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 ...

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, ...

Cartoonist and writer Kris Straub remembers a prominent experience of child confusion and fear all thanks to televison. “There’s a station in L.A., KLCS, that is public television, but back then it ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...