It did bounce around different celebrities but while I was at school in the 80s it was Marc Almond. I imagine if I was at school now it'd probably be Kevin Spacey, Justin Beiber or Donald Trump. 😁
I tried one after years of hearing about them on American TV and films And thought they were absolutely horrible! Every time I watch Zombieland I am disgusted at Woody's enthusiasm for these sickly sweet, sugary turds.
With regards to the Marianne Faithful story It was actually a Kit Kat and not a Mars Bar. She said she just fancied four fingers of goodness inside her.
Lifting your feet and holding your breath while driving over a bridge... Did something... Lol, i don't what happened if you didn't make it, fell off the bridge, maybe?!
Kind of mentioned above, but, I went to Catholic school and saying "Bloody Mary" in the mirror at midnight and she will appear and kill you haha. Not going to lie...took me 4 years to actually try it!
This doesn't exactly qualify as an urban legend, but most of the comments here didn't anyway. The Sioux Tribes tell some pretty creepy stories about the wendigo, skin walkers and dogmen. No doubt there are things out there we don't know about. Heard a lot of stories and they sound very sincere. No desire to see any of the above.
@LaurenMaye Other tribes also have windigo legends. Cree and Ojicree do. An excellent book by Joseph Boyden weaves the windigo legend into his book about Cree soldiers in WWI, Three Day Road. Highly recommend the book.
@Tigerlily, thanks for the tip, I will look for it :) I read a lot, especially like history of the old west and the American Indians. I think all the tribes have similar stories. They also mention the giants, very interesting. I only mentioned the Sioux tribes because it's closer to home.
@AListDiva, the "In The Air Tonight" UL goes like this:
According to the urban legend, as a boy, Collins witnessed a man who had failed to save a drowning victim, while Collins himself was too far away or otherwise unable to help. The UL then says that Collins spent years tracking down the man and when he located him, sent him tickets to one of Genesis's concerts. As the band began to play "In The Air Tonight," Phil directed the spotlight to shine on the culprit while he sang directly to him.
There are various and more extreme versions of this story, including the guy losing his mind, getting dumped by his wife, etc, and most of them are posted at Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/in-the-air-tonight/
The song is actually a vent by Phil Collins about what he was feeling when he was going through a divorce. Which may be even creepier than any of the ULs as it is a pretty vicious song.
That Michael Jackson had hundreds of platonic sleep overs... With multiple children... In the same bed... With jars of Vaseline... Left all over the room... Among children's underwear...
Because only a great actor can pull off an urban legend.
The other one is Bill Cosby never roofied a star struck child actor. A child pimped out by a desperate mother needing a fix. Children don't need chemical enslavement to be raped, they just scream less if incapacitated.
They were making out in the car, the radio was on. A news bulletin declared the escape of a one-armed homicidal maniac from the local lunatic asylum. Oh Lawd, they high-tail it out of there. When they stop for a breath, there.on the door handle.is a prosthetic hook. Ahhhhghghghgh!!!!!
Gentle, that is the BLOODY HOOK I love that one! ALSO Katy Perry iS Jon Benet!! That was an MSNBC marathon story ala OJ. BTW yesterday OJ tweeted a pic of himself with a White Bronco on Twitter. It was Elway. ;
This might be an urban legend, but I have a friend who attended New Orleans Loyola University in the 90s. One very rainy Sunday evening he and his girlfriend were standing at the streetcar stop when one of those Marathon cabs pulled up. The driver asked if they needed a cab and as wet as they were, they agreed. The driver asked where they were going and my friend told him they were going to the Quarter to listen to some music. At that point the cab driver said he had a better venue and better music for them at which point he took them to a little bar called Madigan's to listen to the great John Cleary play. After they arrived the driver refused the fare--it's just minutes from Loyola--and bid them farewell. My friend--who is not prone to hyperbole--to this day is convinced it was Dylan messing around on a Sunday night.
What makes me think it was Dylan was the fact that he was in town working with producer Daniel Lanios and that he (Dylan) had shown up barefooted in a hoodie another Sunday evening. He quickly left, I am told by the bartender because he was recognized.
Not an urban legend, but Whitney H was definitely a lesbian and her long time friend Robin was her lover! The escaped mental patient leaving his hook in someone's car door was my favorite that scared the crap out of me as a kid!
Matt that is weird. I worked at Madigans as the bartender for a while, must have been 87 or so. Dylan was all over the place at the time. I ran into him more than once, but I didn't work the John C. gig night which may have been when he'd come in.
She was only a whiskey maker, but I loved her still.
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ReplyDelete@Unknown 10:05, Oh that's like the urban legend of the dead girl they found after a frat party.
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ReplyDeleteSnow White had a thing for minors.
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@Unknown,that legend was originally started with Rod Stewart in the Seventies.
ReplyDeleteIt did bounce around different celebrities but while I was at school in the 80s it was Marc Almond.
DeleteI imagine if I was at school now it'd probably be Kevin Spacey, Justin Beiber or Donald Trump.
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@Moose I always heard Elton John
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Paul McCartney died in 1965.
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ReplyDeleteAlex Jones is Bill Hicks
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Richard Gere put hamsters or gerbils up his butt.
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ReplyDeleteI tried one after years of hearing about them on American TV and films
DeleteAnd thought they were absolutely horrible!
Every time I watch Zombieland I am disgusted at Woody's enthusiasm for these sickly sweet, sugary turds.
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ReplyDeleteMarianne Faithful, a drug bust in England, and a Mars bar.
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With regards to the Marianne Faithful story
DeleteIt was actually a Kit Kat and not a Mars Bar.
She said she just fancied four fingers of goodness inside her.
that clicker clackers(toy)will explode in your face.
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Taylor Swift being a clone of Zeena LaVey, daughter of Anton LaVey (Church of Satan founder).
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Lady Gaga having hairy balls.
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Lifting your feet and holding your breath while driving over a bridge... Did something... Lol, i don't what happened if you didn't make it, fell off the bridge, maybe?!
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ReplyDeleteKind of mentioned above, but, I went to Catholic school and saying "Bloody Mary" in the mirror at midnight and she will appear and kill you haha. Not going to lie...took me 4 years to actually try it!
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ReplyDeleteThis doesn't exactly qualify as an urban legend, but most of the comments here didn't anyway. The Sioux Tribes tell some pretty creepy stories about the wendigo, skin walkers and dogmen. No doubt there are things out there we don't know about. Heard a lot of stories and they sound very sincere. No desire to see any of the above.
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@Little Miss Sunshine said...
ReplyDeleteEating Twinkies can cause people to commit murder.
That came from the murder of Harvey Milk. The killer, Dan White, blamed the murder on consuming too much sugar, thus the name "The twinkie defense".
Gere. Gerbil. *mic drop*
ReplyDelete@LaurenMaye Other tribes also have windigo legends. Cree and Ojicree do. An excellent book by Joseph Boyden weaves the windigo legend into his book about Cree soldiers in WWI, Three Day Road. Highly recommend the book.
ReplyDelete@Tigerlily, thanks for the tip, I will look for it :) I read a lot, especially like history of the old west and the American Indians. I think all the tribes have similar stories. They also mention the giants, very interesting. I only mentioned the Sioux tribes because it's closer to home.
ReplyDeleteI think the majority of the posts here qualified as urban legends, actually.
ReplyDelete@AListDiva, the "In The Air Tonight" UL goes like this:
ReplyDeleteAccording to the urban legend, as a boy, Collins witnessed a man who had failed to save a drowning victim, while Collins himself was too far away or otherwise unable to help. The UL then says that Collins spent years tracking down the man and when he located him, sent him tickets to one of Genesis's concerts. As the band began to play "In The Air Tonight," Phil directed the spotlight to shine on the culprit while he sang directly to him.
There are various and more extreme versions of this story, including the guy
losing his mind, getting dumped by his wife, etc, and most of them are posted at Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/in-the-air-tonight/
The song is actually a vent by Phil Collins about what he was feeling when he was going through a divorce. Which may be even creepier than any of the ULs as it is a pretty vicious song.
Thanks! Divorce is scary enough,thanks Phil :-/
DeleteI always thought it was about a Something About Mary/hair gel type incident.
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That Michael Jackson had hundreds of platonic sleep overs...
ReplyDeleteWith multiple children...
In the same bed...
With jars of Vaseline...
Left all over the room...
Among children's underwear...
Because only a great actor can pull off an urban legend.
The other one is Bill Cosby never roofied a star struck child actor.
A child pimped out by a desperate mother needing a fix.
Children don't need chemical enslavement to be raped, they just scream less if incapacitated.
Fuck you Pedowood.
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ReplyDeleteThey were making out in the car, the radio was on. A news bulletin declared the escape of a one-armed homicidal maniac from the local lunatic asylum.
ReplyDeleteOh Lawd, they high-tail it out of there. When they stop for a breath, there.on the door handle.is a prosthetic hook.
Ahhhhghghghgh!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteGentle, that is the BLOODY HOOK I love that one! ALSO Katy Perry iS Jon Benet!! That was an MSNBC marathon story ala OJ. BTW yesterday OJ tweeted a pic of himself with a White Bronco on Twitter. It was Elway. ;
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ReplyDeleteThis might be an urban legend, but I have a friend who attended New Orleans Loyola University in the 90s. One very rainy Sunday evening he and his girlfriend were standing at the streetcar stop when one of those Marathon cabs pulled up. The driver asked if they needed a cab and as wet as they were, they agreed. The driver asked where they were going and my friend told him they were going to the Quarter to listen to some music. At that point the cab driver said he had a better venue and better music for them at which point he took them to a little bar called Madigan's to listen to the great John Cleary play. After they arrived the driver refused the fare--it's just minutes from Loyola--and bid them farewell.
ReplyDeleteMy friend--who is not prone to hyperbole--to this day is convinced it was Dylan messing around on a Sunday night.
What makes me think it was Dylan was the fact that he was in town working with producer Daniel Lanios and that he (Dylan) had shown up barefooted in a hoodie another Sunday evening. He quickly left, I am told by the bartender because he was recognized.
I really want this to be true.
Robert Downey Jr. is a Himmmm.
ReplyDeleteNot an urban legend, but Whitney H was definitely a lesbian and her long time friend Robin was her lover! The escaped mental patient leaving his hook in someone's car door was my favorite that scared the crap out of me as a kid!
ReplyDeleteMatt that is weird. I worked at Madigans as the bartender for a while, must have been 87 or so. Dylan was all over the place at the time. I ran into him more than once, but I didn't work the John C. gig night which may have been when he'd come in.
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