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Urban Legends is a 30 minute 2007 television documentary-style series hosted by Michael Allcock. David Hewlett became the new host in 2011. In each episode, three urban legends are dramatized and presented to the television audience; the audience is then to speculate which one or two of the three is true. Each legend has witnesses to tell the story. For the one or two fake legends, the witnesses are actors, while the true legend uses real people affected by the story. Included in each episode are two quick quiz-like stories, called mini-myths, which air before the commercial breaks. Each will begin with the number of the mini myth and its name, followed by the story. After the commercial, the answer to the mini-myth is announced and the rest of the programming continues as it previously had. The show originally aired on the Biography Channel in the U.S., History Television in Canada and FX in the United Kingdom where it was hosted by Mark Dolan. It has also aired in Argentina, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Finland, Estonia, The Netherlands, Russia, Hungary and Denmark. The series briefly returned to the Syfy network as an "Original Series" with new episodes starting on Monday April 18, 2011, then moved to the regular time, Fridays at 10. The new episodes followed exactly the same format as the original but were narrated by Stargate's David Hewlett. The show now airs occasionally as reruns and mini-marathons on both SyFy and Chiller.

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18th June 2007 - 27th May 2011
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Cheating Death
23rd June 2007

Episode 1

The veracity of three modern myths is examined, including a poodle owner who attempted to dry her dog in a microwave and a father who got stuck down the chimney on Christmas night

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Mixed Up in Crime
23rd June 2007

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It Seemed Like a Clever Idea
30th June 2007

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No Excuse for Stupidity
7th July 2007

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Fickle Finger of Fate
21st July 2007

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What a Way to Go
28th July 2007

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When Animals Think
4th August 2007

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Neighbors
11th August 2007

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Mail Mix Ups
18th August 2007

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The Stuff of Nightmares
25th August 2007

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Good and Evil
1st September 2007

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Marriage and Affairs
12th September 2007

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What A Way To Go
11th October 2007

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Cringe-worthy
25th October 2007

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No Excuses for Stupidity
1st November 2007

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Neighbors
15th November 2007

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The Dark Side
13th December 2007

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The Human Body
20th December 2007

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Weird Woundings
28th December 2007

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