Whether you dismiss urban legends as children's lore or believe they're based on fact, these 50 tales will send a shiver up ...

The boy and his dog Woodland cemetery has several ghostly stories and legends. Many like to tell the tale of Johnny Morehouse, a boy who — the story goes — drowned in the Miami-Erie Canal.

News spread slowly in the pre-internet era, but this particular urban legend proved sticky enough to find its way into local newspapers and, eventually, the Dec. 24, 1990 issue of People magazine.

Explore the intriguing urban legends surrounding famous heavy metal bands. Can you guess which legends are true or false?

There was an urban legend in the Canadian Prairies about a man who would kidnap Indigenous people, steal their winter clothes, and abandon them in the middle of nowhere to die in -30º temperatures.

Once millennials got online, a whole new world opened up, including urban legends. It didn’t take long for one to come around about one of their favorite childhood shows, Rugrats.

He dubbed himself the “Bama boy with urban legends.” “Everybody loves something spooky and lighthearted,” Dairen said. “People in Alabama just kind of swarmed.” ...