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 ...

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 ...

First they were called chain emails, and they were sent by people like your weird aunt who always wore a Big Dog t-shirt. An online version of physical chain letters, chain emails propagated hoaxes ...