Urban legends are those strange, but seemingly credible tales that always happen
to a friend of a friend. For the first time, Professor Jan Harold Brunvand, "wh
o has achieved almost legendary status" (Choice), has collected the creepiest, m
ost terrifying urban legends, many that have spooked you since your childhood an
d others that you believe really did occur-even if it was one town over to some
poor hapless coed who left a party early only to be followed by a man who just g
ot loose from a mental hospital. From the classic hook-man story told around man
y a campfire to "Saved by a Cell Phone," these spine-tingling urban legends will
give you goose bumps, even when you know they can't be true.
