Local Urban Legends

Melanie Nixon Final Project

CIS 1020April 28, 2014

LOCAL URBAN LEGENDS

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• Realistic stories with a supernatural twist.

• A story heard from a friend of a friend.• So unbelievable it must be true.• Simple form of entertainment.• Sometimes carry a lesson to be

learned

WHAT IS AN URBAN LEGEND

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Believe houses can be haunted, 37%

Be-lieve

in witches, 21%

Be-lieve

in telepathy, 31%

Be-lieve can commu-nicat

e with the

dead, 21%

GALLOP POLL: BELIEF IN PARANORMAL

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SALT LAKE AREA TOP 3 URBAN LEGENDS

Hobbit Lane

Emo’s Grave

Gravity Hill

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EMO’S GRAVE

HOBBIT LANE

Legend says, cross the entrance and Hobbit’s will defend their home and attack!

#3 GRAVITY HILL

Try Gravity Hill out for

yourself…Step One: Visit

Gravity Hill.

Step Two: Come to a complete stop at the bottom of the hill

Step Three: Put your vehicle in neutral

Step Four: Hold on as your car gains speed coasting upward to the top of the hill!

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Local Haunted HousesName Address What you may

encounterBrigham Young Farmhouse

2601 E Sunnyside Ave Young man dressed in attire from the 1800.

Capitol Theater 50 W. 200 South Voices and smoke smells.

Devereaux Mansion 340 W. South Temple Little girl playing tricks on visitors.

Fort Douglas Just east of U of U A man in a civil war uniform.

Shilo Inn 206 S. West Temple Laughter in pool area, pinball machine playing itself.

REAL VS. LEGEND

If you are looking for more chills and thrills – try one of Salt Lake City’s “real” haunted houses…

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Brigham Young Farmhouse

Capitol Theater

Shilo Inn

Fort DouglasThe Deveraux

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WORKS CITED

“Brigham Young Farmhouse.” Online Image. April 27, 2014 http://www.thisistheplace.org/heritage_village/buildings/brigham_young_forest_far

mhouse.html> “Deveraux.” Online Image. 31 Oct. 2005. Haunted Utah: The Best of Salt Lake City's Stories. Salt Lake Tribune. April 27, 2014 http://www.sltrib.com/food/ci_3167666 Jackson, Michael. Thriller. Epic Records. 1982. mp3.Renouard, Chelynne. “Believe it or not: 10 haunted places in Salt Lake City” Deseret News. 27 Oct. 2013 Web. 20 April 2014.“Shilo Inn.” Online Image. 22 Feb. 2011. Ghost Tour. April 27, 2014 http://taraandhowie.blogspot.com/2012/02/ghost-tour.html Weeks, Andy. Haunted Utah. Stackpole Books, 2012