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Cancer and Armpits
Why is breast cancer usually found near the armpit? Some time ago, I attended a Breast Cancer Awareness seminar and I asked why the most common area for Breast Cancer was near the armpit. My question could not be answered at that time. This e-mail was just sent to me, and I find it interesting that my question has been answered. I challenge you all to rethink your every day use of a product that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Emails, Medical, Uncategorized, Warnings
Express Train to Hell
For days, a ragged old man had hung around the Newark Central Station. The stationmaster kept running him off, but night after night he would return. He kept accosting people, shouting: "It’s coming for me! It’s coming!" Whenever anyone asked him what was coming for him, he would just clutch his head and cry: "I done wrong! I killed a man that cheated me at cards, and now I’m going to pay!" The stationmaster finally … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bridges and Tracks, UrbanLegendsOnline
Hotel Key Cards
Ever wonder what is on your magnetic key card? Customer’s name Customer’s partial home address Hotel room number Check-in date and out dates Customer’s credit card number and expiration date! When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner. An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning device, access the … Read entire article »
Filed under: UrbanLegendsOnline, Warnings
Beware of Rubber Hair Bands and Slippers from China!!!
Be cautious of hair bands at open markets around the city – they are probably from China since they are purchased in bulk very very cheap! Take a good look before buying hair bands in future – especially like the following kind. These hair bands were made from used condoms and threads. BEIJING (AFP) – Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant … Read entire article »
Filed under: UrbanLegendsOnline, Warnings
Cash Back Warning!
It happened at Wal-Mart (Supercenter Store #1279, 10411 N Freeway 45, Houston , TX 77037 a month ago. I bought a bunch of stuff, over $150, & I glanced at my receipt as the cashier was handing me the bags. I saw a cash-back of $40. I told her I didn’t request a cash back & to delete it. She said I’d have to take the $40 because she couldn’t delete it. I told her … Read entire article »
Filed under: UrbanLegendsOnline, Warnings
Angel in the Elevator
A woman was getting ready for bed and she saw a white light outside her bedroom. When she looked outside she saw a man dressed in pure white with a glow coming from him. He stared at her as she stared back. She got into bed and the glow slowing faded away as if the man was walking away. The next morning the woman went to work. She and a few other people waited for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ghost Stories, UrbanLegendsOnline, Warnings
Let Me Ask You This…
Two students decide to go skiing for the weekend, and are having such a good time they decide to blow off the exam that they have scheduled for Monday morning in order to get some final runs in before they head back to school. They decide to tell the professor that they got a flat tire and therefore deserve to take the exam at a rescheduled time. Hearing the story, said professor agrees that it really … Read entire article »
Filed under: School, UrbanLegendsOnline
Osama Hanged Email Virus
Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it! 1.) If you get an e-mail along the lines of ‘Osama Bin Laden Captured’ or ‘Osama Hanged’, don’t open the Attachment!!!! This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel. Be considerate & … Read entire article »
Filed under: Emails, UrbanLegendsOnline
Idaho’s Jack the Ripper
In 1954, A Maximum Security cell house, the Old Idaho Penitentiary, was constructed complete with a gallows room on the second floor. Raymond Allen Snowden was executed for the murder of Cora Dean, which occurred in Garden City on September 23, 1956. Snowden was nicked named "Idaho’s Jack the Ripper". Dean’s body was found with 30 stab wounds to it. The the coroner had determined that her throat had been slashed first then after that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ghost Stories, UrbanLegendsOnline
Wait for 3 Knocks
A man and his wife went for a drive on the highway. While they were driving, their car broke down. The man went to look for help and told his wife to hide under a blanket and not to come out until she heard three knocks on the roof. The wife sat here for hours went she heard three knocks. She pulled off the blanket and saw a strange man at the window holding up … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cars, Mad Men, UrbanLegendsOnline
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