Did you hear the one about the fraudulent gas pumps? Or the one about LSD tattoos? Urban crime legends seem to circulate for decades, getting updated by new generations and creeping us out all over... Read more >>

Have you ever met anyone who found a razorblade in a Halloween treat? I heard this growing up and I remember parents being freaked out, but I don’t remember ever receiving an apple as a treat.... Read more >>

(Update August 9th, 2008) Most of us know that Mikey, the kid who starred in Life cereal commercials, didn’t die by eating a Pop Rocks followed by a can of Coke. All it took to disprove this... Read more >>

Celebrities’ lives are so lavish and exciting—automatic invites to the hottest parties, first pick of the latest designer goods, free Carvel ice-cream cakes for life … They do pay a... Read more >>

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve held my breath going into a tunnel. I don’t know how I got the idea to start doing it; all I know is that it’s absolutely necessary to make a... Read more >>

I’m not usually one to believe in curses. I’m actually not superstitious at all—sometimes to the annoyance of my friends who wince at my cavalier quips about elevators crashing and... Read more >>

Many times over the years, my Mum told me stories about the people who could cure things. “They were ‘charmers.’” she said. One night, during a fierce winter storm, we lost... Read more >>

You need to drink sixty-four ounces of water every day. It’s been in the news lately that studies recently have shown that you really don’t need to drink eight eight-ounce glasses of... Read more >>

Recently, I've been thinking about how random our superstitions really are. When did black cats get such a bad rap? And why is walking under a ladder a bad idea? So I decided to risk my luck and delve... Read more >>