"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Every town has its own spooky urban legend. We've all heard at least a few. We're talking about the ...

Ghost roads, hidden creatures, and whispered warnings turn ordinary places into unforgettable stops for curious travelers at ...

In Urban Legend Season 1, Master of Horror Eli Roth brings chilling urban legends to life. Each episode reimagines classic scares like the hook hand killer and the vanishing hitchhiker with modern ...

The legend of Huggin’ Molly is clearly a tool used by parents to get their children to obey the rules: The urban legend, native to Abbeville, tells of a phantom woman who appears to children if they ...

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 ...

Justin Flynn is an editor and writer from Ireland. He became a gamer at the age of eight when a mix-up at his local toy store landed him a copy of Kingdom Hearts. Since then, he has earned a Bachelor ...

First, the story was that Halloween candy was poisoned, perhaps by witches and goblins (or wicked neighbors) out to kill young children. After that 1960s myth faded, it was followed by the insistence ...

Urban legends have always creeped me out. You know the ones. A couple is making out in a car and gets home to find the hook hand of an escaped killer on their door handle. Or the couple makes out in ...

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 ...

The massive box office success of the recent Scream movies led to an I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel (check out the first trailer here), and we now have word that another '90s slasher ...