Okay, now that you’re all caught up on what the Internet is (just kidding, just kidding. So while they are both horror story communities, they differ from each other a bit. When you’re on NoSleep, whether it’s true or not…it’s true. You post as if the stories are real, you comment as if the stories are real, you immerse yourself in them as if they are real-even if they’re not. The whole idea on the NoSleep forums, in Reddit’s own words, is to treat every horror story posted there like true, real life experiences. NoSleep, or r/nosleep on Reddit is…a little different. (There are also a lot of horror and CreepyPasta narrators on YouTube, such as CreepsMcPasta, CreepyPastaJr, and ClancyPasta, to name a few.) Popular CreepyPasta outlets include, , and of course r/creepypasta on Reddit. Popular CreepyPastas include Jeff the Killer, The Smile Dog, The Russian Sleep Experiment, and, arguably the most popular, Slenderman. So here’s some brief background information for those of you who are not familiar:Ĭreepypastas are short horror/paranormal/scary stories (fictional) which are posted online, often in designated CreepyPasta forums, which are sometimes circulated by users and readers of the forums, allowing some CreepyPastas to reach more of an “urban legend” type status. Me, every time my husband says “scary spaghetti” Hell, some people have never even heard of Reddit, which is totally wild to a corner hermit like myself, who spends a lot of time lurking around this fancy schmancy interwebs thing the kids are all so obsessed with.Įven my own husband didn’t know what CreepyPasta was until recently, and after explaining it to him, he now insists on referring to it as “Scary Spaghetti” for the sole purpose of driving me insane. It has recently come to my attention that some people have never heard of CreepyPasta. As many of you may know, Reddit is one of the most popular destinations on the Internet for “true” horror stories, as well as CreepyPastas, but it’s not often they get transformed into novels.Īre you new to the Internet? Have you been living on an island with Wilson the volleyball as your only companion for the past few years?Īre you not sure what CreepyPasta and NoSleep are? Penpal, by Dathan Auerbach, caught my attention as soon as I found out that it started out as a series of stories on the NoSleep forum on Reddit.

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