urban legends essay

You know how when you open your inbox and you have an email “EMERGENCY EMERGENCY!” And you open it up and its some story about a new toxin in a commonly used product. Like HIV positive blood being slipped into ketchup, witch is false. But note not all of these aren’t true snopes.com is a great place to find out.

A email surging through the net about the new hot craze in twain restaurants are purchasing dead babies and fetus’ from hospitals one roasted or grilled fetus’ can cost between 50-70 the email started with a photo with a large Asian man eating what appeared to be a cooked baby. This is false Taiwan maintains the same attitude towards cannibalism as the rest of the world. The idea is as disgusting there as it is anywhere else. True, the cultures of Asia and Taiwan are very different from of North America’s and Europe’s, and of coarse eastern attitudes towards plenty of subjects are different from western attitudes.
It seems that the world’s largest taboo cannibalism seems so foreign that Asia (China), harvesting executed prisoners organs well in the sense recycling not that I agree with either opposing side but I can comprehend the argument. This it is at fault in my opinion for almost framing Asia for this grotesque crime against mortality.
THE OUR GANG CURSE...Alfalfa -- Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31. Chubby -- 300-pound Norman Chaney died at age 22 following an operation. Buckwheat -- William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack. Darla Hood -- The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at age 47. Brisbane -- Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed suicide at age 64. Froggy -- William Robert Laughline was killed in a motor scooter accident at age 16. Mickey Daniels -- He died of liver disease at 55. Stymie -- Mathew Bear led a life of crime and drugs. He died of a stroke at age 56. Scotty Beckett -- He died at age 38 following a brutal beating. Wheezer -- Robert Hutchins was killed in an airplane accident at age 19. Pete the Pup -- He was poisoned by an unknown assailant. And Spanky.......Robert Blake is accused of murdering his wife (recently acquitted)
These stats are according to snopes.com although it is said to be false because you can look at a small group of people and categorize them into something. So we ride these tragedies off as coincidence. I love the Our Gang show and I hope all of the Actors rest in peace.

A scary message was sent through myspace, AOL, Exite, yahoo, and aim. The e-mail said that this man using the screen name slavemaster is luring women in with sadomasochistic sex and murdering them. John Edward Robinson Sr. was charged with sexual assault by two women who were “brutalized them in a way that went beyond what they intended”. When the police search his property they found 56 industrial barrels each one containing a dead woman. The barrels were in a space he rented in Missouri. All of the women seemed to be bludgeoned to death. One of the bodies found was later identified as being one of these women, and the missing infant was discovered to have been adopted by the killer’s brother.

In conclusion I believe snopes.com is the best source to debunk all of these ridiculous myths. But also warning not all of them no matter how unreal they may seem may be true. Snopes.com has thousands of urban legends so you know the difference between fact and fiction.