Jan Harold Brunvand--''Mr. Urban Legend [Smithsonian]--tracks the most fabulous tales making today's cocktail-party circuit and shows why those stories that sound too good to be true probably are too good to be true.
The eponymous episode--The Baby Train--sheds light on certain predawn activities that have linked unusually high birth rates to the whim of train schedule makers. Other stories offer a revealing peek behind the story of The Exploding...