McNeill, Lynne S., editorTucker, Elizabeth, editorUtah State University Press, publisher2018-12-112018-12-112018https://hdl.handle.net/10217/193046Includes bibliographical references and index.Explores the practice of legend tripping, where individuals or groups travel to a site where an urban legend is thought to have taken place. Legend tripping is depicted throughout vernacular (contemporary and historical) culture and an expression of humanity's interest in the frontier between life and death.--Provided by publisher.Introduction / Lynne S. McNeill and Elizabeth Tucker -- Early studies / Elizabeth Tucker -- Legend-tripping in Ohio / Bill Ellis -- Adolescent legend trips as teenage cultural response / Patricia M. Meley -- Legend-trips and satanism / Bill Ellis -- Playing with fear / S. Elizabeth Bird -- Shame old roads can't talk / Tim Prizer -- Ostensive healing / Carl Lindahl -- Contemporary ghost hunting and the relationship between proof and experience / Lynne S. McNeill -- "There's an app for that" / Elizabeth Tucker -- Living legends / Lynne S. McNeill.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Urban folklore -- United StatesLegends -- United StatesCulture and tourism -- United StatesHaunted places -- United StatesSupernaturalTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.