http://turnerclassicmovies.com) Urban legends and their history can be a very interesting thing to devote your time to. The library has many good books on urban legends, one of the best is "Too Good to be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends" by Jan Harold Brunvand. Jan Harold Brunvard has written other good books as urban legend references, including "The Baby Train" and "The Mexican Pet". Overall I enjoyed writing this report and I have found urban legends to be very interesting and I hope to explore them
previously mentioned movie, that I associated the term with the countless stories I had heard and told to others. According to Jan Harold Brunvand, considered by many to be the leading expert in the field of UL and fantasy folklore, UL's are "stories that are too good to be true. And are events that happen to a friend of a friend, or 'FOAF'."(Brunvand, 1999). Also, most of the time, the stories are told in such a believable manner because the storytellers themselves believe the story
in a particular society one thing is known for sure; these legends are not going anywhere anytime soon. References Bennett, Gillian and Smith, Paul. 1996. Contemporary Legend: A Reader. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York and London. Brunvand, Jan Harold. 2000. The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Cavendish, Richard. 1982. Legends of the World. Orbis Publishing Limited, London.
Humans Can Lick Too I collected the story on Saturday, October 9th in my dorm. It was late at night, which added to the effect of the story. The storyteller is a student at the University. He is 17 years old, is from Rockville, Maryland, and is Methodist. He is half Sri Lankan and a quarter Irish and Palestinian. His father is a diplomat and works for the state department, and his mother is a homemaker. The story, as told by the student, is as follows: There once was a girl who lived
have released the original onto an app, that has become downloadable for the iPhone. I think it is rather nostalgic that they kept the game style of the game in it's original context, just only updated it to format a smaller technological device. Brunvand acknowledges, It should be remembered however, that such "game models" are only analytic devices drawn up in hopes of understanding the much more complex nature of traditional play itself. They serve as analogies or schematic representations of
do not have to include author name in parentheses. Adding or omitting words in quotations -If you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put square brackets around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text: Jan Harold Brunvand, in an essay on urban legends, states, "some individuals [who retell urban legends] make a point of learning every rumor or tale"
Ghost Sightings in Monroe, New Jersey The following story was told to me by a nineteen year old man in his dorm room at College on a Saturday afternoon in March. He is from Monroe, New Jersey, and lives with his two parents, his younger brother, his dog Cougar, and his cat affectionately known as Hellspawn. His father works as a contractor, a security guard, and a fire extinguisher inspector, and his mother works at a local garden center. The story was told to him by the main subject, his
and kindness to help us understand. In doing so, even though operating in a time of violence and warfare, the Rossborough Inn can reflect the love and care that represent the core values of the Inn and the University. Works Cited: Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981. “Haunted Maryland”. September 12, 2006. UM Newsdesk. Retrieved March 30, 2006 from http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/culture/2006/Halloween/Rossborough
encounter either. This reflects the fear that one cannot distinguish the real world from the supernatural world. Works Cited Bennett, Gillian. The Vanishing Hitchhiker at Forty-Five. Long Beach: Western States Folklore Society, 1998. Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981. Littlejohn, Carol. "Urban Legends and Other Scary Stories." Unknown journal.15.2 (1996): 27-31. Okonowicz, Ed. Baltimore Ghosts: History
Behrens, Laurence, and Leonard J. Rosen, editors. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Pearson, 2016. Brunvand, Jan Harold. “The Runaway Grandmother.” Behrens and Rosen, pp. 504-10. Brunvand collected many short stories that revolved around a deceased grandmother, but each story varied in location, origin, timing, and purpose. People manipulated the context of the story to completely change the moral of the story to either amuse, frighten, or inform their audience. He talks about how a rumor
Bloody Mary Often, the story of “Bloody Mary” is the first story of supernatural form that is told to many individuals as young children. When I was in 3rd grade, a group of friends and I got together to have a sleepover; naturally, we all went to my friend’s basement and started telling scary stories. One of my friends told me that if I went into the bathroom without any lights and said “Bloody Mary” three times in front of a mirror, a bloody figure would appear. This urban legend was told
my friends. Works Cited Anonymous. “The Clown Doll: An Urban Legend.” University of Maryland Legends Collection. Accessed 4/01/06. http://www.wam.umd.edu/~dschloss/Legends/clown.htm. Brunvand, Jan Harold. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981. Eeeek-NET! Designed and Maintained by Kryss.com Web Services. 2000-2006. Accessed 4/01/06. http://www
Cry Baby Bridge The legend I collected was told to me by one of my softball teammates. My teammate is twenty-two years old. She told me this story on our team bus while we were driving at about noon. The atmosphere was light as a few of my other teammates were listening to, and quoting Dane Cook – a popular comedian. Here is the legend she told: There is this small bridge in a small city nearby. There was a car accident and a small child or baby died. And, um, it was in the local papers. It
Atco Ghost of the Southern New Jersey Piney Barrens The sparsely populated towns and countryside of the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey have often been the ideal setting of various ghost stories, including the infamous tale of the Jersey Devil, that are told in the more heavily populated Northern New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan regions. One of those “Piney” towns is home to a lesser-known, but equally interesting, tale of a street that is haunted by the ghost of a young boy. The
and the Internet, ghost stories can become easily popularized. The realm of ghost stories and urban legends is divided among skeptics and believers. However, “the lack of verification in no way diminishes the appeal urban legends have for us,” (Brunvand 2). Whether one believes in ghosts or not, it is not uncommon for some people to blame peculiar happenings on the supernatural. This is not unlike the unexplained chill that goes up you spine or makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck
encounter and frighten (Gaffron, 22). This phenomenon is not just a Native American one told by medicine men, and tribe leaders, Bigfoot plays an enormous role in the ancient folklore of such civilizations as, the Russians, Greeks, and Anglo-Saxons (Brunvand). These civilizations have been around for hundreds of years, and have been telling stories of Bigfoot long before any one; they hold the true key to Bigfoot’s history. As the environment changes so does the Bigfoot. The Yeti, known as the legendary
Perhaps this significant dichotomy is due to the fact that the residents from these three towns preserve very different “…hopes, fears, and anxieties... (2),” concerning parents’ roles in the lives of their children. Works Cited Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings. New York: W.W. Norton, 1981. “Crybaby Overpass.” Haunted Roads and Bridges. 31 March 2005. http://www.forgottenoh.com/Counties/Champaign/overpass.html. “Haunted
audience interested throughout the tale with hand gestures and body motions. At ... ... middle of paper ... ...themes will most likely remain as the foundation behind the legend regardless of how much it changes. Works Cited Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981. Dorchester County, Maryland – Overview and History. 29 March 2008 http://docogonet.com/index.php?page=overview_history. Dougherty, Susan
Dead Man's Curve--College Roommate's Death Boosts GPA Introduction and Background The legend I collected was one that I had heard before, although this version differed a little from the way I remember it. The storyteller was a 19 year-old male first year student at the University. He’s from Columbia, and his dad works in business while his mother is a homemaker. The telling of this story took place at the diner after we had finished eating: Well, my brother told me one his first summer
The constant darkness that surrounds the main setting. The heavy anticipation of not knowing what’s going to happen next. The sudden silence that consumes the audience's mind with the feeling that something horrific is about to happen. These are just some of the emotions that might be running through your mind as you sit down to watch the 2011 film Munger Road. This movie centers on the idea of one urban myth, which is that several decades ago, a school bus full of kids was traveling down Munger