The academic folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand collects the most famous urban legends—including "The Hook," "The Spider in the Hair," and "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs"—and provides an enlightening and entertaining analysis of their variations and evolution. "The Vanished Iphigenia" was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends and remains a classic. A culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is essential for lovers of urban legends.