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About this Item

Title

  • Creepypasta : [collected datasets]

Other Title

  • Creepy pasta

Summary

  • Creepypasta is a wiki collection of horror-related urban legends or images that have been copy-and-pasted around the Internet. These entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare readers. They include gruesome tales of murder, suicide, and otherworldly occurrences.

Names

  • American Folklife Center

Created / Published

  • [United States?] : Creepypasta.com

Headings

  • -  Horror tales--Databases
  • -  Ghost stories--Databases
  • -  Legends--Databases

Notes

  • -  Beginning in 2018, the Library of Congress is collecting textual datasets from Creepypasta.com on an ongoing, quarterly basis.
  • -  Creepypasta data set (AFC #), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Library of Congress Web Archiving Team; Donation; 2018.

Medium

  • textual datasets (.sql)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
  • s-Online Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018487648

Rights Advisory

  • Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

Online Format

  • compressed data

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Digital Collections Management and Services Division

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

American Folklife Center. Creepypasta: Collected Datasets. [United States?: Creepypasta.com] Software, E-Resource. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018487648/.

APA citation style:

American Folklife Center. Creepypasta: Collected Datasets. [United States?: Creepypasta.com] [Software, E-Resource] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018487648/.

MLA citation style:

American Folklife Center. Creepypasta: Collected Datasets. [United States?: Creepypasta.com] Software, E-Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018487648/>.