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 ...

The creepypasta story behind the first season, the titular "Candle Cove," was written by Kris Straub and is simple, short, and absolutely terrifying. The plot focuses on an online chat thread where ...

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 ...

“Horror aside, the elements of good storytelling present in the best creepypastas can be applied to any kind of writing.” After an analysis of the content 72 beloved viral “Creepypasta” stories across ...

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, ...

If there’s one thing Hollywood loves, it’s an inexpensive intellectual property ripe for the optioning. That’s why, for a moment there, it really looked like creepypastas were going to be the future ...

It was the music, they said, that drove the children to madness. The eerie, detuned soundtrack to Pokémon Red’s Lavender Town contained harmful sonic irregularities played at such high frequencies ...

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 ...

The Season 1 finale of Syfy’s creepypasta anthology series Channel Zero just wrapped, so now it’s time to look forward to the next internet urban legend that will scare our pants off. Creepypastas ...

Most of us probably already know that most creepypasta stories aren't actually real — but are there any creepypastas based on real-life events or phenomena? In a word, yes. Yes there are, and they're ...

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