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Urban Legends: Strange Tales and Unsolved Mysteries from Around the World
Strange happenings, unsolved mysteries and seemingly supernatural events have gripped and shocked us for centuries, passed from person to person in whispers in classrooms, tales around the campfire and idle gossip among friends. Whether they’re based on a grain of truth or a complete flight of fancy, the myths, legends and weird tales contained within this book will take you on a fascinating journey to the outer limits of plausibility, and dare you to believe the unbelievable.
- GenresNonfiction
288 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2021
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March 29, 2024
A really quick and easy read that had a good variety of tales and unsolved mysteries in them, some of which I knew and some of which I didn't, so there was a good mix.
Some felt like it had been put in as filler maybe as kit was very short with not much information on it, but on the whole most of the stories were good, and some of them will leave me thinking about them for a while to come. Some were so genuinely creepy which is just how a good urban legend should be.
I loved that in the introduction the author says ' you might recognize stories that you'd always thought were true, but actually never happened, and others that you'd always assumed to be nonsense, but were actually based on real events. See if you can tell the truth from the fiction'
The fact that any can be true is so scary and unsettling, but after all that is what I love about these books.
Some felt like it had been put in as filler maybe as kit was very short with not much information on it, but on the whole most of the stories were good, and some of them will leave me thinking about them for a while to come. Some were so genuinely creepy which is just how a good urban legend should be.
I loved that in the introduction the author says ' you might recognize stories that you'd always thought were true, but actually never happened, and others that you'd always assumed to be nonsense, but were actually based on real events. See if you can tell the truth from the fiction'
The fact that any can be true is so scary and unsettling, but after all that is what I love about these books.
July 16, 2025
What a fun read!. This book was really enjoyable and a lot more interesting and less repetitive than other books of this kind. I found all the stories to be short and snappy and became engrossed in each little chapter.
January 9, 2023
Really enjoyed reading this. Who knows which of the tales are true or false but there's definitely some strange things that happen in the world
January 5, 2025
Very easy and fun read! Managed to get through it quickly as all the stories were short, some were only a paragraph. Very entertaining though, trying to figure out which ones were real or not.
April 19, 2025
Boží!!! je to mix Věřte, nevěřte a Opravdových zločinů. Z některých příběhů mi běhal mráz po zádech!!
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