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The following is an edited transcript of our chat with jan harold brunvand, author of too good to be true the colossal book of urban legends. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of over 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true. Todays urban legends will become the futures fairy tales. The colossal book of urban legends revised and with a new chapter. When i was a kid, my brother and i would spend the latter half of the week at our grandparents and, while they did their weekly food shop, wed be left under the charge of auntie lisa, whod soon have us squealing and our hair standing on end as she told us about the dead roommate, the maniac on the car roof, the. The truth is that its not true, not even if someone told you it happened to them or, more likely, that it happened to a friend of a friend, referred to as foafs by folklorists.