Group 7: Contemporary Legends

Utah State University Student Folklore Genre Collection

Date of Items:	1960 to present
Collection Processed by:	Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] Wallker and William A. Wilson and updated over the years by Fife Folklore Archives staff. Most recently updated by Sarah Casperson.
Register Prepared by:	Randy Williams and Tricia Harrison
Date Last Updated:	February 2005
Linear Feet:	2
Restrictions:	Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).

Please cite this collection in the following manner:

Historical Note

The items in the Student Folklore Genre Collection were collected by USU and BYU students in folklore and anthropology classes as part of course requirements and deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the instructor. Duplicates of BYU student items are housed at BYU’s William A. Wilson Folklore Archives. The materials in Group 7: Contemporary Legends cover the period from approximately 1960 to the present. The collection was created in 1978 by William A. Wilson and Barbara Garrett Walker [Lloyd].

The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection: Group 7: Contemporary Legends consists of approximately 1,500individual items of legends collected by undergraduate students. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. The materials reflect both insider (esoteric) and outsider (exoteric) views of a folk group and may be prejudiced or stereotyped. Click here for collection disclaimer. The collection is part of a larger student genre collection that is separated into ten distinctive categories. The materials do NOT circulate. Major breakdowns include:

Legends About Automobiles
Legends About Animals
Horror Stories
Accident Legends
Sex and Scandal Legends
Crime Legends
Business and Professional Legends
Legends About Government
Celebrity Rumors and Legends
Academic Legends

6. Contemporary Legends

6.1. Legends About Automobiles

6.1.1. Ghost Stories (Folder 1)

6.1.2. Travel Mishaps (Folder 2)

6.1.3. Accident Stories (Folder 3)

6.1.4. Automobile Horror Stories (Folders 4-12)

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6.1 Legends About Automobiles

6.1.5. Cheap-Car Fantasies (Folder 1)

6.1.6. Dalliance/Nudity Involving Automobiles (Folder 2)

6.1.7. Sabotage or Crime (Folders 3-9)

6.1.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 10)

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6.2. Legends About Animals

6.2.1. Animal Disasters (Folders 1-5)

6.2.2. Infestations/Contaminations (Folders 6-14)

6.2.3. Trusty Watchdogs (Folders 15-17)

6.2.4. Wild Animals (Folder 18)

6.2.0. Miscellaneous (Folders 19-20)

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6.3. Horror Stories

6.3.1. Baby-Sitter Stories (Folders 1-5)

6.3.2. Medical Stories (Folders 6-8)

6.3.3. Recreational Horror (Folders 9-10)

6.3.4. Horrific Murders (Folder 11-14)

6.3.0. Miscellaneous (Folders 15-20)

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6.4. Accident Legends

6.4.1. Gruesome Legends (Folder 1)

6.4.2. Hilarious Accidents (Folders 2-4)

6.4.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 5)

6.5. Sex and Scandal Legends

6.5.1. Aphrodisiac Stories (Folder 6)

6.5.2. Contraception Stories (Folder 7)

6.5.3. Sex-Education Stories (Folder 8)

6.5.4. Sex Scandals (Folders 9-10)

6.5.5. Church Scandals (Folders 11-12)

6.5.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 13-14)

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6.6. Crime Legends

6.6.1. Theft Stories (Folders 1-2)

6.6.2. Atrocities and Kidnaping

6.6.2.1. Atrocities (Folder 3)

6.6.2.2. Kidnaping (Folders 4-7)

6.6.3. Drug Crimes (Folders 8-9)

6.6.0. Miscellaneous (Folders 10-11)

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6.7. Business and Professional Legends

6.7.1. Companies and Product Legends (Folders 1-2)

6.7.2. Contaminations (Folder 3)

6.7.3. Technology (Folder 4)

6.7.4. Computer Folklore (Folder 5)

6.7.5. Professions and Trades (Folder 6)

6.7.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 7)

6.8. Legends About Government

6.8.1. Inefficiency (Folder 8)

6.8.2. Conspiracy (Folder 9)

6.8.3. Science Vs. Religion (Folder 10)

6.8.4. Military and War Time Legends (Folder 11)

6.8.5. Foreign Governments

6.8.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 12)

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6.9. Celebrity Rumors and Legends

6.9.1. Celebrities (Folders 1-2)

6.9.2. Musicians (Folder 3)

6.9.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 4)

6.10. Academic Legends

6.10.1. Faculty (Folder 5)

6.10.2. Students (Folders 6-7)

6.10.3. Examination Legends (Folder 8)

6.10.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 9)

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6. Contemporary Legends

6.1. Legends About Automobiles

6.1.1. Ghost Stories (Folder 1)

6.1.2. Travel Mishaps

6.1.2.1 The Hair Raising Hitchhiker (Folder 2)

.1-.7

6.1.2.2 Don't Drive the Yellow Line

.1

6.1.2.3 The Bishop

.1-.2

6.1.2.4 The Rescue

.1

6.1.2.5 The car honks to show it's happy

.1

6.1.3. Accident Stories

6.1.3.1 Bisquit Dough Attack (Folder 3)

.1-.6

6.1.3.2 The Body on the Grill

.1

6.1.3.3 Automatic Transmission

.1

6.1.3.4 Cruise Control

.1-.10

6.1.3.5 Everyone Else Overslept

.1

6.1.3.6 First Lessons in Driving

.1

6.1.3.7 The Elephant that Sat on the VW (Volkswagon)

.1-.2

6.1.3.8 Women accidentally starts car tires on fire

.1

6.1.3.9 Drunk driving

.1

6.1.3.10 Jet fuel in the gas tank

.1

6.1.3.11 Wear your seatbelt

.1

6.1.3.12 Don't freeze to death

.1

6.1.3.13 Neglectful mother locks children in hot car

.1

6.1.4. Automobile Horror Stories

6.1.4.1 The Boyfriend's Death (Folders 4-6)

.1-.80

6.1.4.2 The Hook (Folders 7-10)

.1-.98

6.1.4.3 The Bag in the Road (Folder 11)

.1-.2

6.1.4.4 The Man with the Keys

.1-.10

6.1.4.5 One-Eyed Man

.1

6.1.4.6 Blood on the Door

.1-.2

6.1.4.7 The Body in the Engine Missing

.0

6.1.4.8 The Walk Into Town (Folder 12)

.1-.2

6.1.4.9 Be Careful of Who You Give a Ride To

.1-.2

6.1.4.10 The Pin-Toothed Man

.1

6.1.4.11 Split Rims

.1

6.1.4.12 The Foreigner and the Truck

.1

6.1.4.13 Hatchet Man

.1

6.1.4.14 Dead Grandma on top of the car

.1

6.1.4.15 Keep arms and head inside the vehicle

.1-.2

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6.1.5. Cheap-Car Fantasies

6.1.5.1 The Economical Car (Folder 1)

.1-.5

6.1.5.2 The Bargain Sports Car

.1-.7

6.1.5.3 The Philanderer's Porsche

.1-.8

6.1.5.4 Free Car for a Song

.1

6.1.5.5 Cheap smelly luxury car

.1-.2

6.1.6. Dalliance/Nudity Involving Automobiles

6.1.6.1 The Fart in the Dark (Folder 2)

.1-.5

6.1.6.2 The Nude in the RV

.1-.10

6.1.6.3 Car chases and racing

.1-.3

6.1.7. Automobile Sabotage or Crime

6.1.7.1. Sabotage

6.1.7.1.1 The Solid-Cement Cadillac (Folder 3)

.1-.8

6.1.7.2. Crime

6.1.7.2.1 The Slasher Under the Car (Folder 4)

.1-.2

6.1.7.2.2 The Killer in the Backseat (Folders 5-8)

.1-.138

6.1.7.2.3 Old Lady in the Car (Folder 9)

.1-.16

6.1.7.2.4 Satanic Cults on the Highway

.1-.3

6.1.7.2.5 The Red-Light Phantom

.1

6.1.7.2.6 Gang Initiations

.1-.6

6.1.7.2.7 Devil Worshiper

.1

6.1.7.2.8 Hitchhiker with a chain

.1-.3

6.1.7.2.9 Killer in following car

.1-.2

6.1.7.2.10 Abandoned car

.1

6.1.0. Miscellaneous

6.1.0.1 Old vs. Young (Folder 10)

.1-.3

6.1.0.2 Brake Light Glow

.1

6.1.0.3 Driving between two semis will kill you

.1

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6.2. Legends About Animals

6.2.1. Animal Disasters

6.2.1.1 The Snake at K-Mart (Folder 1)

.1-.5

6.2.1.2 Snake in the Couch

.1

6.2.1.3 The Dead Cat in the Package

.1-.13

6.2.1.4 The Uncautious Swimmer

.1-.2

6.2.1.5 Pet in the Microwave (Folder 2)

.1-.31

6.2.1.6 The Cat and the Lawnmower (Folder 3)

.1-.2

6.2.1.7 Germ Theater

.1

6.2.1.8 The Hapless Waterskier

.1-.3

6.2.1.9 The Cockroaches

.1-.2

6.2.1.10 Flesh-Eating Cat

.1-.3

6.2.1.11 Hookman horse killer

.1-.3

6.2.1.12 Snake in the Neighborhood

.1

6.2.1.13 Born-Again Rabbit (Folder 4)

.1-.9

6.2.1.14 Spiders in the Brain

.1-.2

6.2.1.15 The Earwig

.1-.4

6.2.1.16 Death by Toilet

.1

6.2.1.17 Woolley Worms

.1-.2

6.2.1.18 Killing Fangs

.1-.4

6.2.1.19 Cats Burst Into Flames at Terminal Velocity

.1

6.2.1.20 Boiled Dog

.1

6.2.1.21 Exploding Dog

.1

6.2.1.22 Goat under the Roller Coaster

.1

6.2.1.23 Knackittycat

.1

6.2.1.24 Mice in the car

.1

6.2.1.25 Crazy Camel

.1

6.2.1.26 Missionaries and the Cat (Folder 5)

.1-.14

6.2.1.27 Snakes and the Teton Dam

.1-.2

6.2.2. Animal Infestations/Contaminations

6.2.2.1. Food

6.2.2.1.1 The Poisoned Cat at the Party (Folder 6)

.1-.10

6.2.2.1.2 The Kentucky Fried Rat (Folder 7)

.1-.20

6.2.2.1.3 The Mouse and the Coke (Folder 8)

.1-.11

6.2.2.1.4 The Worm (Folder 9)

.1-.7

6.2.2.1.5 Where's the Fly?

.1

6.2.2.1.6 School Lunch Nightmare

.1

6.2.2.1.7 Cockroaches and Rice

.1

6.2.2.1.8 Taco Bell and Taco Time

.1-.3

6.2.2.1.9 Arby's

.1

6.2.2.1.10 McDonald's

.1-.3

6.2.2.1.11 Snakes in the Fig Newtons

.1

6.2.2.1.12 Chinese Cats

.1-.3

6.2.2.1.13 Mexican Cats/Dogs

.1-.2

6.2.2.1.14 Arctic Circle

.1

6.2.2.1.15 Macey's Grocery Store

.1

6.2.2.1.16 Cockroach and Insect Infestations (Folder 10)

.1-.5

6.2.2.1.17 Rodent Contaminations

.1-.13

6.2.2.1.18 Spider Eggs in food

.1-.2

6.2.2.2. Humans

6.2.2.2.1 The Spider Bite (Folder 11)

.1-.26

6.2.2.2.2 Spiders in the Hairdo (Folder 12)

.1-.23

6.2.2.2.3 Maggots in a Cast (Folder 13)

.1-.2

6.2.2.2.4 Of Epidemic Proportions

.1

6.2.2.2.5 Toads cause warts

.1

6.2.2.2.6 Extreme lice and maggots

.1

6.2.2.2.7 Savage Pigs

.1

6.2.2.2.8 Dragonflies

.1

6.2.2.2.9 Flw Bird

.1

6.2.2.2.10 The candy and the ants

.1

6.2.2.3. Plants

6.2.2.3.1 The Spider in the Cactus (Folder 14)

.1-.17

6.2.3. Trusty Watchdogs

6.2.3.1 The Choking Doberman (Folders 15-16)

.1-.28

6.2.3.2 The Lost Rottweiler (Folder 17)

.1

6.2.3.3 The Watch Skunk

.1

6.2.3.4 Fried Dog

.1

6.2.3.5 The Pit Bull

.1

6.2.3.6 Unfortunate babysitting dog

.1-.3

6.2.3.7 Big dog has his day

.1

6.2.3.8 Run Doggie Run

.1-.2

6.2.3.9 Maine Coon Cat

.1

6.2.4. Wild Animals

6.2.4.1 Rattlesnake in the car (Folder 18)

.1-.3

6.2.4.2 Mountain lions and cougars

.1-.3

6.2.4.3 Grizzly Bears

.1-.7

6.2.0. Miscellaneous

6.2.0.1 In the Sewer (Folder 19)

.1-.2

6.2.0.2 Rattlesnakes

.1

6.2.0.3 The Mexican Pet

.1-.11

6.2.0.4 Snakes at the Rigs

.1

6.2.0.5 The Ravens

.1

6.2.0.6 The Cave Surprise

.1

6.2.0.7 The Cat Got It

.1

6.2.0.8 The Bobcat

.1-.2

6.2.0.9 Surprises in the Shipment

.1

6.2.0.10 Dog-Gone Crazy

.1

6.2.0.11 The Giant Fish

.1

6.2.0.12 Pets for Dinner

.1-.4

6.2.0.13 Old Ephraim (Folder 20)

.1-.21

6.2.0.14 The Town Pet

.1

6.2.0.15 Spider Venom

.1

6.2.0.16 Spider in the Grocery store

.1

6.2.0.17 Sensitive horse

.1

6.2.0.18 Horse racing

.1

6.2.0.19 Wild pack of dogs

.1

6.2.0.20 Dogs cleans the dishes

.1

6.2.0.21 One smart fish

.1-.3

6.2.0.22 Bad Eyed Bronco

.1

6.2.0.23 Snapping turtle Legend

.1

6.2.0.24 Giant Alligator

.1

6.2.0.25 Taiwanese Talking Fish

.1

6.2.0.26 Eagle and the Chicken

.1

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6.3. Horror Stories

6.3.1. Baby-Sitter Stories

6.3.1.1 The Baby Roast (Folder 1)

.1-.28

6.3.1.2 Baby's Stuck at Home Alone (Folder 2)

.1-.3

6.3.1.3 The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs (Folders 3-4)

.1-.48

6.3.1.4 Baby in the Refrigerator (Folder 5)

.1

6.3.1.5 The Babysitter and the Garbage Can

.1

6.3.1.6 I saw what you did

.1-.2

6.3.1.7 The Viper

.1

6.3.2. Medical Horrors

6.3.2.1 Castration (Folder 6)

.1

6.3.2.2 AIDS

.1-.23

6.3.2.3 Baby

.1

6.3.2.4 The Kidney Heist (Folder 7)

.1-.25

6.3.2.5 The Hidden Lunch (Folder 8)

.1-.6

6.3.2.6 Property of University of Utah

.1-.2

6.3.2.7 Donor Warning

.1

6.3.2.8 Doctor's Mistake

.1-.2

6.3.2.9 "Is it Still Alive?"

.1

6.3.2.10 The Sprouted Man

.1

6.3.2.11 Missionary in Mental Institution

.1

6.3.3. Recreational Horrors

6.3.3.1 Old Woman and the Puzzle (Folder 9)

.1-.2

6.3.3.2 Scuba diver in the forest

.1-.2

6.3.3.3 Scout massacres

.1-.19

6.3.3.4 Camping murders (Folder 10)

.1-.14

6.3.3.5 Let's Play Stab

.1

6.3.3.6 Gum, Fingernails, and Hair Balls

.1-.4

6.3.3.7 Missing head or limb for a good scare

.1-.8

6.3.3.8 Dangers of Dungeons and Dragons

.1-.2

6.3.3.9 In the attic

.1-.3

6.3.4 Horrific Murders

6.3.4.1 Licked Hand (Folders 11-12)

.1-.58

6.3.4.2 Secret Sidewalk

.1-.2

6.3.4.3 China Doll

.1-.4

6.3.4.4 Death in the Cellar

.1

6.3.4.5 Thump Drag (Folders 13)

.1-.34

6.3.4.6 Scarface (Folder 14)

.1-.2

6.3.4.7 Counting Hairs

.1-.14

6.3.4.8 Insane Wanderers

.1-.10

6.3.4.9 Spook Alley Killer

.1

6.3.4.10 High School Student Murders

.1-.2

6.3.4.11 Tell-Tale Heart

.1

6.3.0. Miscellaneous

6.3.0.1 The Human Slaughterhouse (Folder 15)

.1-.5

6.3.0.2 Tanned to death (Folder 16)

.1-.37

6.3.0.3 Mother Who Had to Go to Party (Folder 17)

.1

6.3.0.4 Buried Alive

.1-.15

6.3.0.5 The Weary Traveler

.1

6.3.0.6 The Deadly Prom Dress (Folder 18)

.1-.2

6.3.0.7 Wu Feng and the Headhunters

.1

6.3.0.8 The Oat Bran Dilemma

.1

6.3.0.9 Eye trauma

.1-.3

6.3.0.10 The Unexpected Death

.1

6.3.0.11 Backhoe Brother

.1

6.3.0.12 Crazy neighbors

.1-.6

6.3.0.13 The Drunk (Folder 19)

.1

6.3.0.14 The Sleepwalker

.1-.3

6.3.0.15 Smashed Hands

.1

6.3.0.16 Hand in the Paper Bag

.1

6.3.0.17 Family massacres

.1-.21

6.3.0.18 Shocking Attack (Folder 20)

.1

6.3.0.19 The Disco Death

.1

6.3.0.20 The Electric Saw

.1

6.3.0.21 The Stolen Lunch

.1

6.3.0.22 Stuck in the Mud

.1

6.3.0.23 The Boy in the Hay

.1

6.3.0.24 The Dissection

.1

6.3.0.25 The Hearse Driver

.1

6.3.0.26 Now I'm Gonna Eat Ya

.1

6.3.0.27 The Matchbox Car

.1

6.3.0.28 Surprise Visitor

.1-.3

6.3.0.29 Cut up in little pieces

.1-.4

6.3.0.30 Santa Claus

.1

6.3.0.31 The nest

.1-.3

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6.4. Accident Stories

6.4.1. Gruesome Accidents

6.4.1.1 The Scratching Post (Folder 1)

.1

6.4.1.2 Keep Your Arms Inside the Bus

.1-.2

6.4.1.3 Matterhorn

.1

6.4.1.4 The Ski in the Eye

.1

6.4.1.5 Worst Wipe-Out

.1

6.4.1.6 Pickled Head

.1-.9

6.4.1.7 The Eye-Dropper

.1

6.4.1.8 Airplane Toilet

.1-.3

6.4.1.9 Amputation Story

.1-.2

6.4.1.10 Farting Fat Girls

.1

6.4.1.11 Costume Malfunctions

.1

6.4.1.12 Dragged husband

.1

6.4.1.13 The last kiss

.1

6.4.1.14 Jet Skis

.1

6.4.1.15 Mauled Hiker

.1

6.4.1.16 Automobile accident

.1

6.4.1.17 Broken Windshield Wipers

.1

6.4.1.18 The lost eyeball

.1

6.4.1.19 The bum and the trash compactor

.1-.2

6.4.1.20 Nuclear Reactor Explosion

.1

6.4.2. Hilarious Accidents

6.4.2.1 The Exploding Toilet (Folder 2)

.1-.5

6.4.2.2 The Unzipped Plummer or Mechanic

.1-.20

6.4.2.3 The Ski Accident

.1-.22

6.4.2.4 The Surpriser Surprised (Folder 3)

.1-.37

6.4.2.5 The Wash Room Incident (Folder 4)

.1-.8

6.4.2.6 Pa and the Chickens

.1-.4

6.4.2.7 Waterbed Call

.1

6.4.2.8 Woman in Labor

.1-.2

6.4.2.9 The Toilet Paper Trail

.1

6.4.2.10 "R" for Right

.1

6.4.2.11 Tied to the Car

.1-.5

6.4.2.12 Winter Date

.1-.4

6.4.2.13 Peanut M&Ms

.1-.2

6.4.2.14 Eat the pillow

.1-.2

6.4.2.15 Church phone call

.1

6.4.2.16 Darwin Award winner

.1

6.4.2.17 Snapped Underwear

.1

6.4.2.18 Horse and Oats

.1

6.4.2.19 Lost & Found

.1-.2

6.4.2.20 Super Perm

.1

6.4.2.21 Woman on a Wagon Wheel

.1

6.4.2.22 Messing the bed

.1

6.4.2.23 Farts

.1-.4

6.4.2.24 Using the wrong bathroom

.1

6.4.2.25 The Naked Lady

.1

6.4.0. Miscellaneous

6.4.0.1 Frightened wife (Folder 5)

.1-.2

6.4.0.2 Absent-Minded couple

.1

6.4.0.3 Waterskier's Enema

.1

6.4.0.4 Double Accidents

.1-.2

6.4.0.5 Swimming after meals

.1

6.4.0.6 Stitch in the Stomach

.1

6.4.0.7 Baby Buoy

.1-.2

6.4.0.8 Avalanche

.1

6.4.0.9 Sledding Accident

.1

6.4.0.10 On her Father's lap

.1

6.4.0.11 Expanding fruit

.1

6.4.0.12 Dad Playing Santa

.1

6.4.0.13 The Yellow Ribbon

.1

6.4.0.14 Mistaken Identity

.1

6.5. Sex and Scandal Legends

6.5.1. Aphrodisiac Stories

6.5.1.1 Experimenting with food (Folder 6)

.1-.3

6.5.1.2 Sex and alcohol

.1-.4

6.5.2. Contraception Stories

6.5.2.1 The Soda Bottle Catastrophe (Folder 7)

.1

6.5.2.2 The Pregnant Girl

.1

6.5.2.3 The Accidental Pregnancy

.1-.4

6.5.2.4 The Turkey Baster Baby

.1

6.5.2.5 Sexual Ignorance

.1

6.5.2.6 The Old Miner

.1

6.5.2.7 Scandalous conception

.1-.2

6.5.3. Sex-Education Stories

6.5.3.1 The BYU Biology Class (Folder 8)

.1

6.5.3.2 Teacher's embarrassment

.1

6.5.3.3 The Symbol of Knitting

.1

6.5.4. Sex Scandals

6.5.4.1 Tampon Price Check (Folder 9)

.1

6.5.4.2 Panty Strangle

.1-.3

6.5.4.3 The Blind Date

.1-.4

6.5.4.4 Costume Hijinks

.1-.6

6.5.4.5 Toothbrush Defiled

.1-.7

6.5.4.6 The Wife's Revenge (Folder 10)

.1-.8

6.5.4.7 The Ether Bunny

.1-.6

6.5.4.8 "Pretty fancy!"

.1-.2

6.5.4.9 Getting Stuck

.1

6.5.4.10 Promise of a Cheerleader

.1

6.5.4.11 Caught Without Clothes

.1

6.5.4.12 "Go Team!"

.1

6.5.4.13 "Preachers Do It Too!"

.1

6.5.4.14 Priests and Nuns

.1-.12

6.5.4.15 Superman

.1-.3

6.5.4.16 Wrong Bed

.1

6.5.4.17 The Joke

.1

6.5.4.18 Prostitutes

.1-.5

6.5.4.19 Breakfast for Four

.1-.2

6.5.4.20 Missionary's baby

.1

6.5.4.21 Experimenting with Rodents

.1-.3

6.5.5. Church Scandals

6.5.5.1 Leaving Mission boundaries (Folder 11)

.1-.25

6.5.5.2 Marrying missionaries (Folder 12)

.1-.7

6.5.5.3 Missionary girlfriends

.1-.7

6.5.5.4 Rule breakers

.1-.10

6.5.5.5 Swearing in church

.1-.2

6.5.5.6 Misspoken missionary

.1

6.5.0. Miscellaneous

6.5.0.1 Peeping Tom (Folder 13)

.1-.11

6.5.0.2 The Sterile Father

.1

6.5.0.3 The Misplaced Vegetable/Fruit

.1

6.5.0.4 The Pregnant Man

.1

6.5.0.5 Valentine's Day

.1

6.5.0.6 Horace Mann Shower Room Episode

.1-.2

6.5.0.7 The Lost Bikini Top

.1

6.5.0.8 The Streaker

.1-.3

6.5.0.9 Cold Bumpers

.1-.9

6.5.0.10 Larger Than Life

.1-.4

6.5.0.11 "Hmmm..."

.1

6.5.0.12 Embarrassing Situation

.1-.4

6.5.0.13 Recessive Gene (Folder 14)

.1

6.5.0.14 Weeding Revenge

.1

6.5.0.15 Beware of the Dog

.1

6.5.0.16 Tampon foreplay

.1

6.5.0.17 Pretend couple

.1

6.5.0.18 Your name tattoo

.1

6.5.0.19 House without corners

.1

6.5.0.20 Blue balls

.1

6.5.0.21 Stuffed Bra

.1

6.5.0.22 Without clothes

.1

6.5.0.23 Lady in the Locker

.1

6.5.0.24 Sex Offender

.1-.2

6.5.0.25 Marriage Complications

.1-.2

6.5.0.26 Sexual advertisement

.1

6.5.0.27 Church confessions

.1-.5

6.5.0.28 Underwear on Fire

.1

6.5.0.29 The affair

.1

Box 25

6.6. Crime Legends

6.6.1. Theft Stories

6.6.1.1 The Stolen Specimen (Folder 1)

.1-.4

6.6.1.2 The Rich Bag Lady

.1

6.6.1.3 The Double Theft

.1-.3

6.6.1.4 The Stolen Grandmother (Folder 2)

.1-.6

6.6.1.5 Columbian Bandits

.1

6.6.1.6 Female Revenge

.1

6.6.1.7 The Shoplifter and the Frozen Food

.1

6.6.1.8 The Look Alike Son

.1

6.6.1.9 Cookie Thief

.1

6.6.2. Atrocities and Kidnaping

6.6.2.1. Atrocities

6.6.2.1.1 Black Market Rape Videos (Folder 3)

.1

6.6.2.1.2 Poisoned Water

.1-.3

6.6.2.1.3 Kayscross

.1-.11

6.6.2.1.4 The Smelly Hotel Room

.1-.5

6.6.2.1.5 Valentine's Gay

.1-.2

6.6.2.2. Kidnapping

6.6.2.2.1 Man Dressed as Woman (Folder 4)

.1-.4

6.6.2.2.2 The Attempted Abduction

.1-.21

6.6.2.2.3 Successful Child Abductions (Folder 5)

.1-.4

6.6.2.2.4 The Rapist

.1-.10

6.6.2.2.5 Stalkers

.1

6.6.2.2.6 The Mold Man

.1

6.6.2.2.7 The Sacrifice of a Virgin

.1-.3

6.6.2.2.8 The Clown (Folder 6)

.1

6.6.2.2.9 The Drugged Kidnaping

.1-.4

6.6.2.2.10 The White Van

.1-.5

6.6.2.2.11 Harman

.1

6.6.2.2.12 Never Talk to Strangers (Folder 7)

.1

6.6.2.2.13 Devil Worshipers

.1-.9

6.6.2.2.14 The Eagle and the Baby

.1

6.6.2.2.15 The Cat Woman

.1

6.6.2.2.16 The Batchmen

.1-.2

6.6.2.2.17 Chester the Molester

.1

6.6.3. Drug Crimes

6.6.3.1 Mexican Drug Smuggling (Folder 8)

.1

6.6.3.2 Sharing a Vision

.1

6.6.3.3 No-Doz Overdose

.1

6.6.3.4 The Mexican Kidnaping

.1-.2

6.6.3.5 Strychnine Coffee

.1

6.6.3.6 Angel Dust in a Salt Shaker

.1

6.6.3.7 Acid Trip

.1-.2

6.6.3.8 Orange Peel

.1-.4

6.6.3.9 LSD stickers and tattoos (Folder 9)

.1-.12

6.6.3.10 Pot Smuggling and dealing

.1-.6

6.6.3.11 Druglore

.1-.2

6.6.3.12 Speed Up

.1

6.6.3.13 Making alcohol during prohibition

.1-.4

6.6.3.14 Fake pot

.1

6.6.3.15 Spanish Fly

.1

6.6.3.16 Whip-it

.1

6.6.3.17 Cop on Acid

.1

6.6.3.18 Cocaine Reside

.1

6.6.0. Miscellaneous

6.6.0.1 Gang Initiation (Folder 10)

.1-.6

6.6.0.2 The Dryer Murder

.1

6.6.0.3 TKO

.1

6.6.0.4 The Slasher Under the Car

.1-.3

6.6.0.5 The Lynching

.1

6.6.0.6 The Murray Park Mexicans

.1

6.6.0.7 Dead Man's Lane (Folder 11)

.1

6.6.0.8 A Hyrum Murder

.1-.3

6.6.0.9 Bomb Threat

.1-.2

6.6.0.10 A Mugging Incident

.1

6.6.0.11 A Floorboard Surprise

.1

6.6.0.12 Missing Man

.1

6.6.0.13 Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew!

.1

6.6.0.14 Escaped convicts

.1-.2

Box 26

6.7. Business and Professional Legends

6.7.1. Companies and Businesses

6.7.1.1 The Tootsie Pop Indian (Folder 1)

.1-.2

6.7.1.2 Red Velvet Cake

.1-.3

6.7.1.3 The Expensive Recipe

.1-.25

6.7.1.4 Beef Substitute

.1-.3

6.7.1.5 Cabbage Patch Kids (Folder 2)

.1

6.7.1.6 Fatal Poprocks

.1-.2

6.7.1.7 Mayo Allergy

.1-.2

6.7.1.8 Kentucky Fried Chicken

.1-.2

6.7.1.9 Family First

.1

6.7.1.10 No Shoes

.1

6.7.1.11 Mayonnaise substitute

.1-.2

6.7.1.12 Tampax

.1

6.7.1.13 Microwaves

.1

6.7.1.14 Procter and Gamble

.1-.2

6.7.1.15 Rolls Royce

.1

6.7.1.16 Car rattle

.1-.3

6.7.1.17 Using dog food instead

.1-.3

6.7.2. Contaminations

6.7.2.1 Urine (Folder 3)

.1

6.7.2.2 Band-aid

.1-.3

6.7.2.3 Diamond ring

.1

6.7.2.4 Hamburgers

.1-.5

6.7.2.5 Tooth

.1

6.7.2.6 Human Feces

.1-.3

6.7.2.7 Lost finger

.1-.10

6.7.2.8 USDA Meat Inspector

.1

6.7.2.9 Nestle crunch bars

.1

6.7.2.10 Canned salamanders

.1

6.7.2.11 Putting it back

.1-.2

6.7.2.12 The Biggest Cheerio

.1

6.7.3. Technology

6.7.3.1 Light Bulb Scandal (Folder 4)

.1-.2

6.7.3.2 Opportunity Missed

.1

6.7.3.3 Xeroxed money

.1

6.7.3.4 Urinating on live wires

.1-.2

6.7.3.5 Fan Death

.1

6.7.3.6 Microwaved blood

.1

6.7.4. Computer Folklore

6.7.4.1 3 ½" Floppy Disks (Folder 5)

.1

6.7.4.2 AMD vs. Intel

.1

6.7.4.3 "Good Times" Hoax

.1-.2

6.7.4.4 Electrical currents and computers

.1

6.7.5. Professions and Trades

6.7.5.1 Building Houses (Folder 6)

.1-.2

6.7.5.2 Chinese airlines

.1

6.7.5.3 Ambulance mortuary connection

.1

6.7.5.4 Making Marichino Cherries

.1

6.7.5.5 Morticians

.1-.2

6.7.5.6 Gerber in Africa

.1

6.7.5.7 Brew Master

.1

6.7.5.8 Property of the Army

.1

6.7.0. Miscellaneous

6.7.0.1 The Vernal Bank (Folder 7)

.1-.3

6.7.0.2 "If it's good enough for Fluffy..."

.1

6.7.0.3 "Animal" Chin inventor of the skate board

.1

6.7.0.4 Disneyland

.1-.2

6.7.0.5 Customer Assistance

.1

6.7.0.6 Russian plane hijackers

.1

6.7.0.7 Sam Walton founder of Wal-mart

.1

6.7.0.8 Sick child rumor

.1-.2

6.8. Legends About Government

6.8.1. Inefficiency

6.8.1.1 The Farce (Folder 8)

.1

6.8.1.2 The Post Office That Lost the Invitation

.1-.4

6.8.1.3 No Man's Land

.1

6.8.1.4 Cement Pipes

.1

6.8.1.5 Laws

.1

6.8.2. Conspiracy

6.8.2.1 Underground Bases (Folder 9)

.1

6.8.2.2 The Majestic Twelve

.1

6.8.2.3 Radio Active Wolf

.1

6.8.2.4 The U.N. Soldiers

.1

6.8.2.5 "Dehorning" Bull Elk

.1

6.8.2.6 IRS

.1-.4

6.8.2.7 Israeli

.1

6.8.2.8 El Chacal

.1

6.8.2.9 Plastic replacements

.1-.2

6.8.2.10 Wonder gadget

.1

6.8.2.11 AIDs Virus

.1

6.8.2.12 L.B.J.

.1

6.8.3. Science vs. Religion (Folder 10)

6.8.4. Military and War Time Legends

6.8.4.1 The Man in the Black Cape (Folder 11)

.1

6.8.4.2 Military Suicide

.1

6.8.4.3 Gulf War Computer Virus

.1

6.8.4.4 Wartime passwords

.1

6.8.4.5 El Castillo

.1

6.8.4.6 Flight deck practice

.1

6.8.5 Foreign Governments

6.8.5.1 Germany

.1-.2

6.8.5.2 Argentina conspiracy

.1

6.8.5.3 Geneva Switzerland

.1

6.8.5.4 England

.1-.6

6.8.5.5 Mexico

.1

6.8.0. Miscellaneous

6.8.0.1 Secret Service Raid (Folder 12)

.1

6.8.0.2 Senate Bean Soup

.1

6.8.0.3 The Welfare Recipients

.1

6.8.0.4 U. S Capital Building

.1

6.8.0.5 Invention of the Perfect Cockroach

.1

6.8.0.6 Logan's Drunk Drivers

.1

6.8.0.7 The Freeman Institute

.1

6.8.0.8 James Madison

.1

6.8.0.9 Legislator rules

.1

6.8.0.10 Utah Rain machines

.1

6.8.0.11 Alfred Packer, Patron Saint of the Republican Party

.1

Box 27

6.9. Celebrity Rumors and Legends

6.9.1. Celebrities

6.9.1.1 The Elevator Encounter (Folder 1)

.1-.23

6.9.1.2 Mikey's Poprock Death (Folder 2)

.1-.2

6.9.1.3 Spuds McKenzie's Death

.1

6.9.1.4 Ronald Reagan's Remote Control

.1-.2

6.9.1.5 Jeff Hornacek

.1

6.9.1.6 Author Gary Bishop's House

.1

6.9.1.7 Baseball Cards Pay for College Tuition

.1

6.9.1.8 O.J. Legend

.1-.2

6.9.1.9 Harrison Ford Video Story

.1-.2

6.9.1.10 The return of Bruce Lee

.1

6.9.1.11 Robert Redford

.1-.2

6.9.1.12 Julius Erving

.1

6.9.2. Musicians

6.9.2.1 Immortal Thug (Folder 3)

.1

6.9.2.2 Mrs. Nat King Cole's Flat Tire

.1-.4

6.9.2.3 Elvis Presley's Harley

.1-.3

6.9.2.4 Frank Zappa Gross-Out Contest

.1-.2

6.9.2.5 Phil Collins concert

.1-.2

6.9.2.6 Michael Jackson's phone number

.1

6.9.2.7 Molly and Fleetwood Mac

.1

6.9.2.8 Beatles

.1

6.9.2.9 The Police

.1-.2

6.9.2.10 Sinead O'Connor

.1

6.9.0. Miscellaneous

6.9.0.1 The Dirty Little Mermaid (Folder 4)

.1-.3

6.9.0.2 The Last Supper

.1-.2

6.9.0.3 Ted Bundy

.1-.3

6.9.0.4 Wizard of Oz hanging

.1

6.9.0.5 Ludwig van Beethoven

.1

6.9.0.6 General Authority and the Can of Coke

.1

6.9.0.7 William Tell

.1

6.9.0.8 Easy Eddie

.1

6.9.0.9 Jimmy Hoffa

.1

6.9.0.10 Hell's Angels

.1

6.9.0.11 President Kimball as Yoda

.1

6.10. Academic Legends

6.10.1. Faculty and Research

6.10.1.1 The Trained Psychology Professor (Folder 5)

.1

6.10.1.2 Author earns an "F" on his critic of his own work

.1

6.10.1.3 The coach and his athletes

.1

6.10.1.4 Boring Professors

.1-.2

6.10.1.5 Professor tactics

.1-.10

6.10.1.6 The Principal

.1

6.10.1.7 Imprint on the Chalkboard

.1

6.10.1.8 Professor in pajamas

.1-.2

6.10.1.9 Plagiarism

.1

6.10.1.10 Teacher sues disruptive student

.1

6.10.2. Students

6.10.2.1 Death of a Roommate (Folder 6)

.1-.3

6.10.2.2 Suicides on Campus

.1-.2

6.10.2.3 The Occult at Davis High

.1

6.10.2.4 The Roommate's Death

.1-.28

6.10.2.5 Crazy Carnivorous Medical student (Folder 7)

.1-.11

6.10.2.6 Student lives in classroom

.1

6.10.2.7 Legend about number of virgins

.1-.2

6.10.2.8 Killer Roommate

.1

6.10.2.9 Home of Prize Breeders

.1

6.10.2.10 Initiations

.1-.15

6.10.2.11 Modern Savior

.1

6.10.2.12 Legend of a Coward

.1-.3

6.10.2.13 True Sisters

.1

6.10.2.14 University Rapes

.1

6.10.2.15 Oil pump accident

.1

6.10.2.16 Chemistry student's mistake

.1

6.10.2.17 Neglectful Student-Mother

.1

6.10.3. Examination Legends

6.10.3.1 The Sneaky Student (Folder 8)

.1-.4

6.10.3.2 The Harvard Student's Test Taking

.1

6.10.3.3 Clever test responses

.1-.3

6.10.3.4 The bird exam

.1

6.10.0. Miscellaneous

6.10.0.1 Math Department's Policy (Folder 9)

.1

6.10.0.2 Secret Tunnels

.1-.7

6.10.0.3 The "A"

.1-.5

6.10.0.4 Murderer in the music room

.1

6.10.0.5 Playboy survey

.1

6.10.0.6 Football Rock

.1

6.10.0.7 Aggie Song

.1

6.10.0.8 Swimming Pool in the School basement

.1

6.10.0.9 Dead horse on the third floor

.1

6.10.0.10 School lunch rumor

.1

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