What was once the stuff of urban legends now spreads virally through social media claims the tunnels beneath our cities are used for child trafficking. The truth is both more mundane and important.
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These legends allow us to address our fears about the urban environment.
Six tips on how to check out that latest online threat that's targeting your children. How you can easily tell if it's real or just another hoax?
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We're pouring cold water on old ideas in this episode: from why the population of Easter Island really declined and what makes a good urban legend.
From photoshopped images, to fake eye-witness accounts, to a real-life attempted murder, the Slenderman is the internet's urban myth.
Urban legends get around, but we don’t really understand why. We conducted a study to explain how misinformation spreads surprisingly fast and why people feel compelled to share it. There are many urban…
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Reader in Cultural History, University of Portsmouth
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Reader in Archaeology, University of Central Lancashire
