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British urban legends

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urban legend suggesting that Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a look-alike

fictional serial killer barber

Spring-heeled Jack

English folklore legendary character

Soap made from human corpses

alleged Nazi atrocity

In the Air Tonight

1981 song by Phil Collins

legendary ghost ship mystery and possible shipwreck

mass-produced print of painting by Bruno Amadio

Man Proposes, God Disposes

painting by Edwin Henry Landseer

Dark Side of the Rainbow

mashup pairing of Wizard of Oz movie and Dark Side of the Moon album

Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend

Maritime urban legend related to the dangers of hubris and inflexibility

British big cats

reports of large non-native feline sightings in Britain

Old wives' tale

supposed truth which is actually spurious or a superstition

Ring Around the Rosie

folk song and playground game

999 Phone Charging Urban Legend

Legitimacy of Queen Victoria

speculation of the parentage of Queen Victoria

Killer in the backseat

urban legend from United States

"Piggate" refers to a claim that, during his time at Oxford University, former British prime minister David Cameron inserted his penis or scrotum into a dead pig's mouth as part of an initiation ceremony for the Piers Gaveston Society.