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Wait a minute, The Horror Discussion Thread already exists. How does this differ?
Horror can encompass a lot of things and not just scary stories. Creepypasta is a specific phenomenon that has surfaced on the internet. Usually they are gaming themed and revolve around hacked or haunted cartridges obtained from a yard sale or where-ever you can find one, or a random ROM hack or fangame found on the internet. However, there are non-gaming themed creepypasta stories. The vast majority do focus on areas of popular culture though.
This thread is specifically for creepypasta and anything created that is based on a creepypasta and not just creepy conspiracy theories and anything creepy.
What is Creepypasta? (from the Wikia page):
In short, a Creepypasta is a short story that is posted on the internet that is designed to unnerve and shock the reader.
The name is actually a spin on the term Copypasta, which is a term for any block of text that gets reposted over and over again.
What are notable creepypastas? (CONTAINS NSFW CREEPYPASTA)
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(suggestion from omgimonfire15) http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Abandoned_by_Disney - A creepypasta centered around an abandoned Disney resort in the Bahamas.
(suggestion from TNK) http://nesgodzillacreepypasta.blog.com/ - A creepypasta series about a man and his encounter with a 'hacked' cartridge of Godzilla: Monster of Monsters on the NES. Contains plenty of screencaps and lots of new graphics. Surprisingly hasn't been turned into a fangame or ROM hack of Godzilla as of yet.
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic.exe - A crazed Sonic fan discovers a CD labelled "Sonic.EXE" and runs it. He is greeted to a frightening ROM hack/fangame with an evil, murderous Sonic. In this game you play as Tails, Knuckles and Doctor Robotnik and play through levels that ultimately culminate in you being mauled apart by a red-eyed demonic version of Sonic. This has actually been made into a fangame.
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/BEN_(Aka_Haunted_Majora's_Mask) - An infamous tale of one man's ordeal with a 'haunted' Majora's Mask cartridge he bought from an old man with a presumably deceased son. Was eventually debunked entirely months later
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment - A tale originating from 4chan's /x/ board about sleep deprived political prisoners subjected to a scientific test. Very gruesome and psychologically messed up.
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Squidward's_Suicide - A creepypasta about a supposedly lost episode of Spongebob Squarepants called "Squidward's Suicide" The author claimed to have worked as an intern at Nickelodeon back in 2005. In this much darker episode, Squidward plays his clarinet in front of an audience just to be met by dark heckles. It later leads to his mental breakdown and suicide. However, there is no evdience this episode is real unlike the confirmed controversial lost episode of Dexter's Laboratory known as Dexter's Rude Removal.
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Pokémon_Lost_Silver - A guy supposedly finds a hacked used copy of Pokémon Silver at his local Gamestop then plays it.
http://www.creepypasta.co.uk/2011/03/pokemon-black-creepypasta.html - Pokémon Creepy Black, a man's tale with a supposed bootleg ROM hack of Pokémon Red where you have an invincible Level 1 GHOST that can use Curse to kill other Pokémon and trainers. Has a surprise ending where it's years later, your ghost pokémon disappears and everybody is dead. You return to your house in Pallet Town and are ambushed by the very ghost companion you started with. He eventually kills you and your save file is wiped.
This has actually been transformed into several ROM hacks, one for FireRed and another for Red. They are known as Pokémon Cursed Black.
http://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/comments/1b0ax6/too_deep/ - This creepypasta is about a guy's discovery of a .zip archive while browsing the darknet using TOR. He unravels it and finds mainly videos of people bored until he delves further...
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/0bl1v10n_._exe - About a hacked version of The Elder Scrolls IV called 0bl1v10n. Unsurprisingly the program turned out to be a virus.
(suggestion from yoigen) http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html - A blog about a guy and his friend exploring a cave. Eventually strange stuff happens and the page is never updated again. Includes pictures. One of the first "creepypastas."
Where can I find creepypasta?
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http://creepypasta.wikia.com/
A Wikia page dedicated to creepypasta.
http://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta
A subreddit welcoming both creepypasta posted elsewhere and original creepypasta.
http://www.reddit.com/r/creepygaming
Does allow gaming based creepypasta to be posted on their subreddit.
http://boards.4chan.org/x/
The Paranormal board of 4chan. Not specifically a creepypasta board but some creepypasta did originate from there such as the BEN tale.
http://badcreepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Bad_Creepypasta_Wiki
For intentionally bad, even troll-level creepypasta.
Any videos you can recommend?
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Bullshit Creepypasta Storytime (series by Yuriofwind on YouTube):
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Sonic.EXE
A Man And His Pokémon
Star Fox 6664
Pokémon Lost Silver (Before he started said series)
BEN (also before he started said series)
Haunted Gaming (series by SomeOrdinaryGamers on YouTube):
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MARIO (Super Mario World)
It's Watching (Super Mario 64)
Tails Abuse (Sonic The Hedgehog 2)
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