Urban Legends
From old to modern, from word of mouth to The Internet, Come as we examine The World of The Urban Legend.
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/hms-friday
5th Jan 2023 - An unconfirmed and seldom admitted to tradition that developed in the 19th Century British Royal Navy, the practice of never setting sail or conductin …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-lantern-man
4th Jan 2023 - East England is noted for it's ''Fens'' (a type of Marsh Land). It is also the location for the Legend of The Lantern Man. Just exactly how old this L …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-man-under-the-car
4th Jan 2023 - An Urban Myth also known as ''The Ankle Slicer'', this tale has it's origins in The United States, from roughly the 1990s. In an unspecified City, Wom …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-skeleton-inside-the-tree
4th Jan 2023 - An interesting Urban Myth, The ''Skeleton Inside A Tree'' is meant to convey that – as the story goes, a group of Lumbermen were felling t …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-black-eyed-children
4th Jan 2023 - Both a Modern and a possible 17th Century AD ''Urban Legend'', the ''Black Eyed Children'' are said to be the physical manifestation of a Demon, in ei …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-spider-bite
4th Jan 2023 - While we have seen the ''power'' of Urban Legends, and their easy comparison to similar variations from The Middle Ages, most ''Modern'' tales a …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-nullarbor-nymph
4th Jan 2023 - An Urban Legend which developed in Australia in the early 1970s, The Nullarbor Nymph was said to have ''lived'' in the Western Regions (Outback) of th …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/snallygaster
30th Dec 2022 - A story told by German immigrants of The State of Maryland (as early as the 1730s), The Snallygaster is a mythical (and horrendous) beast. Said …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/dame-blanche
30th Dec 2022 - French for White Ladies , this was a Medieval legend of malevolent female spirits who haunt bridges. They appear as beautiful women, all in whi …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/humanzee
30th Dec 2022 - A possible living being, The Human is said to be a Hybrid creature of both Human and Ape species. In the 1970s, several experiments were conduct …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/jackalope
30th Dec 2022 - This American creature is considered mythical and real (depending on were one lives). The creature's story can be traced back to the Mid-West in …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-ring-of-viscount-de-moriere
30th Dec 2022 - An interesting "tale", which falls neatly into the niche of "Urban Legend", the story of supposed French Nobleman, The Viscount de Moriere, is d …