urban legend

After decades of urban legends about poisoned candy, it may be hard to trust in the ritual’s safety.

Despite having a loaded cast, the movie’s premise is reminiscent of a film like “God’s Not Dead,” a self-pitying Christian right propaganda film based on a flat-out false urban legend shared in email chains.

The best of Amélie’s schemes — one that appropriates an old urban legend — is the one that isn’t explained until the end.

Most of the stories were tall tales and urban legends told to entertain or to score some popularity.

Soon, however, conservatives circulated urban legends that it was white people who were the victims.