This ring includes sites about folklore: urban legends, ghost stories, folk tales, riddles, and jokes. There may be discussions of how stories spread from one place to another, how they change over time, and what, if any, truth there is to them.
Urban Legends, Folklore, Myths, Folk and Fairy Tales, strange creatures and cryptozoology, Child Lore and various kinds of stories and storytelling are to be found here. Also, tips for researching stories, folklore tales, etc. Leave a request in the comment box.
Tales on the karmic retribution of good and evil from the oldest collection of Buddhist legends in Japan, 'The Nihonkoku Genpo Zen'aku Ryoiki' by the Monk Kyokai of Yakushi-ji, written down about 1200 years ago.
Ghostly website of true Ghost Stories and research on hauntings. Photo Gallery of ghost photos. Large Link section to other ghost and sites of interest. Free screensavers.A messageboard to discuss your experiences with ghost.
http://ghostland.homestead.com/
Mostly true stories from libraries as collected from actual library workers. Patrons with dead rats, ghosts floating through the buildings, odd reference questions and more weirdness!
This page is a collection of folklore about the Barbee Lakes area in Kosciusko County, Indiana. Included are stories about ghosts, visits from midwest outlaws, the defunct "Snack Shack," and UFOs.
The Urban Legends Electronic Art Exhibit is a virtual rendering of a gallery show by Sarah Wichlacz. She retells seven urban legends using a variety of media, including film, textile, photos, digital images, and print techniques.
A series of articles on hoaxes, urban legends, and hoax detection. There are separate pages on virus hoaxes, money making schemes, appeals to sympathy, government hoaxes, and tall tales.
