*The Choking Doberman* urban-legend collection

Record summary

Jan Harold Brunvand’s *The Choking Doberman* (1984) records and analyzes circulating urban legends, including stories of domestic danger, anonymous warnings, and encounters that expose hidden threats. It is useful for comparison with boundary-crossing narratives because ordinary domestic or roadway settings become thresholds between safety and menace. The book preserves variants rather than proving the incidents occurred. Some stories have older European or international analogues, so a researcher should trace whether the American versions are local inventions, adaptations, or modern retellings of established tale types.