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Urban Legends: The Killer In The Backseat
Have you ever told scaries stories with friends and are so scared you don't want to go to sleep. Those are urban legends. Urban legends are stories that have been told by mouth for generations and generations. I am going to be telling you about one called The Killer In the Backseat.

The killer in the backseat in an urban legend because it is a story that has been told since a long time ago. It is also a scary story which is what most urban legends are. This story has been told since the 1967, and it became one of the most popular legend of that period. Later on this legend shows up in 1983 in a film called “Nightmares”. There were many versions such as the gas station version, the strange truck following the lady, and many others. In the gas

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