A review by rzarate9696
The Vanishing Hitch-hiker by Jan Harold Brunvand

5.0

Absolute banger. I'm late to internet history and am only now looking into creepypasta culture, and now I'm working my way backward into the urban legends of yesteryear. Chelsea Weber Smith mentioned this book as a big inspiration to her in her podcast "American Hysteria", specifically the urban legend episode, and luckily a lot of this writer's books are available at my local library. It's cut and dry in the best way; all the old urban legends that have been adapted into movies two times over are analyzed and discussed here, boiled down to their cultural significance and impacts on society. I very much enjoyed and will read any of Brunvand's work I can get my hands on. Hopefully he doesn't turn out to be a complete asshole as I learn more about him.