Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scary stories aren’t the stuff of campfires and sleepovers anymore. For adults who still enjoy a good spook, the internet is the ...

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 ...

Creepypasta is a fiction subgenre that consists of mini-horror stories passed along online and through the years. From chain emails to TikToks, it’s grown to encompass both the chilling and the ...

The creepypasta story behind the first season, the titular "Candle Cove," was written by Kris Straub and is simple, short, and absolutely terrifying. The plot focuses on an online chat thread where ...

The word "creepypasta" comes from the internet word "copypasta," which, in itself, comes from the words "copy paste." Basically, it's a story that gets plastered all over the internet. Creepypastas ...

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 Internet has made it possible for anyone to be the next Stephen King by allowing aspiring horror writers to share their own scary stories with the public. Many of these viral, terrifying tales, ...