Internet Horror

Take a trip down memory lane to reminisce about cursed email chains, creepypastas, and the ghosts in our machines. Doug and Tara discuss how the Internet has spawned and spread horror stories as digital folklore and, more recently, in mainstream media and entertainment. Some movies come up, but they're not spoiled! Click the links below at your own risk. Pop-up video that broke Tara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYTrbDLSy_w The Rake: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rake Slenderman: https://theslenderman.fandom.com/wiki/Slender_Man Russian Sleep Experiment: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment The Chair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhazCS14Tas Other References: "Bored at Work? Try Creepypasta, or Web Scares" by Austin Considine, New York Times, Nov 12, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/fashion/14noticed.html?searchResultPosition=1 "How Slender Man Became a Legend" by Gabe Cohn, New York Times, Aug 15, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/movies/slender-man-timeline.html "Talk to Me Is Horror Made by and for the Internet Generation" by Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, July 19, 2023. https://www.wired.com/story/talk-to-me-movie-review/