Urban Legends 3 | Digital Nightmares: The Rise of the Online Legend

The way we tell scary stories has changed forever. The campfire is now a global network, and new monsters are born from code and pixels. In this episode of Into the World of Urban Legends, we explore the rise of digital folklore.

Join us as we investigate:

• The Birth of Slender Man: Discover the true origin story of the internet's most famous monster, born from a 2009 Photoshop contest, and how he became an "open-source" nightmare built by thousands.
• The World of Creepypasta: What is this new form of user-generated horror, and how does it blur the line between fiction and reality?
• Viral Challenges & Moral Panics: We deconstruct the "Momo Challenge" to understand how legends about dangerous online trends can become more powerful than the trends themselves.
• A New Breed of Legend: Learn what makes digital folklore more potent, participatory, and potentially more dangerous than the classic tales of the past.

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