Urban Legends

by Thomas J. Craughwell

Book Overview

Combining Black Dog's three very successful hardcover collections of "urban legends" (Alligators in the Sewer, The Baby on the Car Roof, and The Cat in the Dryer) into one stupendous volume, Urban Legends is the ultimate collection of those outlandish tales people love to share. With themes that run the gamut from funny to sick, risqu to informative, frightening to disgusting, these fantastic yarns are remarkable for their uncanny ability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579124666
• ISBN13: 9781579124663
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Great read...especially useful for campfire stories

Loved this book...was surprised to see how many of the urban legends that I thought were true were exposed. Book is currently making the rounds of my college kids and I can't wait to get it back!

Don't let anyone convince you..

If you haven't heard of at least a dozen of these 'true' stories;you've been living in isolation for much too long. Craughwell has collected 666 stories and presents them in the largest resource of these unbelieable stories I've ever seen.I am sure you will find some that you will still believe as true no matter what the author tells us.Maybe you even know people who swear that some of the things in this book even happened to them and if not to someone they know. After reading 666 of these legends,you will be so versed in them,that you will be able to complete the story as someone tries to relate them to you.Just tell them the same thing happened to a friend of yours.They will believe you just as fast as they believed it the first time;maybe even faster.Only you will know the truth. You gotta wonder who makes these up in the first place.The thing that gets me is how up to date these legends are.As soon as a new product or invention appears,a legend is sure to follow. Sunscreen,computers,cell phones,organ transplants,etc.I don't think there was one about cloning or stem cell research yet;but pay attention ,there will be one soon. This reminds me of days in the Army,around college dorms,hanging out in the pool room,in the locker room,in the bar ,or just about anywhere a bunch of guys are hanging out.It also reminds me of that song:"Tell me another one,just like the other one,tell me another one doooo" A great gift for anyone who likes to spin a tale;it'll provide ammunition for years.

Packed with fun - and social legends

Urban legends are unbelievable 'city stories' which abound, from the amazing kidney thief who will leave his victims in a tub of ice to the alligator in the toilet or the ghost children of San Antonio who, killed on train tracks, saves anyone whose car would stall nearby. From the 'real' men in black who thwart alien reports to the rude cookie-eater, URBAN Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened To A Friend Of A Friend Of A Friend is packed with fun - and social legends.

I loved this book

I just recieved this book in the mail yesterday, and I devoured it! I read it without stopping. I love compilations, and this one is a compilation of many urban legends. Some you have heard and some you haven't. But it's a great escape read. I'm extremely glad that I got this one, and you should go out and buy this book for a beach read.