo ~ ~ ~ ~

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whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 19:49

It is a very old building Wink

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whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 18:57

We stay in a farmhouse with a locked room. I think its probably full of linen and the little soaps that they leave in the bathrooms though

plutocrap · 10/08/2012 18:52

A lot of the landlords' things, which we can see through the window (terrible taste, mostly naff vases), most saliently a so-far silent grandfather clock

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perplexedpirate · 10/08/2012 18:00

Aaargh! Pluto,what's on the locked room? Spill?

SausageSmuggler · 10/08/2012 17:35

Pluto - what's inside?

I started to read that July winners one but as soon as it mentioned a baby I stopped.

plutocrap · 10/08/2012 17:30

You lot would HATE my house: there is a locked room!

EauRouge · 10/08/2012 17:29

I can't work out that reddit thing, it all seems to be mod posts. Am I looking at the wrong bit?

whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 17:28

I'm not reading that then!

maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavour · 10/08/2012 17:20

I just read the July winner story and it was nasty but I am Grin at all the comments after it that say call the police Hmm Grin

whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 17:18

The one with the horns - 30-odd yrs ago one of my best friends had hair like this so it could be something along those lines?

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LordOfThe5Rings · 10/08/2012 16:46

Eau Did you look at the Three Kings one? Kinda spooky.

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LordOfThe5Rings · 10/08/2012 16:45

Yes OK that July story is pretty messed up.
Don't like the sound of that Serbian Story or whatever it was called either.
Who would watch that kind of thing kids or no kids?

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EauRouge · 10/08/2012 14:17

I didn't like the July one, I prefer spooky stories to violent ones.

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LordOfThe5Rings · 10/08/2012 14:07

Nosleep is a reddit community where there are scary stories of all sorts, some very very creepy ones too.

Oooh July Winner?

~goes to look up~

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whatkungfuthat · 10/08/2012 12:52

I think I got the sites confused Mammy

MammyToMany · 10/08/2012 10:43

Kungfu - I don't think I've got to that one yet, I've just read 9 brief scenes from the end of the world podcast s2e02

Tangointhenight · 10/08/2012 10:05

This thread is great!! There was a really similar one in the 'other' section on MN which is all about unexplained mysteries, creeped me out for weeks!!