‘Mormon Soldiers Capture Saddam Hussein!’ Mormon Urban Legends Like other groups, Mormons engage in creating and passing on what are termed “urban legends”, stories reported as true but which are either distortions of actual experiences or events, unverifiable reports, or outright fabrications. Such stories reflect the basic anxieties of a culture and provide insight into the psychological and social constructs from which they emanate. This presentation analyzes several such stories and asks if there are special characteristics to Mormon urban legends.

Robert A. Rees