Around 2006, viral copy-and-pasted text was coined “Copypasta” by the online community 4chan, and began splintering into different genres. Copypasta’s most popular genre is Creepypasta, bits ...

Creepypasta, online horror stories about urban legends, written by multiple authors, had been a popular phenomenon for years before the “Slenderman stabbing,” but suddenly the mainstream media ...

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Donovan Nicholas was obsessed with the Creepypasta character 'Jeff The Killer' when he asked his step-mum, Heidi Taylor for a hug before stabbing her 60 times ...