Slenderman originated on the internet as an internet meme, as a kind of mysterious bogey man who goes after mostly young children. He's tall, thin, dark, no face. He's completely covered in sort of ...
Some moments were never meant to see the light of day, yet the internet had other plans. A single snapshot, taken at the ...
For Lowell A. Brower, teaching is all about using folklore to explore pressing issues in the world. In his newest course, FolkMyth 150: Internet Folklore, Online Communities, and Digital Storytelling, ...
Shadows dance across pixelated screens, weaving nightmares from digital threads. Emerging from the depths of internet folklore, a spine-chilling genre transforms collective imagination into terrifying ...
Medieval historian Dr. Juliette Wood joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about folklore. Director: Lauren Zeitoun Director of Photography: Simon Van Parijs Editor: Paul Tael; Alex ...