The Creepypasta genre is a product of Social Media culture. In their earliest years, these viral horror stories originated in hangouts like Reddit and 4chan… but they’ve since come out of the shadows.

Slender Man was born on an internet forum in 2009. By 2014, the myth was so powerful that it could apparently motivate two girls to attempt to kill a friend in his name. And it was internet ...

Because it's Saturday, and because it's finally starting to feel like summer, let's indulge in a few freaky stories, shall we? After all, warm weather means campfires and s'mores, and campfires and ...

Mon, August 13, 2018 Published on Aug. 13, 2018 Published on 2018-08-13T11:40:12+07:00 ack in the 2000s, a tall, thin and spectral creature wearing a black suit made an internet sensation. Named the ...

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