10 famous creepy stories that are not relevant today
Alongside Jeff the Killer, here are some creepy jaws that no longer evoke the same horror as before.
The internet has been full of horror-themed legends for years, copied and reblogged on forums and social media with such persistence that a feature film ("Slenderman") is sometimes made based on them. These Creepypastas (like the insane character Jeff the Killer) aren't real, but are often based on true crimes, crafted by clever storytellers who want to entertain teenagers.
10. Slenderman
One of the most famous Creepypastas in his canon, Slender Man was created by Erik Knudsen on the Something Awful forum in 2009. He is depicted as a tall, impossibly thin, pale-skinned man who usually wears a black suit and is introduced to the kids.
Supposedly, Slender Man is frightened by the fact that he has no face, and uses a form of mind control to manipulate victims who come across him while wandering near abandoned buildings into committing murder on his behalf. The Slender Man himself isn't nearly as scary as the actual murder that took place in 2014, when two girls stabbed the victim to death because "Slender Man told them to."
9. The Russian Sleep Experiment
The Russian Dream Experiment references the Creepypasta legend created by user OrangeSoda, in enough detail to make it seem like an actual historical event in the Soviet Union. Five political prisoners were allegedly deprived of sleep for 30 consecutive days as part of an army-sanctioned experiment at a testing facility, and locked in a room where a special chemical compound was sprayed to keep them awake.
As time passed, they grew more and more insane, tearing themselves apart. After its publication, the story has been described as credible, despite the fact that not a single person could survive what happened in the center. The inauthenticity of the premise, the use of the Spasm's Halloween decorations as photographic 'proof', and the blatant political scaremongering ultimately made the film lose its impact.
8. Smile Dog
One of the first long-lived creepypasta legends on the internet, Smile Dog (also known as Smile.jpg) began as a Polaroid image of a creepy smiling canine with very human teeth. Next to the dog there is a hand, as if making a gesture to the viewer, who, after receiving the image, must transmit it to his friends.
If you don't get the image across, a dog will enter your dreams, which will take on more and more gruesome forms as you procrastinate. Victims are often driven to madness and, in some extreme cases, suicide. This legend, in addition to showing the credulity of the readers, has lost its appeal, since it is generally considered to be not scary and more fun than any other.
7. The back rooms
A more recent Creepypasta that first appeared on 4chan, "The Backrooms," is a simple image of a yellow hallway with matching wallpaper that a person can "enter" using noclipping (a cheat term used to describe movement through walls and other objects in first person games).
Entering The Backrooms, an endless succession of empty hallways and corridors, one finds oneself trapped forever in a world of monochromatic yellow, to the hum of fluorescent lights and the fear of malevolent entities around every corner. No one has been able to determine the origin of this photograph, and it remains one of the scariest "Creepypastas" to date.
6. The rake
The Rake, a famous crypipasta from 2003, is about a strange humanoid/dog creature with pale skin, huge sharp claws and a sunken face. He often approaches his victims at night while they sleep and whispers strange things to them before violently tearing them apart.
The rake became an urban legend, gaining traction in the mid-00s, when internet sleuths began adding information about sightings of the creature to anecdotes ranging from a 1691 sailor's journal to personal stories from the present. Finally, in 2018, a movie based on this legend was made, which lacked all the nuance of the original stories, and the legend lost relevance.
5. House NoEnd
NoEnd House began as David Williams' spellbinding journey through a haunted house with nine rooms, each one more terrifying than the last. After telling a friend about the $500 reward, Williams decided to go through all nine rooms and claim the prize from him, only to discover that the NoEnd House didn't really have an end in sight.
Creepypasta fans liked the long story and descriptive details of David Williams's descent into madness, but they didn't appreciate the fact that the author spoiled his own ending by making several sequels, ultimately declaring that the friend who originally put Williams in in this quest he was its mastermind.
4.Annora Petrova
Wikipedia has been a reliable source of information for over a decade, and in the case of Annora Petrova's Creepypasta, a source of terrible legend. The story begins with the Wikipedia page for Annora Petrova, a fictional figure skater asking readers to "help me" (a Creepypasta template) about her circumstances.
He explains that an unknown entity started adding nefarious things to his public Wikipedia page, and every time it did, the events would eventually come true. From the death of his parents to the prediction of his own death, everything seemed eerily foreboding. The story loses its connotation when it ends on a cliffhanger, and instead of making readers want to know Petrova's fate, they are left bored and confused.
3.Jeff the Killer
One of the most infamous creepypastas on the internet was created by deviantart Sessuer in 2011. Jeff the Killer is the name of a 13-year-old boy who, after surviving a brutally mutilated attack by thugs, suffered a mental breakdown and massacred them in retaliation.
As a result of the thugs' attack, Jeff was badly burned and, to keep his spirits up, he carved a garish smile on his face. When his parents became concerned about his behavior, he killed them with a knife. He then began committing murders and was known to threaten his victims at night by waving his knife and whispering, "Sleep."
2.Ayuwoki
Thomas Rengstorff's Ayuwoki, which began as a YouTube video in 2009 following the death of Michael Jackson, is a legend born from the writer's promotion of an animatronic robot with a strange mask based on superstar Michael Jackson.
Supposedly, a reader could invite Ayuwoki in by saying his name at three in the morning, whereupon he would appear to him in his sleep and say "Hee-hee," echoing Jackson's unique laugh. Over time, she came to be considered an imitation of the popular Momo meme, which has a similar myth.
1. Have you seen this man?
The story “Have you seen this man?” it originated from an image circulating on the internet of an incredibly nondescript man who, according to a young man, froze him with a stare and then killed his dog in front of him. The image of the man was circulated as a poster asking if he had been seen, causing concern precisely because the man is so inconspicuous that he could be anywhere.
Although the story is still slightly disturbing, it is essentially a social experiment to see how many people will claim to have seen the man and share an image of him. Readers claim to have seen him everywhere because the image of him, looking like a sketch of a criminal, seems so ordinary.