Essay on Urban Legend of Car Headlights

Cars in the 1920s completely impacted daily life and greatly influenced the cars that we use everyday. Back before cars were popular, everyone traveled by horse and buggy. They had no source of cart heating, nothing to absorb shock, wheels without tires. All they had for streets back then were dirt roads with a top layer of gravel. This was not a problem for horses and buggies, but cars didn’t handle well in the mud. Because of this, the invention of the paved road we use now came about. After that, they needed a more organized and efficient way to navigate to faraway places, since the people could now travel at ease. An interstate highway system was created as a result of the First Federal Highway Act, passed in 1921. The highways heading

It was one gloomy night, no cars were out, and the only lights on were the hockey rink lights. It was getting ready to downpour and thunder started to rumble. The Tinkles hit the ice and began their warm ups. Just like any other warmup they would skate around the arena and after a little bit they would take some shots on their goalie. After time after time waiting for their opponent. A huge burst of lightning hit the rink and the power went out. Soon after, the rink started to shake and the ice split open. The lights turn on and they found their opponent.

Thomm Quackenbush said “The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination” in his book We Shadows. The image of Slenderman was created both in Anissa’s and Morgan's head and that eventually lead to the stabbing of Payton Leutner. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser believed in the urban legend of Slenderman, causing them to commit this horrid act. Slenderman isn’t the only urban legend told to scare individuals the Grimm brothers introduced urban legends idea during the 19th century. Throughout the years children have become more interested in urban legends due to technology and that is why this legends sparked Anissa and Morgan to almost kill their friend.

The Hillside Strangler was the name given to two killers who strangled and killed their victims, dumping their bodies in the hills of Los Angeles. These killings took place during October 1977 and February 1978, involving ten young women ranging from ages 12 to 28. With over one hundred law enforcement task force members working to solve this case, the fear within the community was undeniably present. It wasn't long before the clues would come in one by one, helping detectives solve this heinous crime. Once two sets of DNA was revealed on the crime scenes, police realized they had not just one, but two killers. The killers were later discovered to be cousins Kenneth Alessio Bianchi and Angelo Anthony Buono.

The first stranglings took place on took place on January 15th, 1974. Joseph Otero and his wife, Julie Otero were strangled in there living room. There daughter Josephine and housekeeper were found strangled in a bedroom and there son Joseph Otero was found strangled in the basement . The BTK strangler took the blame for it. He sent pictures and things he stole from the Otero family. Police knew it was him because know pictures were taken at the crime scene and the only person who would of had pictures was the murdered. On April 4th, 1974 Kathryn Bright who was 21 years old was stabbed to death in her home, police later concluded that it was a BTK victim. On March 17th, 1977, Shirley Vian was found strangled, and tied up in the basement of her home. On December 8th, 1977 Nancy Fox ,25, was found tied up and strangled in her home. The killer's voice is captured on tape when he calls the police to report the crime. On April 28th, 1979, Rader waits in the basement of a 63 year old ladies home. She decided to stay the night with a friend and Rader leaves. The next day he wrote her a letter telling her about how he was waiting for her. On September 16th, 1986 the final victim Vickie Wegerle was strangled in her home.

The article is a first glance of the Cluster murders the following day. It states that Hebert W. Clutter, his wife, and two young children were shot in their home. There was no sign of struggle and nothing had been stolen. To add on to this mystery, the telephone line had been cut. One of the police officers said that the killings were likely done by a psychopath. Furthermore, the bodies were first discovered by two girls who were friends with one of the children. The last communication that occurred was by Mr. Clutter and his business partner, Mr. Van Vleet. Van Vleet

It was May 22, 1918, and Joseph Maggio was coming home from his grocer job but he didn't know that was his last day at work. When he arrived home him, and his wife Catherine Maggio got ready for bed and he laid aside her in the bed. What they didn't know is that someone was coming for them and walking up on the corner of Upperville and Magnolia streets. When the killer broke in the Mr. and Mrs. Maggio were dead asleep and the killer crept up the stairs and proceeded to watch them until it was time. He proceeded to cut the couple’s throat with a straight razor, and when he was done he continued and bashed their heads in with an axe. Maybe in fact to conceal the fact of their real death (Axeman).

“When the lights and power went out, some other switch went off in people. People you thought you knew… did things you would never believe,” he told us.

Good morning everyone, my name is Devin, and today I wanted to tell you the gruesome story of the Crawford family murders. On July 1st, 1970, in a quiet suburban neiboorhood of Melbourne, Australia, a man by the name of Elmer Crawford would brutally murder his wife and three children while they slept. According to a news article by Author Andrew Koubaridis, police alleged after bludgeoning his wife unconscious, Elmer Crawford then took a 50-foot electrical cord, crudely fastened with alligator clips, and attached the clips to his wife Therese’s ears, fatally electrocuting her. What happened next was truly disturbing and horrific, as Elmer Crawford then went room by room, one by one murdering his children “with what pathologist believed was a hammer” (Koubaridis,2015).

In the article entitled, “Dutch Town Aims Safety Measures at the Feet of ‘Smartphone Zombies’’’ Tom Everett explains how distracted walkers are becoming a problem. First, Everett discusses how many people are not being aware of their surroundings when they are on their smartphones. Everett thinks a unaware walker might even step into oncoming traffic. Then, officials in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk decide to fix this problem with some LED lights. The town put light lines in a handful of intersections around their town. These light lines are synced to the traffic light, so the light lines turn whatever color the traffic light is. So when walkers are looking down at their phone, they can see the traffic light. Although, not everyone agrees with this

In the urban legend titled “Aren’t You Glad You Didn’t Turn on the Light” there were two college roommates and on a night before a big test one of them went to a party and the other decided to stay in the dorm and study. When the roommate came home late from the party she went straight to bed without turning on the light so she wouldn’t wake her roommate. In the morning, she found her roommate murdered in her bed and the words,” aren’t you glad you didn’t turn on the light?” written on the wall in blood. This urban legend has core elements that closely relate to “Humans Can Lick Too” so it could have been created around the same time. These elements are that the main character is a young woman, a murder takes place right in front of her, and

George: If you drove a Saab, whenever you passed someone else driving a Saab on the road, you beeped or flashed your lights. Mark: Or you’d wave at each other. I did it today, I was driving around downtown Kenosha, and it was a four-door, nothing special, but that’s OK, Hey, how you doing? Yeah I still flash my headlights at people.

Murders were not unusual in the “east end” of London. Some historians thinks, there were dozen murders and a few say only five.

In the beginning, man’s only form of transportation was his own feet. Later, to comfort his journey on foot, was the invention of footwear. Through envy of the speed of other animals he would learn to tame these animals. People who live in the desert ride atop camels. The people who live in the frigid climates travel by dogs. Some people from places like India ride elephants. But the must widely used form of transportation by animal power was by horse. Man would soon develop boats and ships to travel long distances over water and time would flow like the rivers and hundreds of years later, in the late 1700s steam power became the new craze. Steam power got the wheels turning amongst many inventors who

The demonstration with C was likely the most fun one to witness. I have struggled with anxiety my whole life, so I could relate to a lot of what he was saying. I also could identify with the gift of just being who you are without over thinking everything. He was free to not feel the restriction that he has felt from his mother, from comparing himself to others. He was able to just be C. I understand why he felt better after the demonstration; he was able to be his authentic self. He was good enough. The freedom to be who we are is not easy for many. I’m grateful that C had a safe space to experience letting go of who he “should” be. At first I thought his humor may be a coping mechanism, but it really did seem to put him at ease. He was having a good time. In fact, I think it was fun for the class in general. Honestly, it was enjoyable to witness a