Urban Legends

By Arcturus Publishing

Truth is often stranger than fiction, as this outstanding collection of urban myths and incredible stories vividly demonstrates. Among them you will find examples of amazing lawsuits, crazy criminals, humiliating misfortune, and embarrassing mistakes. What the stories all share is the capacity to make you wonder at the sheer richness of experience life has to offer - and the breath-taking stupidity of some people!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Jun 1, 2006
• ISBN: 9781848587205

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URBAN LEGENDS

This edition published in 2012 by Arcturus Publishing Limited

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Copyright © 2006 Arcturus Publishing Limited

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ISBN: 978-1-84858-720-5

Contents

Urban Legends

Committed Worker

Surprise Visitor

Quite a Shock

Stuck on You

Finding Blame

Jailbreak

Unlucky in Life

Unwanted Fame

Name That Tune

Unexpected News

Crime Pays

Trouble In-law

Do or Die

Flash Bang Wallop

Manners Cost Nothing

All-over Tan

Misplaced Genius

Cash Bonus

From Beyond The Grave

Everyone’s a Critic

An Unlikely Story

On Air Discovery

Following Instructions

Temper Temper

Having a Blast

Bringing Down The House

Guard Dog

Don’t Trust Anybody

911 Unexpected Advice

A Familiar Face

Piece of Cake

Shop Shape

Short-Changed

Picture This…

Fat Chance

Messy Mix up

Suspicious Minds

Copy Comedy

Lucky Break

Undiscovered Genius

Running Robbery

One Good Turn

Coming Up Trumps

Talk Ain’t Cheep

Pathetic Payout

Beware of Kind Strangers

All’s Fair

Customer Service

A Few Too Many

Quirky Questioning

Flight Fright

Wedding Blues

Not So-Sweet Revenge

Unexpected Advantage

Bumpy Times

Flying Blind

Number’s Up

Signing Off

Pick-up Put-Down

Chasing The Chaser

Sinking Feeling

On The Job

Penny For Them

In-Flight

Grrreat Mate

Arresting Sense of Humour

Not So Exclusive

Calling a Bluff

Food For Thought

A Very Surprise Party

False Advertising

Kill or Cure

Surgical Error

URBAN LEGENDS

They say that truth is often stranger than fiction, and so it would appear when browsing through this collection of urban myths and incredible stories. Of course, whether these tales are really true can never be proven, as they have now passed into folklore, added to and embellished with each re-telling.

We leave it to you decide which stories in this compendium ring true and which are too off-the-wall to be believable. What we can guarantee is that you won’t be bored with our selection, which includes loony lawsuits, crazy criminal misdemeanours, humiliating mistakes and mind-boggling misfortunes. Some of these tales will send a chill down your spine while others will have you laughing in amazement at the sheer stupidity of your fellow citizens of the world.

True or false, these are stories you will want to tell your friends about.

COMMITTED WORKER

Bus driver Michael Pemberton was driving 20 patients from an inner city psychiatric hospital to an institution in the countryside. As the patients were sedated, Michael thought it would be all right to stop at a roadside caff for a break. However, to his horror, he returned to find that every single one of the patients had escaped and the bus was now empty.

Rather than admit to his mistake, Michael decided to cover up what had happened and drove round