A driver picks up a mysterious stranger on a lonely road, who then vanishes from the car. It’s a story told everywhere, but it's never the same story twice. In this episode of Into the World of Urban Legends, we follow the spectral trail of the "Vanishing Hitchhiker" across the globe.
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This episode reveals how a single story can act as a mirror, adapting to local landmarks, anxieties, and beliefs, and proving that every culture's ghosts tell us more about the living than the dead.
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