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Skeptoid #378: Legendary Places: Real or Fictional?

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2013

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.

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Since we examine urban legends here on Skeptoid, we necessarily end up mentioning a lot

0:09.3

of places, legendary cities, legendary landmarks, and the light.

0:15.2

Some of them are real, and some of them are as fictional as their associated legends.

0:20.5

But do you know which is which?

0:23.5

Today we've got a pop quiz for you to guess whether each of 12 famous places is real

0:30.1

or fictional.

0:31.6

That's coming right up on Skeptoid.

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You're listening to Skeptoid.

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I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com, legendary places, real or fictional.

1:32.2

Today we're going to go into quiz mode and test our knowledge of legendary places that

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