Newsweek

How Slenderman, the Internet’s Horror Star, Crawled out of Creepypasta

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 ...
The New York Times

Bored at Work? Try Creepypasta, or Web Scares

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 ...
Time

Behind Creepypasta, the Internet Community That Allegedly Spread a Killer Meme

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 ...
Inverse

'Channel Zero: No-End House' Is Much Better Than the Creepypasta Was

The best Creepypastas, spooky modern folklore people write for the web, will give you bad dreams. But, many, many more of them are just bad, full stop. The story Syfy’s Creepypasta-inspired horror ...