253 | From Fact to Fear: True Stories Behind Urban Legends (& Death By a Million Tangents)

*Folks, this IS a Tangent Heavy episode. So if you're someone vehemently against taking the scenic route, you will almost certainly not enjoy this episode (or 90% of this show if we're being honest). Toodles.*

There’s something about urban legends that sticks to the skin. You hear them once—around a campfire, at a sleepover, whispered down a darkened hallway—and they never quite leave you. They're the stories we half-believe, even when we swear we don’t. The ones we dare each other to test, knowing deep down that something might be listening.

This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on some of the most infamous legends that have haunted us for generations. But these aren’t just stories told to scare. Behind each one lies a sliver of truth—a real event, a real person, a real moment in time when the ordinary world cracked open and let something else in.

From a killer lurking in lovers' lanes with a hook for a hand, to a man in a rabbit suit wielding an axe in the woods of Virginia… from ghostly girls who vanish from car seats to the blood-soaked face you might just see staring back from your mirror—these tales didn’t come from nowhere. And tonight, we're digging up the roots.

So sit back, Settle in, And remember—every legend starts with someone, somewhere, who swears… it really happened.

We'll see you on the inside…
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - The True Stories Behind Urban Legends
1:03 - Intro
2:23 - Let's Talk Urban Legends 
2:46 - Support The Show, Share & Socials
4:56 - Did You Have a Local Urban Legend? Comment it!
7:23 - It's Getting Weird. Skip to the Next Chapter.
8:53 - EPISODE STARTS HERE, YOU IMPATIENT, ******
8:53 - Urban Legend 1: The Hookman
10:13 - The Texarkana Moonlight Murders (1946) 
13:53 - Why Does The Legend Persist? 
16:33 - Shoutout: The Fall of Troy 
17:59 - Urban Legend 2: The Bunny Man
18:23 - Shoutout: Horse The Band - Bunnies 
25:23 - Worst Origin Story of All Time
26:13 - Tiny **** Neighbor Revving Motorcycle Engine at 9:00 PM 
27:53 - The Marcus Aurelius / G*y S*x Tangent
29:43 - Urban Legend 3: Resurrection Mary / The Lady In White 
31:23 - The Oh Henry Tangent 
32:58 - Wildly Inappropriate Misogynistic Jokes (From Christian) 
33:55 - SoRrY FoR AlL tHe TaNgEnTs ThIs WeEk, PlEaSe CaLm DoWn.. 
41:33 - Scott Drops a Truth Bomb Bar
42:43 - Mixing Real Lore with Sam and Dean / Supernatural / Winchester Lore 
43:23 - Urban Legend 4: Bloody Mary 
48:23 - The Caputo Effect 
49:53 - Tiny **** Neighbor Continues Motorcycle Shenanigans at 9:36 PM
52:23 - Plotting Motorcycle Man's End 
54:53 - Brain Talk w/ Christian 
57:23 - People Are Inconsiderate, Also The Episode Is Over
60:43 - An Outro 
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