Category Archives: Urban Legends

5.16.2013

by M O'Callaghan

I Predict the Mother of All Comebacks

The Republic of Ireland is facing deep financial crisis, as these robots will explain:  

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4.30.2013

by Mike Weaver

Alexandria’s Genesis

My daughter asked me the other day if there was such a condition as “Alexandria’s Genesis.” Apparently stories of this rare, genetic mutation were going around at school and on her social media sites. The claims for this mutation are / read more…

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4.16.2013

by Mike Weaver

IMO: UFOs and Alien Visitation

In this installment of IMO (in my opinion), let’s talk a bit about UFOs and alien visitation. UFOs, in this context, doesn’t exactly mean “Unidentified Flying Objects” but rather “Alien Spacecraft” (or possibly government experimental craft, time travelers, inter-dimensional travelers, I’m going to stick / read more…

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4.10.2013

by Stephen Propatier

Conspiracy Palooza

I always find conspiracy theories to be the most interesting aspect of the information age. The thought process fascinates me. I also love to see how conspiracy thinking breeds conspiracy thinking. There was a national telephone survey questioning 1247 registered US voters on / read more…

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4.8.2013

by Mike Rothschild

Richard Nixon, Jackie Gleason and Some Dead Aliens

It was a warm night in Florida on February 19, 1973. Two friends had spent part of the day playing golf and chatting about their mutual interests, not unusual behavior for friends to engage in. But these weren’t your usual / read more…

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3.29.2013

by Dani Johnson

My Fascinating Backyard: Spiny Backed Orb Weaver Spider + Spider Myths

Photo taken by Mkullen The other day I almost walked into a spider web that contained a spider that looked bizarre and like nothing else I’ve ever seen. Its back is white with face-like black markings and it has 6 / read more…

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3.26.2013

by Brendan McKinney

Forrest Fenn’s Buried Treasure

An elderly millionaire, a heroic collector to his admirers and a compulsive looter to his detractors, beset by intimations of mortality and contemplating the return of his body to the soil he has spent his life sifting through, assembles a / read more…

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3.25.2013

by Mike Rothschild

We Love It! Myths and Legends of Los Angeles

The City of Angels. Tinseltown. La la land. Los Angeles carries a reputation that precedes it in all directions, from the beaches full of beautiful people to the working-class barrios of the east side. It’s flocked to by those looking / read more…

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3.22.2013

by Dani Johnson

5 Things We Mistakenly Believe About Our Bodies

Let’s examine a few things that are commonly believed about our bodies but aren’t actually true.

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3.16.2013

by Eric Hall

Trusting the Internet

A few weeks back, I stirred up a bit of controversy when some people thought I was showing a liberal bias by debunking some social media posts. One of the sources I generally pick to make a quick check on / read more…

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