They say that fact is stranger than fiction, and in urban centers on Halloween this is especially the case. There are probably more urban legends surrounding Halloween than any other holiday in the United States. Some believable ones have turned out to be false, while some surprising tales have ended up being true!
Of course no one believes that chanting “bloody Mary” will conjure an evil spirit. It does, though, plausible that someone might have conceived of a Halloween haunted house, hospital or barn so scary that no one had ever completed a journey through it. However, such a house does not exist. No one is quite certain whether or not a partier who showed up at the wrong house was actually mistaken for a chainsaw-wielding madman.
Mistaken for a spooky decoration, a woman’s hung body was left suspended alongside a busy street for hours before anyone realized she was dead. Also true: a person pretending to hang himself as part of a Halloween hay-ride attraction actually (accidentally) hung himself. Incidents of Halloween candy tampering via the addition of pins, needles, razors or even poison have been greatly exaggerated, despite some actual instances. Whether true or false, rumors of black cat sacrifices have resulted in many bans on black cat adoptions on or around Halloween. Know of other strange urban legends of Halloween? Feel free to add them below!
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10 Comments
October 31st, 2007 at 1:43 pm
I like the new layout! very smooth!
October 31st, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Nice new layout first off - very interesting post. Dead people hanging… how scary. Very very scary.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
He he! cool! happy Halloweens everyone!
October 31st, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Great post, and the new layout is pretty durn good too =)
October 31st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I lived and studied in Mexico, and, “ugly American that I was, I was surprised and somewhat shocked, that in Mexico Halloween is (was?) celebrated as “Day of the Dead,” and that the living gather, lay out their munchies on tombstones, and picnic cheerfully at the gravesides of relatives who have passed on.
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November 1st, 2007 at 12:40 pm
That first photo of that house is awesome!
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:35 am
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November 22nd, 2007 at 6:26 am
Do you have a full-size link to the top image? It’s lovely and I want it on my desktop.
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I like it! Pics are awesome! :}
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