The Origin of Slender Man

Few internet tales have the infamy of the Slender man. Even if you have no idea what a creepypasta is, you'll likely know who he is. The internet's First Urban Legend: The Slender man.

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Sony Pictures Slender Man 2018
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story

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Markiplier
Pewdiepie
Marble Hornets
EveryManHyrbird
TribeTwelve
Harlem Shake Slender man edition (Shibby2142)
Appleofoureye
CaughtNotSleeping
DoingJackAll
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MyDarkJournal
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Music:
CO.AG Music - Ghost
Silent Hill 2 - White Noiz
DS2 - Majula
Jonathan Segev - Lost
Resident Evil 2 - Save Room

Outro:
Night Raptor - Revelation (ft. STARFORCE)

[Howlabunga]

It’s funny how a series about Slenderman did better than the movie Sony made. If it’s made from the internet, it stays in the internet

[victormurori]

Slenderman needs to make a horrific comeback in the form of digital/ analog horror

[Halden.]

It’s crazy how nostalgic I am for Marble Hornets even though I’ve never finished it.

[Dalek]

Bruh miss when Slenderman was scary. Better times, those were. At least the Rake is still mostly intact.

[cadis]

The mainstream kills anything it gets its hands on.

Its good to hear Slenderman is making a comeback and is being treated with respect from the sound of things. Hopefully the mainstream doesnt touch him again.

[autumnphillips]

I’m surprised to hear that Slenderman was inspired by “The Rake”. That’s the one creepypasta that really traumatized me when I was a kid, and I wouldn’t have thought that it predated Slenderman.

[TheAtroxious]

The fact that you mentioned the Slender Man Mythos leaking onto TVTropes makes me unduly happy because I was the one who created both the Slender Man Mythos page (which got too big to be self-contained after a while) and the Marble Hornets page, which were the first pages about Slenderman on the site. As far as I'm aware, I was the first to use the term "Slender Man Mythos" as well, because I needed a name for the page of overarching tropes, and I settled on that because of the frequent comparisons of Slender Man stories to both the Cthulhu Mythos and the then-popular Chzo Mythos (fanart of which was used in the creation of the original Slender Man image if I remember correctly). I have not thought back to the days of me being a Slender Man super fan in years, but this video really brings me back to better times

[crimsongamer]

I love Slenderman, I miss the time when he was at peak. He's the OG internet urban legend, and he definitely has the most potential out of every creepypasta to be something truly special, but just because of two girls with no knowledge on what fiction is, and a crappy movie, he's just a joke now. Which is honestly soul crushing, as he was(and honestly still is) one of my favorite internet urban legends of all time. From the original thread, to all the incredible web series of him, like Marble Hornets and EverymanHYBRID, he was just so special and will forever be special in my heart.

I really hope that one day we'll see Slender return to the light and be blessed with a genuinely scary story, webseries, whatever. I just hope he isn't stuck as a sad joke forever. I really do miss the good ol' days.

[shiwashere]

I was lucky enough to watch marble hornets as it was being uploaded on youtube and its what really got me into the horror genre. Even rewatching it now brings back some great high school memories of binge watching the episodes that were out to that point each year as a summer vacation tradition with my best friend

[melonlad]

It’s always so weird to look back on those days, apparently some teenagers dressed up like him in the next neighborhood over but no one actually admitted to it.

I was so small then.

Seeing a tall thin man staring at the playground from across the street was so unnerving.

It’s gonna sound like a slender man plug but when I talk to friends from back then, they don’t remember it.

[q.h.s]

I’ll always have a soft spot for Slender. The first and only creepypasta to genuinely scare and now anerve me. I think all of the games up to Arrival are very good and interesting, my personal favorites being the Eight pages, Woods, and the Shadow games.

Fallen titans is the best way to describe our old friend Slender

[Cosmic_V]

I remember reading stuff about him online back in like 2010. Its hard to believe he's become a sort of pop culture symbol of early 2010's horror and a foundation of what we think of as horror online today. Great video as always Sacrow.

[Rey_Palpatine]

I'm liking all these long creepypasta videos that have been dropping in the past few days. It's giving me good content to listen to while I do stuff

[swarple]

When I was a child, literally anything could keep me up at night, so even into my teens— when creepypasta blew up— I never really touched horror content. Since Slenderman got so big, though, I ended up finding out about him and I really really like the story, and the character. Nowadays I love horror and feel a deep nostalgia for Slendy. Hope he really does make a comeback, in the healthiest way possible.

[DMTInfinity]

Wait, what..?

Octopuses can ABSOLUTELY use their tentacles to walk. 😂

[SnagTheRabbit]

Ah, I have such a soft spot for these ARGS. I love that a couple of shmucks in the late 2000's with no fancy equipment can create such iconic depictions of these characters, and get them right... but Hollywood can't.

[Lok.e]

I remember playing slender the arrival with my friend in like 2013. good times

[PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

An hour of Sacrow content is *just* what I needed. Thanks for all you do!

[teaoftraffic]

slendy man so scary….
*Unless you’re into anime.*

[antisanity_]

I remember being terrified of this faceless freak as a kid, but nowadays i adore him.
I love the early Slender, the OG version of him. No proxies, no "slender sickness" non of that cringe ass nae nae shit.
Just a terrifying creature that kidnaps children and guts people before impaling them on trees.

Sucks that the internet had to ruin him :(