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, ...

The internet urban legends known as creepypastas had a breakout year in 2016 as the internet-based folklore tales took off, thanks in a large part to Syfy’s new anthology horror series, Channel Zero, ...

The word “creepypasta” is goofy by design. It started with the word “copypasta”, which is a bit of a twist on calling something a copy-and-paste, the term likely originating on 4chan. Copypastas were ...

A while ago, I came across a fantastic story called ‘Squidward’s Suicide’; a hauntingly realistic tale about an intern’s horrific experience with what can only be described as a very ‘off’ episode of ...

Syfy's Channel Zero is one of the best shows on television that you're not watching. It's a horror anthology series based on "creepypastas"-- short, scary stories shared on forums and sites like ...

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 ...

The Internet has made it possible for anyone to be the next Stephen King by allowing aspiring horror writers to share their own scary stories with the public. Many of these viral, terrifying tales, ...