The most famous internet legends and creepypastas
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Candle Cove · The Russian Sleep Experiment · Slender Man. (Updated May 22, 2020.)
The horror stories born on forums and social networks that became digital folklore: from Slender Man and Jeff the Killer to the Backrooms. Which scares you the most?
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Top 18
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1
Candle Cove
A supposed 1970s children's show nobody else remembers (2009).
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2
The Russian Sleep Experiment
Russian prisoners kept awake with an experimental gas.
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3
Slender Man
Born in 2009 in a photo-editing contest on the Something Awful forum: a tall, faceless figure in a suit.
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4
Jeff the Killer
The white-faced killer with a carved smile, famous for "go to sleep".
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5
BEN Drowned
A haunted Zelda: Majora's Mask cartridge bought at a yard sale (2010).
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6
Herobrine
The ghostly Minecraft character who never existed in the game.
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7
The Backrooms
Endless yellow rooms humming with fluorescent lights, born on 4chan in 2019.
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8
SCP Foundation
A fictional organisation containing anomalous objects, written by thousands of authors.
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9
Smile Dog
A photo of a dog with a human smile you should not look at.
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10
Ted the Caver
A caver's diary about a passage he should never have opened (2001).
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11
Polybius
The 1981 arcade machine said to cause strange effects before vanishing.
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12
Sonic.exe
A cursed Sonic game with bleeding eyes.
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13
Squidward's Suicide
A lost, disturbing episode of SpongeBob.
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14
The Rake
A pale, hunched creature that appears by the bed.
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15
NoEnd House
A nine-room house with a prize for anyone who reaches the end.
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16
Lavender Town Syndrome
The legend that the music of a town in Pokémon Red and Green made children ill.
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17
Momo
A viral 2018 hoax about a supposed challenge using the image of a Japanese sculpture.
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18
Siren Head
Artist Trevor Henderson's giant creature with loudspeakers for a head (2018).
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