Entries Tagged as 'Urban Legends'

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Humor Me

“gang initiations at east coast walmart chain stores” (3/19/09) It’s just a hoax, man!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

And For God’s Sake, Don’t Flash Your Lights At A Car Driving Around With Its Headlights Off!

“gang initiation day bump car” (3/26/08) “gang initiation bumping car and shooting” (3/26/08) “gang initiation in nyc of bumping the car in the rear?” (3/26/08) “bronx gang initiation car bumping” (3/26/08) “nj gang initiation rear end” (3/26/08) “gang initiation bump car shoot driver” (3/26/08) “gang initiation bumps car and then kills victim” (3/26/08) Gawd, you [...]

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Buried . . . Alive!

“verrazano bridge construction buried alive deaths bodies cement accident” (1/19/08) It’s one of New York’s great urban legends: “There is absolutely no way that someone could fall into cement and not be fished out,” proclaims Christian Meyer, a professor of civil engineering at Columbia University. First off, cement is only poured in shallow layers. Second, [...]