I didn't really consider the babysitter one an urban legend myself, though the film did provide numerous scary movie examples that were based on this exact story. With research, Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills travel to Columbia, Missouri where the babysitter murder story came to life in the 1950's.
Those creepy calls you always hear in the movies may not hold true to the actual incident, but there was one case in which a babysitter, Janett Christman, was found murdered after having tried to call the cops for help. The cops could not trace the call at this time, and therefore could not help the teenage girl. A man was later charged for her death and another young girl.
My personal favorite urban legend was the story of the escaped convict with a hook for a hand. I thought this was so creepy. The idea that you would have been this crazed murderer's next victims had you not heard of the escape on the radio and demanded to leave Lovers Lane. What's crazy is the first idea of the "Hook" came from a Dear Abby column warning teenagers about sex.
Through their investigation, Joshua and Rachel found out about a series of murders occurring on Lovers Lanes in Texarkana. They believe that this could be where the Hook legend stems from even though no actual hook was involved in the murders.
If you are interested in urban legends and want to find out about the truth behind the Candy Man and Killer Clowns also, pull up Killer Legends on your Netflix account and watch it. And be sure to leave a comment telling me what you think about the babysitter and hook legends discussed a little bit above.
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