TV Guide: Urban Legends

Video: Urban Legends: The Baby Express

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

An early morning wake-up call from the whistle of a passing train sends the birth rate soaring in a small town.

Video: Urban Legends: Pointing the Finger

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A thief flees a break an enter but gets his ring caught on a fence and his finger is rippedoff in the process. Police use the print from the digit to trace him.

Video: Urban Legends: That'll Teach Ya

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Teacher finds what he thinks is a dud explosive artillery shell. He finds out the hard way that it was live.

Video: Urban Legends: The Burnt Boozer

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A man dies after his wife deliberately sets fire to their apartment, but she isn't charged with murder why not?

Video: Urban Legends: The Black Anthill of Calcutta

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Indian woman complains of pain weeks after undegoing cataract surgery. Family discovers her eye is gone and is infested with ants.

Video: Urban Legends: Look I'm Not Dead...

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Cambodian man holds a hand grenade trying to prove to his friends he's not a ghost. The grenade goes off killing him and wounding five others.

Video: Urban Legends: Kangaroo Craziness

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Man on a driving tour runs down a kangaroo in Austrailian outback. He dresses up the animal to take a picture and it wakes up and hops away with his clothes on.

Video: Urban Legends: Look What the Cat Brought In

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A man accidentally cuts off his big toe. Before he can retrieve it and phone emergency, his cat takes it to the backyard and its lost forever.

Video: Urban Legends: Penguin Bowling

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Do penguins on the Falkland Islands really fall over when they look up at approaching aircraft?

Video: Urban Legends: Ludicrous Litigation

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Woman slips and falls in a drink she had thrown at her boyfriend in a restaurant. She breaks her tailbone and sues the restaurant and wins. True or false?

Video: Urban Legends: The Butcher's Prank

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A butcher plays a prank on a customer by putting a sausage through his fly, but then takes the joke too far with disastrous results.

Video: Urban Legends: The Raccoon Racket

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Man pours gasoline in a sewer pipe to chase out a racoon. He follows the animal in and lights a match so he can see. The gas explodes and he becomes a human cannonball. Did it happen?

Video: Urban Legends: The Murder That Never Was

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A man is mistakenly jailed for the murder of his brother-in-law, but the victim in question isn't dead! What happens to this poor guy?

Video: Urban Legends: The Parachute Plunge

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A skydiver videos a parachute drop but unfortunately forgets his own parachute in the process and falls to his death.

Video: Urban Legends: The Steak That Bit Back

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A man who has been a vegetarian for 12 years is told by his doctor he can eat meat again. But his first bite turns-out to be his last.

Video: Urban Legends: The Regrettable Roof Repair

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A roofer ties a rope to his waist and his car bumper as a safety harness. His wife decides to use the car and drives away.

Video: Urban Legends: The False Teeth Thief

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Police are able to track-down a thief when they find the false teeth he accidentally left behind at the scene of the crime.

Video: Urban Legends: The Designated Decoy

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A man pretends to be drunk while behind the wheel. Police follow him but not his buddies, who leave the same bar drunk moments later.

Video: Urban Legends: The Frat Boy Foul Up

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

An initiation ritual of pretending to push freshmen off the roof of a frat house ends in a heart attack.

Video: Urban Legends: The Hairdresser's Mistake

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A hairdresser is horrified when it appeared that a customer was indecently fidgeting under his apron. Her extreme response ends in assault.

Video: Urban Legends: The Impossible Is Possible

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

An impossible math problem is worked out by a university student. He goes on to become a world-renowned mathmetician.