You know these stories. You're heard them all before, at parties, on the train to

work, in elevators, in the cafeteria, on television talk shows. They're supposed

to be true stories. But as you hear them unfold, you get the sneaking suspicion

that they're too good, too perfect, too outrageous to be true.

And guess what? They're not true. They're urban legends, or "FOAFS"

(friend-of-a-friend stories). Hundreds of these tall tales have circulated all across

America, being told and retold by the foolish and the gullible.

what are urban legends                            

Where do Urban Legends come from?               

how are urban legends generated?                         

how did urban legends develop