According to Jan Harold Brunvard’s glossary in The Vanishing Hitchhiker, legends are “folk narratives that deal with the realistic incidents set in the past.” Brunvard gives the reader an analysis of each of the most well known urban legends. These stories are told in order to frighten, shock, or amuse the audience. Urban Legends are also passed down orally or communicated through written documents, such as E-mail, fax, or through books like The Vanishing …showed first 75 words of 708 total…

…showed last 75 words of 708 total…legends about killers and ghosts, the story of The Runaway Grandmother is not told to frighten the audience. It has a way to make people chuckle at this silly story. It also makes people cherish and respect their loved ones more than the family that left the aunt at the porch of the cousin’s house. Let’s face it, no one is going to really tie a relative to the roof of their car.