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When Halloween became America's most dangerous holiday

Hastings Tribune 27 Sep 2021

Eds. This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. W. Scott Poole, College of Charleston ... In his book “The Vanishing Hitchhiker,” folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand argues that while urban legends may be grounded in actual incidents, they often come to stand in for real-world fears ... Victor.

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This Is Why We Still Tell the 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' Urban Legend

Vice 03 Feb 2020

At the start of the year, the extremely popular true crime podcast My Favourite Murder got conned into reading out a "true story" that didn’t actually happen ... This was later referenced in a 1989 article by folklore academic Jan Harold Brunvand, often considered a key figure in popularising the urban legend ... gossip ... @isssssy .

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10 Best Films Based On Urban Legends

What Culture 30 Jan 2020

On May 31, 2014, two twelve-year-olds in Wisconsin stabbed a friend 19 times in honour of the mythic Slender Man. Fortunately, the victim survived ... This tragedy is something of a role-reversal ... When Urban Legend was released in 1998, no book existed compiling the stories This interested Jan Harold Brunvand, who set about compiling one.

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When Halloween became America's 'most dangerous holiday'

Gloucester Times 30 Oct 2019

The unquiet spirits, vampires and the omnipresent zombies that take over American streets every October 31 may think Halloween is all about spooky fun ... In his book “The Vanishing Hitchhiker,” folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand argues that while urban legends may be grounded in actual incidents, they often come to stand in for real-world fears ... Victor ... W ... .

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When Halloween became America’s most dangerous holiday | Opinion

Philadelphia Daily News 29 Oct 2019

The unquiet spirits that take over American streets every October 31 may think Halloween is all about spooky fun ... Related stories ... Related stories ... An op-ed on Oct ... In his book “The Vanishing Hitchhiker,” folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand argues that while urban legends may be grounded in actual incidents, they often come to stand in for real-world fears.

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When Halloween became America’s 'most dangerous holiday'

Newburyport Daily News 28 Oct 2019

The unquiet spirits, vampires and the omnipresent zombies that take over American streets every Oct. 31 may think Halloween is all about spooky fun ... But on Oct ... In his book “The Vanishing Hitchhiker,” folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand argues that while urban legends may be grounded in actual incidents, they often come to stand in for real-world fears ... W ... .

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How Halloween became America’s most dangerous holiday

Alternet 28 Oct 2019

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"Write the best possible final exam question for this course, then answer it."

Boing Boing 10 Oct 2018

From Too Good to Be True. The Colossal Book of Urban Legends, by Jan Harold Brunvand. A final exam had just one question. "Write the best possible final exam question for this course, then answer it." ... The student also could have simply written "the best possible final exam question for this course, then answer it.". [via Futility Closet]. Image ... .

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Vanishing Hitchhiker

The Pantagraph 26 Feb 2018

The legend of the vanishing hitchhiker is iconic. Stories typically describe someone stopping for a hitchhiker, and said hitchhiker vanishing whenever they get where it is they need to go. Jan Harold Brunvand's book The Vanishing Hitchhiker suggests the legend ....

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Letter: A toll on canyon traffic would add to the high cost of skiing

The Salt Lake Tribune 08 Feb 2018

The bill under consideration by the Utah Legislature to enable license plate scanning as a step toward imposing tolls on driving up Big and Little Cottonwood canyons is a bad idea ... Maybe we should consider other solutions ... Jan Harold Brunvand, Salt Lake City .

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MARK HUGHES COBB: Year's high point easy to pick

Tuscaloosa News 28 Dec 2017

Boz Scaggs; Michael McDonald; Joshua Bell; members of Widespread Panic, Soundgarden, Squeeze, The Doobie Brothers, Live, Chicago, The Go-Gos, The Bangles, Trout Fishing in America, The Spinners, The O'Jays, Needtobreathe, The Avett Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and a few dozen others ...

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5 Reasons To Never Drink Mountain Dew Again Plus A Do-It-Yourself Energy Drink Recipe That ...

Inquisitr 27 Mar 2016

Mountain Dew is not the healthiest beverage you can reach for, and the studies have busted the myth that it will increase your energy providing an ‘energy drink’ effect ... Apparently, the scientist, Jan Harold Brunvand placed a mouse in a can of Mountain Dew and over time the body dissolved into to a jelly-like substance ... Just mix 12 oz.

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Syracuse urban legends: 6 tales, myths and unsolved mysteries

Syracuse 17 Feb 2016

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Are there ghosts in Oakwood Cemetery? The Landmark Theatre? What happened to all the cats in Solvay? ... 13 Curves ...   ... Split Rock Quarry ... 8, 1990 Post-Standard, Jan Harold Brunvand wrote that he received a postcard from a reader, specifying that the recipes for preparing cat came from the Tyrol region, in the western part of Austria.

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The Knife in the Briefcase

About.com 15 Feb 2016

Also known as "The Hatchet in the Handbag" or "The Hairy-Armed Hitchhiker". Example #1. As told by reader Ann MacDonald. ... Example #2 ... The man went on his way ... Folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand refers to the story as "one of the most common and most fully analyzed of all contemporary legends," which is partly a function of its age.