created in 2009 by Eric Knudson in the Something Awful forums. Slenderman now appears on the Creepypasta site, as well as numerous Reddits, and even in real-life news stories, as two girls blamed ...

Gaming and the internet have had a profound impact on horror in the 21st century, giving us countless icons that rival film ...

Before the Internet, such urban folklore as "alligators in New York City sewers" was carried in magazines and newspapers. Today, they speed around the world in a few seconds. See Snopes.com.

With children between the ages of 8 and 12 steadily using social media (13 is the minimum age to join platforms), many know “creepypasta” urban legends like Slender Man and Jeff the Killer.

I wasn't a believer before, but I am now." Lisa Sinatra, a resident for 45 years, said she started believing the urban legend after Tampa wasn't hit directly by Irma. The Tocobagan tribe built ...

In his 2017 book Legendy Miejskie Warszawy (Warsaw’s Urban Legends) the writer and draughtsman Marek Dąbrowski says that the legend of the Black Volga is, by far, the ‘most popular’ Warsaw urban ...

Founded in 2021 by Anthony Fletcher, former CEO of Graze snacks (acquired by Unilever) and innovation manager at innocent drinks (acquired by Coca-Cola), Urban Legend is known for using a custom ...

As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and inclusive cities and communities.

Mondelēz International will push to scale healthier doughnuts business Urban Legend following its minority stake investment, FoodNavigator can exclusively reveal. Confectionery and snacking giant ...

Online-only and open access, npj Urban Sustainability publishes inter-and cross-disciplinary research into how cities are reshaping and are being reshaped to meet major economic, social and ...