In every state, urban legends have been scaring residents for years, and they can mean big business for local economies. Here are stories from across the US.

Whether you dismiss urban legends as children's lore or believe they're based on fact, these 50 tales will send a shiver up ...

Unidentified entities appearing in urban legends instill a vague sense of fear in people while simultaneously sparking a ...

The United States stands out as the absolute champion when it comes to urban legends that still terrify people today. Research using data from Reddit and Buzzsumo shows that 21 of the most ...

Since the dawn of cinema, horror movies have drawn from locational folklore and urban legends to tell spooky stories that you’d rather not hear in the dark. These stories often feel too real and can ...

With a remake in the works, the 1998 slasher starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, and Robert Englund comes to Shudder this week. Reading time 3 minutes Scream arrived in 1996, revitalizing slasher movies ...

Here is the synopsis for that original Urban Legend film: "A university is beset by a rash of gruesome murders that resemble old urban legends. When her friend Michelle (Natasha Gregson Wagner) is ...

With the possible exception of Pulp Fiction and Clerks, no film of the '90s inspired quite as many people to make quite as many bad, bad movies as Scream. And while the seemingly endless procession of ...

Katherine is a Horror Features author for Collider, but loves movies in (almost) all shapes and genres. She went to school in Virginia for English and Film Studies before heading out to Las Vegas. She ...

There are famous urban legends, including Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. However, there are also plenty of local myths that have not made it into mainstream pop culture. Keep reading to find out ...