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The Real Origins of 15 Urban Legends (2020x26)

Air date: Oct 07, 2020

What are the real-life origins of urban legends? Why are there so many stories about babysitters in distress? And how did a real human corpse end up on display at an amusement park haunted house? Erin breaks down the origins of the Mothman and the Goatman, along with some scary stories you probably heard at a sleepover at some point in your life.