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Urban legends and the truth behind shared tales
A UCLA folklore expert explains how urban legends spread as true stories and how details mutate with each retelling. The piece surveys myths from college campus tales to the Vanishing Hitchhiker motif and lists common legends and clues to separate fact from fiction.
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Copley News
Peter Tokovsky
UCLA
Tokovsky
New York
Nebraska
Roomie
Barbara
David Mikkelson
Mikkelsons
Barbara Mikkelson
Rod Stewart
Richard Gere
Jan Harold Brunvand
University of Utah
Life/Arts
San Diego Union-Tribune
Bill Arthur
el Segundo
Calif
Alain Betancourt
Lomita
Palos Verdes
Malaga Cove
Moon
Bentancourt
Tony Dauer
Hawthorne
Daver
Rick Rubio
Torrance
Evelyn Ayemuras
Ayemuras
Scott Gobble
Southern California Edison
Gobble
Art Winsel
San Pedro