The Escaped Mental Patient:

 This urban legend has been around since the 1950s and has featured heavily in many scary stories over the years. The story goes that an escaped mental patient is on the loose in your area and is looking to kill people. While the story is terrifying in concept, its variations are often hard to believe. The common story of the escaped mental patient often features a man who stabs random people with a knife, but there are a few variations on the tale. In some stories, the man is carrying an axe instead of a knife, while in others, he uses a chain saw instead of a blade. There have also been some variations that have featured a woman as the killer instead of a man. The story has often been used to scare kids who are out late at night, as the mental patient has sometimes been depicted as being dressed in a long coat and a large hat. While this story has been around since the 1950s, it has seen a new life in recent years due to an episode of a popular TV show that featured a modern take on the story.

Hook Man:

Hook Man is a classic urban legend that’s been around for decades. The story of a man who lost his hands in an accident and now uses hooks as weapons has been around since the 1970s, but has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to an episode of a popular TV show. Hook Man is similar to Mary in the sense that people who hear the story will often try to recreate the haunting experience at home. People have tried to summon the killer by carving symbols into their bodies, carving symbols into trees, and even drawing the image on their bedroom walls. The story goes that if you draw this symbol in a mirror, put a flower on top of it, and then look into the mirror, the haunted man will appear behind you with a scariest hook. While this story is one that has been around for decades and is often depicted in TV and movies, there have been a few news reports of people being injured while attempting to summon the spirit.

 The urban legends that we enjoyed as kids have evolved into more modern tales that often try to scare us as adults. While these retellings of older stories may not be as scary as they were when we were younger, they are often more accessible to a newer generation of kids. These stories have been passed down from older siblings and cousins, to younger cousins and friends. Thanks to the rise of the internet, these stories have been able to spread even further.