That’s a throwback! A good supplement I found was the everyday chemistry Beatles mix. Sure it is now known as a mashup but when I first heard it was more of a mystery like this!

[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

How did I miss this smh...

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

John Titor

[-] thynecaptain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Ooh strong throwback here. I can’t remember most of his predictions but I recall he had strong reference in that Steins;Gate visual novel game.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

He was the reference for the anime, a bunch of the plot hinged on him

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Ted the Caver:

https://www.creepypasta.com/ted-the-caver/

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

Some non spoiler summary for me to get motivated to read for 89min?

[-] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

Looks like it’s a CreepyPasta, here’s a Wikipedia article on it.

[-] Longpork3@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago

Starts off as a caving blog then pivots into a mystery that keeps you wondering if it was real.

[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

'Everyone Knows That' was recently found and it was a really funny situation

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

that's REALLY funny. Here's a video explaining it for those out of the loop https://youtu.be/HWUKIfkV_Xs

[-] mearce@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How so?

edit: /gen

[-] thynecaptain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Some dude was mid goon session and found it. It was in some deep 80s sexy tape and was made just for that video

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Where is the writer of My Immortal now?

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago

Most importantly, did the preps quit flamming?

[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I hope they're living their best life. I hope they see how far their writing has come, and feel at least a little pride at how much of an impact their work has had.

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Lake City Quiet Pills

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I wonder what ever happened to that Boxy kid.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

At first I thought she was shoeonhead, since she looks similar and the name tracks from the era Boxxy was active, but apparently it's a different person.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Man, i've been on the Internet since the mid-90s, and ive never heard of ANY of these.

Guess I'm just old.

[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We mostly know these from YouTubers that are big enough to have terminally online fans that send them the juicy but relatively unknown mysteries, or are themselves terminally online.

I can provide you with a list of channels if you wish.

Took me 20 min :

Way to high quality for YouTube videos :

https://youtube.com/@lemmino

Relatively small channels :

https://youtube.com/@sombertoboggly

https://youtube.com/@shaiivalley

https://youtu.be/EqKPERlC0mg

https://youtube.com/@theinternetinvestigator

The really Big :

https://youtube.com/@barelysociable

https://youtube.com/@nexpo

https://youtube.com/@nickcrowley

https://youtube.com/@blameitonjorge

https://youtube.com/@justinwhangyt

https://youtube.com/@scaretheater

https://youtube.com/@parallelpipes

Japan specific:

https://youtube.com/@kyotorobato

[-] mxl@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Cicada 3301

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Blue whale challenge.

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

looks like it was or became real at some point

https://www.kshb.com/news/mississippi-teen-with-ties-to-florida-says-she-took-part-in-blue-whale-challenge

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Dodleston Messages

Clearly a hoax. But a super fun and inventive one.

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Okay, I know it has been concluded that it was just a story that evolved and became this legend, based on some very simple and non-mysterious incident or maybe none at all, but I was really intrigued by The Man From Taured. It was a really chilling story, regardless.

[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I remember that the Pokemon Creepypastas were all the rage in the early '00s

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

How the cylinder situation from that reddit post was resolved.

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