Jan Harold Brunvand has published a series of books which deal with urban legends. I may not be able to recall all of them, but I do remember a few: The Vanishing Hitchhiker; The Mexican Pet; The Baby Train; Curses, Broiled again; The Choking Doberman. Each book contains scores of urban legends which most of us have heard (and which many of us have believed)-- some dating back to Colonial times.