Creepypasta is a fiction subgenre that consists of mini-horror stories passed along online and through the years. From chain emails to TikToks, it’s grown to encompass both the chilling and the ...
This story is completely true. It happened right here on the internet, on a night just like this. Not too long ago, people shared jokes, stories, and lame inspirational messages by copy/pasting text ...
It recently occurred to me that, for all the discussion of freaky creepypasta you and I have done here over the past few months, we’ve never gone in depth about what creepypasta is. I mean, yes, we’ve ...
On June 8, 2009, Eric Knudsen posted two black and white images he had Photoshopped to a forum called "Something Awful." The forum was hosting a photo manipulation contest and was taking submissions ...
Every generation has its own urban legends, from the hook dangling from the car door at make-out point to the gangly figure of Slender Man. Like a lot of community-based activities, the development ...
The tragic events in Waukesha, in which two young girls are accused of stabbing a friend, have brought internet myth Slender Man into the mainstream spotlight. So much so that the Creepypasta wiki, ...
Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...
THERE is a video gaining steam on YouTube called “The Scariest Picture on the Internet (REAL).” Aside from a short introduction, the bulk consists of a single, still image of a painting set to ominous ...