This is going to be fun. Ive done so many Urban Legends videos now
and you know what makes some better than others - if theres some truth to them. Suddenly - its not just a made up story, its
something that could be true - and that doubt - that slight bit of uncertainty - well I
think that makes it even scarier. These are 10 of the very best. My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top
10 Urban Legends That Are Actually True. Starting off at number 10 we have Cropsey[a]. Some of you guys may have heard me talk about
this one before. Its the story of the boogeyman of Staten Island. He was rumored to be a homicidal maniac who
escaped from a mental asylum. He would hunt for children and drag them back
to the ruins of a hospital where he lived. Witnesses always said he had a hook for a
hand. The stories were meant to scare kids - perhaps
even told to them by parents who wanted them to be more wary of strangers. Then, in the 1972, the boogeyman became real. New broke of a real life Corpsey man called
Andre Rand. He was a former janitor at the local school
for mentally disabled children. Rand was arrested in connection with the disappearance
of Jennifer Schweiger, a 12 year old girl with Down Syndrome. He lost his job over the case and move into
the now abandoned school he used to work in. He was eventually convicted of murder and
police connected him to the disappearances of 4 other children, no bodies were ever recovered. Moving on to number 9 now we have The Bunny
Man[b]. I talked about this legend in my West Virginia
video. The story goes that in 1904, a mental asylum
closed down. While transferring inmates to a new facility,
one of the buses crashed. Most of them were killed or captured - but
one escaped - the Bunny Man. He would roam the land hunting rabbits and
then leaving their carcases for the locals to find - sometimes they would be hanging
from a tree or bridge. Although there are parts of the story that
don't add up - something strange happened in 1970. A couple driving their car at night had an
axe thrown through their window by a man in a bunny suit. 2 weeks later, another man found an ax wielding
guy in a bunny suit chopping wood nearby who was gone by the time police arrived. Are they linked? Is there more truth to this than meets the
eye? Moving on to number 8 we have The Body Under
The Bed[c]. Ever since hotels and motels became a common
part of society - people have swapped stories about guests who discovered mattress they
were sleeping on was either above or even stuffed with the body of a murder victim. A grizzly tale for sure, but one that was
confined to the realms of myths and legends. Then, in 1999 - a case in Colorado occurred
involving a couple who slept on a mattress containing a body. The police kept the details of that close
to their chest, but 2010, a huge story broke when guests at a Memphis motel discovered
they had been sleeping above the body of Sony Millbrook - a missing person at the time. Her boyfriend LaKeith Moody was convicted
of the crime. Many people were horrified, and vowed to give
their hotel beds a closer inspection next time … Next up at the number 7 spot we have The Maine
Robber[d]. For many years, visitors to Maines North Pond
area reported that something strange was going on there. Time after time, people reported that things
were going missing. Not just one person, one time - many people,
many times. Batteries and food would vanish from cabins
while flashlights disappeared from camping tents. People thought that either the Earth itself
was swallowing it up or there was a thief at work. It turns out, they were right - in 2013, a
game warden discovered Christopher Knight living alone in the woods. For 27 years, he had been watching hikers,
canoeists and other visitors to the area. When taken in for questioning, Knight admitted
he was responsible for around 40 robberies a year. I mean, stealing batteries is one thing - but
I think feel like you were being watched all those years and then being proven right? - Thats pretty creepy … At the number 6 spot now we have The Falling
Lawyer[e]. Ive lived in Toronto for a few years now and
Ive personally heard this story floating around - but I never thought it was true - until
now. They say that years ago, there was a lawyer
who loved to show off how strong his office windows were in his building that overlooked
the city. Every time someone came to visit, he would
take a long run up - jump - and hurl himself in the window. Sure enough, the window would remain intact
- although well never know if this impressed his visitors. Well, this lawyer was real and his name was
Garry Hoy. He was a senior partner at his firm with an
office on the 24th floor. On July 9th 1993, some Law Students came to
visit. He took his usual leap at the window but this
time, after years of being weakened - it smashed. Garry plummeted to his death - and the improbable
story became somewhat of a local myth … Next up at number 5 we have the Pueblas Secrets[f]. For many years, longer than people can even
remember - the people of Puebla in Mexico have talked about the tunnels - secret tunnels
that were built under the city by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500s. Its been almost half a millennia since then,
and the stories became legend. People looked, but they found nothing - the
tunnels became a myth - something to scare the kids into believing there was a dark maze
of caverns beneath them. In 2014, construction workers were in the
middle of an urban remodeling project when they stumbled upon an old tunnel. Surely the legends werent true - the Puebla
History Center took over the site to investigate and yes, it was the fabled tunnels people
had spoken about. They determined the tunnels were built in
1531, right after the city was founded. Members of the Catholic church used the tunnels
to transport treasure and other property in and out of the city without people knowing
about it. Parts of the tunnels are now open to the public,
giving you the chance to walk through the dark halls of an urban legend that came true
… Coming in at number 4 now we have The Alligators[g]. I talked about this one in our New York Urban
Legends video. Many years ago in New York, people would say
that there were alligators in the sewers below the city. They said a young boy once flushed his pet
alligator down the toilet. Years later, he reached into the sewer grate
to retrieve a lost baseball. At that moment, a fully grown alligator leapt
up from below and ripped off his arm - the same alligator he had flushed away. Many people dismissed the whole story, alligators
in New York? How crazy. However, in 1959, Teddy May, the commissioner
of New York during the time of the rumours, wrote about the alligators in his book. He said that he and his inspectors did find
alligators in the New York sewers in 1935, they were up to 2ft inside. It took 2 years for them to clear them all
out, more than enough time for the facts to get blurred with fiction … Moving on to number 3 we have have The Dog
Boy[h]. For many people in Arkansas, they know the
stories of the dog boy. Kids swap stories of a werewolf like man who
roams around the town of Quitman. Some even say theyve seen him - many of them
might not know that the story is based on real life. Gerald Bettis was born in Quitman in 1954. By the time he was a young boy, the neighbours
called him evil - they said he liked to capture stray animals and torture them in twisted
experiments. As he got older, he turned on his parents
- tormenting them until, at the age of 27, his dead was found dead in his home. The newspapers said it was illness but others
said it was murder. Berris then kept his mother in the house until
she was placed in protective custody. His mother testified against him and he was
given life in prison, where he died a few years later. They say that his spirit still haunts that
house - and that he's often seen roaming the area as a ghost on all fours, with shaggy
hair like a dog. At the number 2 spot now we have Charlie No
Face[i]. Some of you may have heard me talk about this
one in my Pennsylvanian video. Charlie no face is the story of a boy called
Charlie who once got electrocuted while climbing an electric pole to try and see into a birds
nest. He was horrifically disfigured, his face has
practically melted off, eyes, nose, mouth, one of his ears and one of his arms - all
gone. It also turned his skin a sickly green. Somehow, he survived and lived out his life
in the small town, rarely showing his face to the other locals. People would share the story of Charlie No
Face but because nobody saw him, the story began nothing more than an urban myth. But it wasnt - the story was actually true
- except for the name. Charlies real name was Raymond Robinson. He was friendly to people whenever they did
see him, and wasnt responsible for the many hauntings associated with the legend … And finally at number 1 we have Polybius[j]. You may remember this from my Video Game Urban
Legends video. Polybius was the name of an arcade game which
kids in Portland got addicted to in 1981. Whenever they were forced off, they felt nauseous,
stressed or even had seizures. Some people noticed the game was being serviced
a lot more than usual - instead of once a month, Polybius was being checked by men in
black suits every week. They would copy its hard drive, leave the
money and be gone until the next week. People believed that they were from the CIA
and that Polybius was all part of a mind control programme that sent subliminal messages to
the players. While a lot of this is debatable, there really
was a kid who got sick during an arcade marathon contest in Portland in 1981. A few days later, federal agents really did
seize a load of arcade cabinets - they said it was all part of a major gambling bust. This is where people differ in opinion, some
say that the story of Polybius was inspired by the events, others say the events are proof
of the story … Urban Legends and truth - together, they make
something better than either of them. Is this the start of a series? Shall we look at more creepy urban legends
that have their stories rooted in true events? Or shall we just keep doing out world tour
of urban legends? Is this going to split the viewers in half? Well find out in the comments section, thanks
for watching as always guys, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!
