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In the latest Music Legends Revealed, find out whether Looking Glass’ 1972 hit song, “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl”) was written about a New Jersey local legend of a woman spurned by a sailor.

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In the latest Movie Legends Revealed, discover whether Jane Foster became a scientist in the first Thor film based on a suggestion by a scientific advisor on the Marvel film.

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to dancing and dancers and whether they are true or false. Click here to see all of the dancing urban legends featured so far. DANCING URBAN LEGEND: Juliet Prowse was mauled by the same jaguar twice. Juliet Prowse was born in India […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: The original female lead on “Seinfeld” was replaced for not being sexy enough. Television pilots can be […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Zack Snyder said that he couldn’t get into “normal comics” when he was growing up because there […]

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TV URBAN LEGEND: George Lucas once said, “If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it.” The Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most bizarre pieces of pop culture ever. A year after Star Wars debuted and was a huge success, they […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: John Carpenter came up with the iconic score for Halloween only after an advanced screening of the […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Bela Lugosi nearly played Frankenstein’s Monster, who would have looked dramatically different! I once asked my mother […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to cuisine (chefs, dishes, etc.) and whether they are true or false. CUISINE URBAN LEGEND: Cap’n Crunch the character predated Cap’n Crunch the cereal. In 1961, Jay Ward and Bill Scott, the creators of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, […]

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TV URBAN LEGEND: A typo accidentally made Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special public domain. Everyone knows the classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special that has been airing yearly on CBS for over FIFTY years now… The story of Rudolph, mocked for his shiny red nose, who heads off with a depressed elf named […]