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UDLS October 9, 2015 Sam Creed Elements of a Legend modern day folklore ghost stories a friend-of-a-friend of mine said... framed as a story with plot and characters typically a cautionary tale

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UDLS October 9, 2015 Sam Creed

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Elements of a Legend

  • “modern day folklore”
  • “ghost stories”
  • “a friend-of-a-friend of mine said...”
  • framed as a story with plot and characters
  • typically a cautionary tale
  • the more believable, the better
  • technology, modernity
  • “normalcy”
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Propagation and Belief

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Participation!

Please participate! Anecdotes, interruptions = candy

  • > Now on to some legends....
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Bloody Mary

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Bloody Mary: False

Origin:

  • early 20th Century England/United States

Explanation:

  • strange-face illusion caused by low-light
  • dissociative identity effect
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The Babysitter

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The Babysitter: True

Origin:

  • March 18, 1950 babysitter Janett

Christman is murdered after calling police Variations:

  • clown statues
  • children live, or killer is caught
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Lovers’ Lane

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Lovers’ Lane: True

Origin:

  • 1950s America with advent of car-culture

and teenage rebels

  • Texarkana Moonlight Murders (1946),

Zodiac Killer (late 1960s) Lessons:

  • Teens shouldn’t have sex
  • Don’t go to isolated places
  • Be afraid of insane people
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High Beams

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High Beams: False

Origin:

  • popular spoken story from 1967 on; first

print appearance in 1982 Lessons:

  • Don’t judge others necessarily
  • Always check your backseat; be vigilant of

your surroundings

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The Hitchhiker

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The Hitchhiker: False

Origin:

  • Early 20th Century in America;
  • Earlier 1870s, horseback-carriage in

Russia, Korea, Ozarks Lessons:

  • Can encounter supernatural when you

aren’t expecting it

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Body Under the Mattress

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Body Under the Mattress: True

Origin:

  • This has happened several times:
  • Atlantic City, NJ (1999)
  • Kansas City, MO (2001)
  • Memphis, TN (2010)

Lessons:

  • Stay out of cheap hotel rooms
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Kidney Heist

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Kidney Heist: False, True

Origin:

  • started as mid 1990s email chain; no

verified cases until...

  • 2008 several Indian labourers had kidneys

removed for market

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Other Legends

Kuchisake-onna (Japan) Ghost tracks (USA) White Story (Scotland)

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Thanks!

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Sources

wikipedia.org cracked.com washingtonpost.com google