Urban Legends Urban Legends

Reality · 2007 · 30 min Pluto TV
Available on Pluto TV, Prime Video, MagellanTV Documentaries, Tubi

The world is full of urban legends — tales that spread like viruses around the planet, mutating and evolving until no one knows whether they are fact or fable. Revel in the magic of storytelling and the irresistible draw of extreme trivia as Urban Legends presents three skillfully pieced-together tales, some shocking, some frightening, and some just bizarre. The catch? Only one of the stories is true.

Reality · 2007 · 30 min
  • 15+
Starring Michael Allcock , David Hewlett , Michael Allcock

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1

    Cheating Death

    First, a desperate soldier's suicide attempt deals a crushing blow to his bullying sergeant. Then, there's the construction worker who was flattened by a four-ton steamroller and lived! Next, we hear from a man who was buried alive under a mountain of snow and escaped by doing what he likes best--drinking beer! And finally the story of how a car crash saved a girl from choking to death! Can you separate fact from fiction in our series that revels in the magic of storytelling and the irresistible draw of extreme trivia?

    20 min · Jan 1, 2007
  • EPISODE 2

    Mixed Up In Crime

    Three remarkable tales, two are urban myths and one--however unlikely--is actually true. Can you separate fact from fiction? First, there is the junkie who was shot at close range and then miraculously coughed up the bullet. Then, meet a German businessman who wakes from a night of partying to find he's missing a kidney. Or there's the one about a gang leader who sends a new recruit on a deadly mission--but winds up dead himself.

    21 min · Jan 1, 2007
  • EPISODE 3

    It Seemed Like a Clever Idea

    Can you separate fact from fiction and tell which story is the real deal? We'll let you know at the end of the show! First there's the one about the family whose Christmas turned to tragedy when Santa got stuck in the chimney--for good. Then we meet a woman who dried her beloved pet poodle in a microwave! And we wrap up with a man who designed his own ingenious flying machine. All that plus a hammered hamster and a woman who accidentally blew up her house in this episode of our new series that revels in the magic of storytelling and the irresistible draw of extreme trivia.

    21 min · Jan 1, 2007
  • EPISODE 4

    No Excuses for Stupidity

    We start with a pair of streakers caught with their pants down and no ride home. Then the story of a 60's acid trip that takes a blinding turn when three young men stare into the sun. Finally, the explosive legend of a hunting dog that retrieves a lit stick of dynamite! Three remarkable tales, two are urban myths and one--however unlikely--is actually true. Can you separate fact from fiction?

    21 min · Jan 1, 2007
  • EPISODE 5

    Fickle Finger of Fate

    We have three extraordinary urban legends, can you spot which one is the truth? Is it the scuba diver who was burnt to death while still in his wet suit and found miles from the ocean caught in a tree? Or the secret romantic night between two teens that ends abruptly with a shock. Then there's the one about the soldier who walked around with a broken neck for 60 years without knowing it.

    20 min · Jan 1, 2007
  • EPISODE 6

    What a Way to Go

    Witness a fatal and horrible act of desperation involving teenage angst and sharp pencils, the tale of a woman turned inside out by a high-powered vacuum toilet, and the story of a stag night that turns deadly when a show literally takes the groom's breath away. Viewers are challenged to separate fact from fiction and spot the real deal in this series that revels in the magic of storytelling and the irresistible draw of extreme trivia.

    21 min · Jan 1, 2007

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Cast & Crew

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    Michael Allcock

    Narrator
  • David Hewlett

    Host
  • M‌A

    Michael Allcock

    Host

About

Urban Legends

Reality

The world is full of urban legends — tales that spread like viruses around the planet, mutating and evolving until no one knows whether they are fact or fable. Revel in the magic of storytelling and the irresistible draw of extreme trivia as Urban Legends presents three skillfully pieced-together tales, some shocking, some frightening, and some just bizarre. The catch? Only one of the stories is true.

15+

COMMON SENSE

Amusing (though bloody) series supports critical thinking.

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Studio
Janson Media
Released
2007
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United States
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