S5 Ep. 10: Urban Legendary

Hello ODD Pod Listeners, and welcome back to another episode.

This week, I tell the tale of the Vanishing Hitchhiker and unravel the urban folklore that surrounds this fascinating legend. It’s an old story, some written accounts dating back to 1948, and it seems as if there are many incarnations of this particular urban legend. I’ll get into the history of this legend, dissect the historical tellings that exist, and introduce you to some theories about how it originated. You might even meet some new hitchhikers along the way.

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Sources:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-vanishing-hitchhiker/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_hitchhiker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgvJQtwwpU

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins13483-the-hitchhiker.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZIQ9S8G5fA

https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/understanding-highway-hypnosis-4151811

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466855/