Trollge surfaced around July 2020 and became popular through a series of creepypasta-style countdown videos warning of its arrival. The meme’s origin can be traced back to a GIF from 2012.

A growing phenomenon making its way around message boards and e-mail chains is “creepypasta,” bite-sized bits of scariness joining the unending list of things to do.

Last week, two 12-year old Wisconsin girls stabbed their friend 19 times, apparently inspired by the Internet meme Slenderman. ... But the Creepypasta memes don't stop with Slender Man.

The first trailer debuted for the movie based on the creepypasta meme that inspired a real-life attempted murder. The creepy figure became an online urban myth in 2009 after Eric Knudsen posted a ...