print email comment close Urban Legends Reference Pages URL: http://www.snopes.com/ Description: Hear a rumor on the Web? Vet it here. This site "embraces not only urban legends but also common fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items."  The website provides quick access to the most recent urban legends as well as an archive of thousands of debunked stories. RSS feed available. Maintained by two dedicated skeptics. Author: Mikkelson, Barbara; Mikkelson, David Library of Congress Subject Headings: Errors, Popular Folklore Rumor Urban folklore LII Database Information: Record 11233 created by Ellen Cunningham on 01/05/2000 Last modification on 03/13/2006 Published: 01/05/2000   Republished: 02/02/2006 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11233