Every Urban Legend in 8 Minutes

Every famous urban legend gets explained in 8 minutes!

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— TIMESTAMPS —
0:00 Humans Can Lick Too
0:33 Black Eyed Kids
1:02 Hanako-San
1:31 The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs
1:56 Monkey Man of Delhi
2:32 The Man from Taured
3:07 Night Marchers
3:52 Melonheads
4:35 Home Intruder Poses as a Clown Statue
5:02 Doll That Grows Human Hair
5:38 Devil's Tower
6:04 The Expressionless
6:36 Skeleton in a Tree
7:09 Death of Gloria Ramirez
7:45 Gateway of the Mind

— DISCLAIMER —

Do not use this video as your only source of information. This video is for entertainment/edutainment purposes, and some information could be too oversimplified or incorrect. This channel's goal is to spark your curiosity and let you do your own research on these topics.

[cuberfan]

That home intruder must have been insane if he thought people wouldn’t notice a huge clown statue in the corner of their living room

[lnvald]

An old legend says that there was a legendary postknight who learned to use alien technology, so he decided to make animations about stickmen explaining commonly seen things

[SelfProclaimedGorl]

My theory is that the man from Taured was just an extremely elaborate prankster

[eggster]

The one about the babysitter getting calls from someone upstairs is terrifying

[MinutesExplainer]

No intro, no outro, lots of examples given to help understand, slow pace speaking but gets through all the concepts fast, too good

[OmninmOmni]

Now im scared of being in Taured being chased by a monkey man, the ground lifting up to create a massive monolith, while my senses are taken away and my face fades of all expression

[speaknowrepevermorestan]

For the babysitter and the man upstairs, there are multiple versions. One has the babysitter successfully rescuing the kids. Another has the kids dying cause the babysitter was in the room. Third, all three die. Fourth, the killer disguises himself as an "angel statue" and it's only when the babysitter calls the parents to remove it does she find out that it's not a statue (cause the parents never had a statue)

[maddya]

There's another one you forgot. So once there was this guy. There were also 5 kids. Their names were Gabriel, Jeremy, Susie, Fritz, and Cassidy. They were in a restaurant called Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The man dressed up into a yellow bunny suit and to gain the children's trust and got the kids to follow him. When they got to a hidden place the man, (Who's name is William) killed the kids and stuffed their bodies into the restaurant mascots, which were these: A bear named Freddy, A bunny named Bonny, A chicken named Chica, and A Pirate fox named Foxy

[definitelynotpc]

The Gateway of the Mind is about the first person to fall asleep at a sleepover

[JimmyMcBimmy]

Fun fact: the man from Taured has been SOLVED. Plenty of vids explaining it on this platform.

[androiddevice]

0:08 she heard a wifi signal from downstairs

[ikani]

Here's a science one. Back in the early 90s, Lawrence Livermore Labs was testing a new laser by firing it into the night sky and measuring how the beam moved around as it boiled the air. Everything was going fine until a goose flew into the beam, giving everyone on the ground instant sunburns.

[bmxingiskingftw]

Gateway of the mind = watch a film called "Martyrs" its very similar.

Also, the man upstairs and the clown statue. I was told a story as a kid that took both of them urban legends and mixed them into 1. It really freaked me out, it went like this.

A young women called Staci, had earned a decent amount of trust and reliability within a small english village for being the local baby sitter. Allowing residents to attend bingo nights, karaoke and quiz nights whilst she watched their children.

Through word of mouth a wealthy couple who lived just outside of the village had heard about Staci and was interested in her babysitting their 1 year old, as this would also have been the couples first night together alone they were quite keen in getting her to sit their child, they offered her increased pay that would of been hard to resist.

When Staci arrived at the property she noticed it was a large house, surrounded by trees, a mix of old stone walls and modern wooden fencing. The driveway was long and had its own electronic gate, she had to use a buzzer to get in. First impressions gave this couple clearly had wealth and explains why they were so comfortable with paying a lot more than Staci usually accepted. One of the first features Staci noticed was how large the windows of the property were, she could easily see the staircase through them that lead to the second floor.

Meeting the Mother of the child for the first time, Jacqui, she explained how happy she is for Staci to have come and that her and her husband have been wanting a night together for a while, but being in a rural location, finding a babysitter they can trust was a little difficult. Jacqui showed Staci around the house, told her to help herself to anything in the fridge and cupboards and even left a little extra money if she just wanted to order a takeaway instead. She told Staci, that their 1 year olds bedtime is soon and that she has been sleeping through the night alot recently and other than checking on her every now and then she probably wont be any bother. Either way Jacqui settled her daughter to sleep and left her mobile number and her and the husband set off for their night out together.

Staci, enjoying a movie, thought to herself it probably best she go check on the little girl. She quietly walked up the stairs, looking out the large windows as she did, now its dark outside it was hard to make out the large driveway, trees, wall and gate, the only thing that stood out the most was her own reflection from the light inside the house. Staci peered inside the little girls room to see she was sound asleep, she stepped inside just to be extra sure she was okay. When Staci turned to leave she noticed there was a rather large collection of stuffed toy animals in the corner of the bedroom behind the door she walked through, she must of not payed it any attention when Jacqui was showing her around. Seeing nothing to worry about or of interest she quietly left the room and carried on with her movie.

A short amount of time had passed, Staci's attention was averted from the movie because she heard the little girl upstairs crying. She went upstairs to see her, picked her up and comforted her the same way Jacqui did, she quickly settled and went back to sleep. Turning to leave Staci's attention was drawn to a stuffed toy giraffe that was on the floor on its side infront of all the other stuffed toys, it wasn't there before, she was sure of it. Nevertheless, it being nothing she felt concerned about she gently pushed it back into the piled with her foot and quietly left the room.

Staci sat down and just as she was about to hit play she heard a very subtle dull knock come from upstairs followed by the little girl crying again, a little louder this time. She grabbed her phone and quickly went upstairs to investigate and to settle the little girl. So as to not turn on the bedroom light and startle the girl anymore Staci turned the torch on, on her phone. She entered the room taking care to not shine it on the little girl, she picked her up and began to settle her. Whilest she held her she looked around the room with her torch for what caused the bang, maybe something fell. She remembered the Giraffe, so she looked towards the pile of toys to see if anything there was the cause.

Almost instantly, Staci noticed something in the middle of all the toys, it was a clown doll, all she could see was its head, but she could tell it was big due to how big its head was. She felt a little uneasy looking at it and that it looked out of place surrouned by loads of lovely animals, but she ignored it and focused her attention on the little girl who was now drifting back off to sleep.

Back down stairs, Staci recieved a phonecall from Jacqui. Jacqui asked how things were and Staci gave her the info of her waking up twice but settling quickly. Jacqui and Staci spoke a little more afterwards and just before the conversation ended, Staci said.

"Oh, before you go, just incase she wakes up again. Do you have any other little tricks or advice of getting her settled? Im just worried because I'm a stranger to her, if she became too worked up I might not be able to settle her and wouldnt want you to cut your night short."
Jacqui replies...
"She does have a soft toy Badger she likes to cuddle, she's had it since she was born, it was the first one of the soft toys we got before it became that big collection she has now. You can try her with that."
Staci comes back with...
"Okay cool, no worries I'll try that then if she wakes again. Any idea where abouts it is in the pile so I can quickly find it?"
Jacqui responds....
"Its in the teddy hammock, right side of her room as you enter, it'll be at the front as its her favorite."
Staci again...
"Oh, okay, I thought it would be in the pile on the floor, that will be easier to find then, thank you."
"What pile on the floor...?"
"The pile of soft toys, that are in the corner of her room behind the door."
"We don't keep her toys on the floor, they are all stored in the hammock."
"There is a pile of toys in the corner of the room, theres a big toy clown in the middle of them? They are the only soft toys I see in there."
"What do you mean...? She doesn't have a big toy clown in her room."
"When I last checked on her, I shone my torchlight on the pile of toys, that are on the floor and in the middle of them is big toy clown...."

The phone gets passed to the husband, he speaks and Staci repeats all that she said back to him, he tells her.

"Right, listen. I want you to calmly go into her bedroom, pick her up and bring her outside the front and lock the door. We will stay on call, but dont talk to us until you are outside of the house with her.

Terrified and confused, Staci hears the girl start to cry again. She can hear the couple on the phone talking frantic to eachother, shes pretty sure the husband is speaking to someone else, shes thinking its the police when she starts to hear him tell them the address. She doesn't know how, but she builds up the nerve to go back upstairs, entering the room, Staci fixates her stare on the girl and nothing else, she talks to her calmy like nothing is wrong and walks out the room backwards with her back to the toys, when she reaches the door she finally notices the teddy hammock in the corner of the room, completely empty.

Scared, walking down the stairs, trying her hardest to not look at her reflection in the windows out of fear of seeing something behind her, she heads for the front door, removes the key, steps outside, shuts it and locks it. In the dark, Staci can already notice faint blue flashes bouncing off the tall trees, heading towards the gate at the end of the driveway. 2 police cars drive up to the house, no sirens only blue lights, 4 police officers step out of the cars, they talk to Staci and she hands them the house keys. 2 police officers enter the house, 1 stays at the front door whilest the other stays with Staci.

She watches them through the windows walk up the stairs, thinking to her self how much they stand out with the lights of the house, large windows and back drop of the night. She would of looked exactly the same to anyone on the outside looking in. She can still see them when they reach the bedroom door which is still slightly open from when she left it, they disappear inside, a few moments pass she see's movement, 3 figures walk out the bedroom, as they make their way down the stairs she notices the police are now escorting a man in handcuffs dressed as a clown.

[Ilbropersempre]

It's fucking 2am i shouldnt watch this

[Greekguy]

How did the dude with no senses know that they were asking his last words

[Sinking_Sunset]

How tf did they communicate to the guy who had no sight, taste, smell, hearing or touch that they wanted him to say his last words

[olucca]

1:54 nice detail with the guy in the window

[eliascastanon]

There is one you missed, its "la llorona" an urban level from my home country, mexico (it originated on CDMX (mexico city))

[lis]

The babysitter and intruder stories really rocked my shit when I babysat as a teen. I remember babysitting in an older house and the parents didn’t have any blinds in front of the kitchen windows, they didn’t use the thermostat so it was really cold (and they also didn’t have any blankets) and they forgot to tell me their old radiator made banging noises. (They were really nice people and this was their first time hiring a babysitter I think). I thought someone was breaking in and I damn near pissed myself until I realized it was the radiator. So, I ended up eating maltesers on the floor and calling my boyfriend who laughed at me until he heard the banging through the phone.

[vunenicar]

I'm glad you covered expressionless and gateway of mind
they're one of my fav creepypastas