Creepypasta

A type of immersive media, detailing a story, usually of the traditional or psychological horror genre, told from the point of view of another fake series of media taken from the lore of the creepypasta that would have been shared with the public according to the creepypasta’s story, creating a lot of immersion. They use non-linear storytelling a lot and are very often complex or subtle enough that just viewing the media is not enough to decipher the story. This has created communities, dedicated to solving the stories of many creepypastas. The quality of creepypastas can vary greatly.

The creepypasta “alantutorials” is en excellent one, told vía the medium of a series of YouTube videos, which are fake “tutorials” made, in reality by the creator (Alan Resnik), but supposedly, according to the story, created by the main character in the story (conveniently also named Alan). (I won’t tell the actual story here, you’ll have to view it yourself (on YouTube), but I promise it gets very interesting.)