May 27 2021 36 mins
Folklore is a universal throughout human cultures, and it didn't just die off in the modern age. Indeed, urban legends are an example of just that. Once people began to surge into the digital frontier, modern folklore began to morph into something else. The Creepypasta is the route the scary fable and creepy tale ended up taking. In this lecture, we'll treat the formation of what is today the Creepypasta as a new genre and form of cyber-driven literary movement.