Some urban legends are simply made up for fun.

Others have a very definite agenda behind them.

This was the case with the so-called Well-To-Hell, an alleged super deep borehole in Siberia

that managed to poke through into hell, and the drillers heard the screams of the damned.

What agenda could have driven this urban legend?

In guess, evangelical Christianity, trying to scare you.

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The Siberian hell sounds.

There's one urban legend in particular that creeps out a lot of people.

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