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==Content==
==1990s==
The video opens with Jun Lin, naked and tied to a bed frame, being repeatedly stabbed by Magnotta in the stomach. Magnotta then displays the body to the viewer, highlighting the wounds and the severed head with its throat slit. He proceeds to dismember the body, forcing a puppy to chew on the flesh, and performs sexual acts on the corpse, including masturbation and sodomy with a bottle. The video is set to the 1987 song "True Faith" and is believed to be inspired by the film "American Psycho", as Magnotta used the alias "Canadian Psycho". It may also reference the first murder-sex scene in "Basic Instinct", as Magnotta used the alias "Kirk Tramell" and the video's style is similar to the ice pick murder scene. Magnotta also used the name "Catherine Tramell" for his computer login.
*In 1990, [[NightMare]], the first-ever screamer [[application|software]] was released on Amiga computers, loading an image of a skull every five minutes along with a loud scream; possibly the pioneer for screamer videos today.
==Victim==
*On December 6, 1994, BMEZine was launched as a body modification [[website]] by Canadian writer and artist Shannon Larratt.
'''Jun Lin''' (林俊) also known as '''Justin''' and '''Patrick''' (December 30, 1978 – May 24/25, 2012<ref>Mackinnon, M. (2012, June 2). [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-many-sides-of-montreal-murder-victim-lin-jun/article4226195/ "The Many Sides Of Montreal Murder Victim Lin Jun"]. The Globe and Mail.</ref>), was a 33-year-old Canadian student born on December 30, 1978 on Wuhan, China.<ref name="Oxygen">Tron, G. (2019, December 23). [https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/jun-lin-luka-magnotta-victim-dont-f-with-cats-netflix-who-was-he "Who Was Jun Lin, The Man Whose Brutal Murder Went Viral In 'Don't F**k With Cats'?"] . Oxygen.</ref> Lin was enrolled as an undergraduate student at [[wikipedia:Concordia University|Concordia University]],<ref name="The Guardian">McCarthy, T. (2012, June 7). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/jun/07/lin-jun-montreal-dismemberment-murder "Lin Jun: Montreal Murder Victim Remembered As Hard-working Student"]. [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]].</ref> for engineering and computer science.<ref name="Oxygen" /><ref name="globalnews">Lindell, R. (2013, March 23). [https://globalnews.ca/news/251768/remembering-body-parts-victim-lin-jun/ "Remembering Lin Jun"]. Global News.</ref> Media outlets have mentioned that Lin had also been studying in [[wikipedia:Montreal|Montreal]] since 2011, previously attending to [[wikipedia:Tyark College|Tyark College]].<ref name="globalnews" /> One of the classmates, Alexandra Afanase, had stated that "he was in computers, and he was looking for love." After passing his way through school, Lin worked at a corner store as a store clerk in Pointe-Saint-Charles,<ref name="The Guardian" /> located in the city of Montreal, where his reputation of being "trustworthy and reliable"<ref name="globalnews" /> came into being. On May 1, 2012, he moved into Griffintown-area apartment with a roommate.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/body-parts-victim-a-chinese-student-in-montreal-1.1144025 "Body-parts Victim a Chinese Student In Montreal"] (2012, June 2). CBC News.</ref>
*In mid-1996, [[Jumyou Ga Chijimaru]] was created by [[wikipedia:Kowloon Kurosawa|Yoshihisa "Kowloon" Kurosawa]]. [[Wayback Machine]] was also created at this season, allowing users to archive web, video or image content.
==Perpetrator==
*In 1996, [[Rotten.com]], the world's first shock site, launched. Additionally, insurgents in Chechnya filmed the [[ChechClear|murder of a Russian soldier]] which circulated with the file name ''chechclear.asf''.  
{{Main|Luka Magnotta}}
*In 1997, an early VHS version of the [[BME Pain Olympics]] was created. Also in 1997, the [[Goatse]] image appeared as one of 40 images of a man named Kirk Johnson shared among the internet's gay porn community. A hacker group called the "Hick crew" acquired the collection and used one of the images, Johnson's stretched anus, to prank unsuspecting internet users. A hacker and Hick associate named Merl1n registered the domain Goatse.cx and used it to distribute the image more widely.
{{See Also|1 Boy 2 Kittens}}
*On September 12th, 1996, Ricardo Lopez recorded his [[Ricardo López's Suicide|final tape]] from his video diary, where he triggers the revolver in his head and collapses on the floor after sending a letter bomb to Icelandic singer [[wikipedia:Björk|Björk]].
[[File:luka-magnotta-332.jpg|thumb|230px|A picture of Luka Magnotta from ''luka-magnotta.com'']]
*[[Adobe Flash]] was released in 1996, providing a platform for creating and sharing digital content.  
Luka Rocco Magnotta, also known as Eric Clinton Kirk Newman at birth, was born on July 24, 1982, in ''[[wikipedia:Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough, Ontario]]''. He was the eldest of Anna Yourkin and Donald Newman's three children. Magnotta's upbringing was fraught with challenges, as his mother was notoriously obsessive about cleanliness and would frequently subject both her children and pets to harsh conditions. His father was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1994, and this eventually led to his parents' divorce. Following this, Magnotta moved in with his grandmother, Phyllis. He attended [[wikipedia:I. E. Weldon Secondary School|''I. E. Weldon Secondary School'']] in Lindsay, but was later diagnosed with schizophrenia and was granted a disability allowance, which he supplemented with prostitution. In 2003, he began to work as a stripper and appeared in a handful of gay pornographic videos over a period of five years. Magnotta legally changed his name to ''Luka Rocco Magnotta'' on August 12, 2006. However, he faced financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy in March 2007, with debts totaling $17,000, which were eventually fully discharged in December of that same year.
*In 1999, [[Frau1.exe]] was considered the first screamer [[game]] created as a trojan. Additionally in 1999, [[Albino Blacksheep]] was created initially as a personal platform for Steven Lerner's creations, but evolved into hosting user-generated content. Tekzone.net was also created as another platform for user-generated content on November 29, 1999, which later became the infamous [[TeKZoned]] website.
==2000s==
===2000===
*In March 2000, Meal Schpeal founded [[Liquid Generation]] in Laredo, Texas, which gained notoriety for their [[Sabotage]] screamers, a series of online pranks that culminated in a jump scare to startle or embarrass the viewer.
*In October 2000, Ogrish.com launched as a website for hosting shock [[videos]] and images. Later that year, in December 2000, the infamous image for [[Tubgirl]] first circulated around the internet.
*The first version of [[Winterrowd.com]], named "Winterrowd Solutions," was made in the spring 2000. The website did not contain any screamers until shortly after the rise of Winterrowd's creation, [[The Maze]].
*During 2000, [[Monster.exe]] and [[McDonalds.exe]] emerged as [[.swf]] or program applications in the Chinese community, with the former being a screamer and the latter being a joke malicious program.
*[[Magic Eye]] was submitted as a "contributed work" of the Goatse website.


In 2007, Magnotta participated in OUTtv's reality series ''COVERguy'' but was unsuccessful. After undergoing several cosmetic surgeries, he auditioned for ''Plastic Makes Perfect'', a television show on the Slice network in February 2008. Magnotta had created multiple profiles on various social media and discussion forums using different names and identities, falsely promoting himself as a successful model and prominent porn star, and used these pages to spread false information about himself and attack people he disliked. In 2007, he denied rumors of being in a relationship with Karla Homolka, a convicted murderer. Although Montreal police claimed during the murder investigation in 2012 that the two had dated, they later retracted the statement due to lack of evidence. Magnotta repeatedly denied these claims and other hoaxes he had planted as part of a cyberstalking campaign against him.  
===2001===
*During summer 2001, scareware programs such as [[Hikaru.exe]] and [[Madoka.exe]] were created and spread in Japan.  
*On July 26, 2001, the website [[YTMND]] was registered with its name derived from a line spoken by Sean Connery in the movie [[wikipedia:Finding Forrester|Finding Forrester]].
*In 2001, internet troll Kevin Ealy launched [[Klerck.org]], which hosted famous shock content including [[Dance.swf]].  
*This year also saw the release of [[Rate My Poo]], which allowed users to view and rate pictures of feces on a scale of 1 to 10.
*[[Liquid Generation]] also introduced their Sabotage screamers this year.


''Luka Rocco Magnotta'' was convicted of impersonation and fraud in 2005 for which he was found guilty of one count of impersonation and three counts of fraud against [[wikipedia:Sears Canada|''Sears Canada'']], [[wikipedia:The Brick|''The Brick'']], and 2001 Audio Video. During the fraud, he convinced a mentally disabled woman to apply for credit cards and used them to purchase goods worth over $10,000. Magnotta pleaded guilty to these charges and received a nine-month conditional sentence with 12 months of probation, with the court noting his significant psychiatric issues and inconsistent medication use. In 2010, Magnotta uploaded a video on [[YouTube]] titled "[[1 Boy 2 Kittens|1 boy 2 kittens]]" in which he was seen suffocating two kittens in a plastic bag using a vacuum cleaner. In the same year, he posted additional videos of himself drowning a cat in a bathtub and feeding a cat to a python. These videos were condemned by animal rights activists, who identified him as the perpetrator and offered a $5,000 reward for his capture. Online communities reported him to the authorities and warned that he might pose a threat to humans. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed a complaint with the Toronto police in February 2011, leading to an investigation that involved law enforcement agencies in Canada, Britain, and the United States. The 2019 true crime series [[wikipedia:Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer|''Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer'']] documented the investigation into Magnotta's actions.
===2002===
*During the early 2002, An [[Blue.gif|animated image of a messy room]] became popular and circulated on various websites, including [[TeKZoned]]. [[Kikia]], a [[Flash]] animation, was also first posted on a Taiwanese service called Kimo by Netspooky in early 2002.
*In February 2002, [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]] (often called What's Wrong?) was released, which is considered one of the most famous screamers of all time. This screamer was the first to use the famous image of a pale woman with black eyes and her hands on her face with her pinky fingers raised, which many other screamers in future years imitated.
*On October 3, 2002, [[Lemon Party|Lemonparty.org]] was registered, inspired by the infamous Goatse.cx website.
*[[wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] created a Clickamajig game called "[[Black Licorice]]" on October 31st, 2002, but it was quickly removed from the website due to complaints from parents.
*[[wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America|GNAA]], an internet trolling organization, was founded in 2002.
*[[Say It]], created around 2002, was considered to be the first screamer to use the [[Regan MacNeil]] image.
*[[Reaction videos]] using screamers were already being used in 2002.
*[[Forest-wmv]] screamer circulated with its alternative names martian-wmv, jungle-wmv, and jungle.mp4. It was also claimed that it was hosted on Albino Blacksheep with the name forest.mp4.


==Background==
===2003===
[[File:Magnotta_Icepick.png|200px|thumb|Magnotta with an icepick; photo taken 10 days before the murder.]]
*The following year, the GNAA launched a series of malicious [[shock sites]] under the name "[[Last Measure]]" as part of their trolling campaign.
According to Reuters, Luka Magnotta spent six months planning the killing of Jun Lin, which was confirmed in an alleged email from Magnotta to a journalist. In a blog post titled "Necrophiliac Serial Killer Luka Magnotta" on March 3, Magnotta expressed his fetish for having sex with a mummified corpse of a young man. Magnotta also uploaded several videos to YouTube from April to May, including one where he held a screwdriver in front of a ''[[wikipedia:Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' poster while a 1987 New Order song played, alluding to the murder. Additionally, Magnotta created multiple fake accounts on various blog posts in an attempt to find out who the killer was, accompanied by an image. After posting an ad on Craigslist on May 24, 2012, Magnotta met with Jun Lin at the Decarie Boulevard in the late evening, under the pretense of filming a "personal film," which Lin volunteered for. Later that evening, Lin was murdered and decapitated in the room of Magnotta's apartment. Although some sources claim the video was first uploaded to another site called theYNC, it was uploaded to [[Bestgore]] that night. A few days later, an attorney from Montana alerted police about the video, but it was initially dismissed as fake. However, police were later alerted to Jun Lin's disappearance and received complaints from residents of Magnotta's apartment building about a foul smell. Eventually, the police found a suitcase containing several of Lin's body parts and were alerted to the video by citizens.
*On October 1, 2003, [[4chan]] was launched by Christopher "moot" Poole as an English-based imageboard site.  
*Meanwhile, Liquid Generation continued making screamers on their sites, and Flash creator MJBDiver began creating and hosting several screamers for his site [[Cinema du Comical Cartoon Calamities]].
*A controversial [[Courage the Cowardly Dog Commercial]] aired on Nickelodeon.  
*Weasel Circus released their own version of [[wikipedia:What's Wrong With This Picture? (Weasel Circus version)|What's Wrong With This Picture?]]
*[[Thehomo.org]] was registered.
*[[Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt 2]] was published on Garfield.com in November 2004.
*In the winter 2004, the term "[[Harlequin Fetus]]" began circulating, with the Urban Dictionary entry of it being published more than a month later.
===2004===
*In 2005, several well-known screamers were released, causing a sensation among internet users. One of the most infamous screamers, [[K-fee commercials]], was aired in April 2005 as part of the Wide Awake campaign to advertise their caffeine drink.
*[[Zoeken]], considered the first "[[Find the difference]]" screamer, was created on June 16, 2004.  
*[[The Maze]], another well-known screamer, was created in October 2004.  
*On October 30th, 2004, the original [[Zippocat]] video was filmed and released on the site [[Ogrish.com]].
*Warner Bros. created [[The Exorcist: Beginning Movie Promotional Game|a "find-the-difference" screamer]] to promote their film [[wikipedia:Exorcist: The Beginning|''Exorcist: The Beginning'']].
*[[Ghost in the London Dungeon]] was broadcast.
*[[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] was launched.
*[[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern]] was released as an animated Flash-based series by TastyBabySoup for Albino Blacksheep.  
*The [[Castle Cat]] series was published on mausland.de by Felix Wiesne.
*[[Kkzkk.com]] was registered.
*The ability to create screamers was opened to more people with the release of games such as Garry's Mod.
*A [[Akai Heya Complete Version|complete version of Akai Heya]], also known as the urban legend "Red Room," was published.
*Albino Blacksheep short video [[Good Intentions]] was released.


==Investigation, Timeline, and Manhunt==
===2005===
[[File:Décarie Boulevard.png|thumb|200px|The Décarie Boulevard apartment where Jun Lin was last seen. The picture shown here is the apartment now abandoned following Lin's murder.]]
*Similar to how 2004 was a huge year for screamers, 2005 was a huge year for shock sites.
[[File:Jun Lin and Luka Magnotta.png|thumb|210px|The surveillance camera of the apartment, where Lin's final appearance (left) is depicted in the view.]]
*During 2005, multiple new games were released, including [[The Never Ending Level Game]], and a large number of sequels to The Maze, alongside several shock sites such as [[Biglemonparty.com]], [[1 Ass 1 Baseball]], [[1 Man 1 Centipede]], [[Heyya.org]], [[Discharges.org]], and [[Merry Holidays]].
[[File:Craiglist Luka Magnotta.jpg|thumb|A Craiglist ad by [[Luka Magnotta]], asking for "personal film".]]
*On March 8, 2005, ''Klerck.org'' creator Kevin Ealy committed suicide.
On May 24, 2012, Jun Lin was last seen and his friends received a text message from his phone at 9 pm. When he failed to show up for his shift the next day, his boss became suspicious, and three of his friends entered his apartment on May 27, prompting a report to the police on May 29 about his disappearance. The last known footage of Lin was captured on May 24, 2012, on a surveillance camera showing him entering the Montreal apartment building where Luka Magnotta lived. Magnotta, who had met Lin the night before at a metro station after Lin responded to Magnotta's Craigslist ad for kinky sex and bondage, was later seen on the same surveillance footage exiting the building wearing Lin's shirt. Magnotta disposed of the evidence and booked a round-trip plane ticket to Paris, scheduled to leave the following evening, with Lin's torso in his suitcase. The murder of Jun Lin by Luka Magnotta took place in Montreal, Canada. The video on [[Bestgore]] was reported to authorities by an attorney from Montana on May 26, 2012, but his report was dismissed by officials from Toronto Police, his local Sheriff, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ''Bestgore'' viewers also tried to report the video. The police later confirmed the video as authentic and identified the victim as an Asian male, who was the same person whose body parts were sent to Ottawa.
*On July 2, 2005, a video of [[Mr. Hands]] was recorded.
*On October 14, 2005, TheYNC website was founded.
*The image for "[[Ahenobarbus Henocied]]" began circulating in Japan
*[[Ghost Caught on Tape]] was originally filmed, with the video being officially published to [[YouTube]] a year later.
*[[Jeremy Winterrowd]] created his second screamer [[Snowman Snowglobe]] for his site, which later evolved into a screamer collection site. The first part for "The House" series was also released.
*[[Meatspin]] and [[Hai2u]] were registered in 2005.
*[[Sad Jerry]] and [[Madium]] were published on [[Newgrounds]].


On May 25, 2012, Mike Nadeau, a janitor, found a locked suitcase in the garbage containing Lin's limbless and headless corpse. A few days later, the torso was also found inside the same suitcase. After confirming that the body parts belonged to Jun Lin, the police found some of the items used in the murder piled in black plastic bags in the trash. Further, the police discovered additional body parts, a dead black puppy seen in the video, a Casablanca poster, a wine bottle, and other miscellaneous items wrapped in several garbage bags. Bloodstains were found on the bed, refrigerator, floor, and bathroom sink, indicating that Magnotta had attempted to hide the body and materials in various places. The apartment had been mostly emptied before Magnotta left, and "If you don't like the reflection. Don't look in the mirror. I don't care" was written in red ink inside a closet. On May 30, 2012, the police confirmed that the body parts belonged to Jun Lin, and Magnotta was identified as the suspect who had fled the scene.
===2006===
*On August 09, 2006, [[Bubble Wrap Maniac]] was released.
*On October 31, 2006, Ogrish.com underwent a significant transformation and rebranded itself as [[LiveLeak]].  
*During this year, there was a notable emergence of "hidden message" videos, including releases such as [[Britney Spears Hidden Message]], [[Jingle Bells Reversed]], and [[Silent Message]].
*YouTube screamers and [[reaction videos]] began to rise in this year.
*A [[Free Enterprise Fund Committee Commercial|parody of the K-fee commercials]] from the Free Enterprise Fund Committee was broadcast.
*[[Hit the Dot]] was released.
*The [[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern 3|final installment]] of the Chris the Jack-o-Lantern series was released.


During May 2012, several packages containing body parts were sent to political party headquarters in [[wikipedia:Ottawa, Canada|''Ottawa, Canada'']]. The [[wikipedia:Conservative Party of Canada|''Conservative Party of Canada'']] received a blood-stained package with a left foot on May 29, 2012, while the [[wikipedia:Liberal Party of Canada|''Liberal Party'']] received a package with a left hand a few hours later. The police later confirmed that two more packages containing a right hand and right foot were distributed to two separate schools. The fourth package, sent to the Conservative Party headquarters, contained a left foot and a note indicating that all six body parts had been sent and that the perpetrator would kill again. On July 1, the head was discovered in a small area of Angrignon Park, a few blocks away from Magnotta's apartment.
===2007===
===Manhunt===
*On February 12, 2007, [[Lomando.com]] was launched.
After killing Lin, Magnotta used his real name to book a round-trip ticket from Montreal to Paris, but he then booked another round-trip ticket to Paris on May 25, before the red notice was issued. He stayed in a hotel in Bagnolet, where police later found pornographic magazines and an air-sickness bag. Despite using a false passport with the name "Kirk Trammel", Magnotta had contacts in Paris from a previous visit in 2010. Police followed a large-framed man who had been in contact with Magnotta, and another man he stayed with for two nights didn't realize who he was until after he had left. Magnotta then took a Eurolines bus to Berlin, Germany, after which he was apprehended by Berlin Police on June 4, 2012, at an internet café in the Neukölln district. Initially, Magnotta gave fake names, but he later confessed his true identity, which was confirmed through fingerprint evidence. The next day, he appeared in a Berlin court and did not oppose his extradition due to sufficient evidence against him. He was kept in custody until extradition and agreed to a simplified process. On June 18, 2012, he was handed over to Canadian authorities in Berlin and flown to [[wikipedia:Montréal–Mirabel International Airport|Mirabel International Airport]] on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris due to safety concerns and potential legal difficulties. Magnotta was then placed in solitary confinement at the Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre.
*On April 1, 2007, Jeremy Winterrowd launched the "[[Reaction videos#History|Winterrowd Prank Contest]]".
*On May 15, 2007, the full version of Scratch was released.
*On August 7, 2007, a YouTube version of the urban legend [[NNN Special Broadcast]] was uploaded.
*On August 12, 2007, the original website for [[2 Girls 1 Cup]] was registered.
*On August 15, 2007, [[Super Mario 64 Big Star Secret]] was uploaded before its manhunt from Lost Media Wiki.
*On August 17, 2007, the "[[Offended]]" article was published on Encyclopedia Dramatica.
*On September 16, 2007, an edited version of the [[Coyote Attack Video]] was uploaded to YouTube by [[Scary For Kids]].


==Trial==
===2008===
Magnotta, through his lawyer, pleaded not guilty to all charges in court via video link on June 19, 2012. Two days later, he appeared in person at a high-security Montreal courtroom to request a trial by jury. Despite the defense team's request to bar the media and public from the preliminary hearing which began on March 11, 2013, it was declined, and expert witnesses testified. Diran Lin, Jun Lin's father, attended the hearing after traveling from China. However, on March 13, one of Magnotta's lawyers resigned due to a possible conflict of interest. Both Magnotta and Diran Lin physically collapsed at separate times during the proceedings. The prosecution presented video evidence, and on April 12, 2013, Magnotta was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, offering indignities to a human body, distributing obscene materials, using the postal service to distribute obscene materials, and criminal harassment. Despite pleading not guilty to the charges, Magnotta admitted to the underlying acts and claimed diminished responsibility due to mental disorders. He elected to be tried by judge and jury, with Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer presiding over the 10-week trial.  
*Originally registered on March 4, 1997, [[K-k-k.com]] changed to a shock site.
*On July 16, 2008, [[Bloodshows]] was launched.
*[[Chomp.avi]] was uploaded, generating speculation from the aforementioned site.
*On December 4, 2008, [[Jarsquatter]] was uploaded on [[eFukt]].
*Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created [[Shock.swf]] for their annual Mystery Hunt.
*A first reaction video of "[[3 Orangutans 1 Blender]]" was uploaded.


The Crown Attorney's opening statement was made on September 29, 2014, with jurors instructed to determine whether Magnotta committed the offenses with the required state of mind. Ballistics expert Gilbert Desjardins analyzed six tools recovered outside Magnotta's apartment and concluded that none could be definitively linked to the killing. During the trial, the Crown prosecutor argued that the murder was organized and premeditated, and that Magnotta was purposeful and ultimately responsible for his actions, while the defense attorney argued that Magnotta was in a psychotic state and could not be held responsible.
===2009===
*On April 1st, 2009, Albino Blacksheep created [[Lidanude.jpg]] for April Fools Day.
*In June 2009, a [[Man Has Terrible Jump Off Ledge|recorded video of a man with a split face]] after a failed stunt over a bridge was uploaded online.
*In 2009, following the death of the renowned singer [[wikipedia:Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson]] on June 25 due to a lethal dose of Propofol administered by Conrad Murray, various screamer videos related to him emerged. Examples include [[1000 faces of Michael Jackson]], [[Micheal Jackson scary pop up]], and the well-known [[Proof of Michael Jackson's Ghost]].
*On October 21, 2009, the Rick Latona "Daily Domains" newsletter advertised the ''goatse.cx'' domain for sale at $15,000, highlighting it as a "famous site" with numerous backlinks.
*On October 28th, 2009, American YouTuber and mathematics professor Matthew Weathers pulled a Halloween prank on his students, using the sample of [[Zoeken]].
*On November 7, 2009, an ARG creepypasta-based series called [[Poochee and Pansy]] was released.
*First screamer app [[ILabyrinth]] was published on the [[wikipedia:iOS|iOS]] play store.
*Alexey Tatarov, the man behind Jarsquatter, uploaded another video titled "[[1 Guy 1 Screwdriver]]" on eFukt.
*The video "[[Real Demons Caught On Tape]]" was uploaded to YouTube, classified as one of those "psychological videos".


==References==
==2010s==
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===2010===
*During 2010, numerous "red dot" games and videos were made public, including titles like [[Find the Red Dot]], [[The Red Dot Game]], and [[Stare at the red dot]]. Additionally, various "pop-up" videos gained popularity, such as [[Scary pop up :L]], [[Scary pop up ever]], and more.
*On October 11, 2010, the first [[wikipedia:Minecraft|Minecraft]]-related screamer "[[Him]]" was released, referencing the [[Herobrine]] [[creepypasta]].
*Justin Bieber became the subject of many screamers during this year, including titles like [[Justin Bieber Scary Pop Up]], [[Find Justin Bieber]], and [[Save Justin Bieber]].
*On December 4, 2010, [[SCP-450]] was uploaded.
*On December 21, 2010, the Canadian pornstar [[Luka Magnotta]] anonymously published a YouTube video titled "[[1 Boy 2 Kittens]]."
*[[G-Major videos]] gained popularity in this year, with releases like [[WGBH Boston Logo In G Major]].
*[[Killerjo.net]] was registered.
*The [[Loituma Reverse Playback]] [[animation]] was uploaded.
 
===2011===
*In late 2011, [[Akk.li]] was registered.
*On January 25, 2011, [[Varietymodels.com]] was registered.
*The [[Felix the Cat (Game Over)|bootleg NES port]] of the 1992 video game Felix the Cat was released.
*Mortal Kombat 9 featured an Easter egg screamer.
*[[Upgrade Complete II]] was released, featuring another screamer Easter egg.
*Mojang Studios temporarily added [[Steve Co. Supply Crate]] as part of their April Fools' Day.
*The "Screamer Prank" page on TV Tropes was created.
*[[Fearnest]] was launched as a screamer collection site by Alexander Volnov.
 
 
==2020s==

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1990s

  • In 1990, NightMare, the first-ever screamer software was released on Amiga computers, loading an image of a skull every five minutes along with a loud scream; possibly the pioneer for screamer videos today.
  • On December 6, 1994, BMEZine was launched as a body modification website by Canadian writer and artist Shannon Larratt.
  • In mid-1996, Jumyou Ga Chijimaru was created by Yoshihisa "Kowloon" Kurosawa. Wayback Machine was also created at this season, allowing users to archive web, video or image content.
  • In 1996, Rotten.com, the world's first shock site, launched. Additionally, insurgents in Chechnya filmed the murder of a Russian soldier which circulated with the file name chechclear.asf.
  • In 1997, an early VHS version of the BME Pain Olympics was created. Also in 1997, the Goatse image appeared as one of 40 images of a man named Kirk Johnson shared among the internet's gay porn community. A hacker group called the "Hick crew" acquired the collection and used one of the images, Johnson's stretched anus, to prank unsuspecting internet users. A hacker and Hick associate named Merl1n registered the domain Goatse.cx and used it to distribute the image more widely.
  • On September 12th, 1996, Ricardo Lopez recorded his final tape from his video diary, where he triggers the revolver in his head and collapses on the floor after sending a letter bomb to Icelandic singer Björk.
  • Adobe Flash was released in 1996, providing a platform for creating and sharing digital content.
  • In 1999, Frau1.exe was considered the first screamer game created as a trojan. Additionally in 1999, Albino Blacksheep was created initially as a personal platform for Steven Lerner's creations, but evolved into hosting user-generated content. Tekzone.net was also created as another platform for user-generated content on November 29, 1999, which later became the infamous TeKZoned website.

2000s

2000

  • In March 2000, Meal Schpeal founded Liquid Generation in Laredo, Texas, which gained notoriety for their Sabotage screamers, a series of online pranks that culminated in a jump scare to startle or embarrass the viewer.
  • In October 2000, Ogrish.com launched as a website for hosting shock videos and images. Later that year, in December 2000, the infamous image for Tubgirl first circulated around the internet.
  • The first version of Winterrowd.com, named "Winterrowd Solutions," was made in the spring 2000. The website did not contain any screamers until shortly after the rise of Winterrowd's creation, The Maze.
  • During 2000, Monster.exe and McDonalds.exe emerged as .swf or program applications in the Chinese community, with the former being a screamer and the latter being a joke malicious program.
  • Magic Eye was submitted as a "contributed work" of the Goatse website.

2001

  • During summer 2001, scareware programs such as Hikaru.exe and Madoka.exe were created and spread in Japan.
  • On July 26, 2001, the website YTMND was registered with its name derived from a line spoken by Sean Connery in the movie Finding Forrester.
  • In 2001, internet troll Kevin Ealy launched Klerck.org, which hosted famous shock content including Dance.swf.
  • This year also saw the release of Rate My Poo, which allowed users to view and rate pictures of feces on a scale of 1 to 10.
  • Liquid Generation also introduced their Sabotage screamers this year.

2002

  • During the early 2002, An animated image of a messy room became popular and circulated on various websites, including TeKZoned. Kikia, a Flash animation, was also first posted on a Taiwanese service called Kimo by Netspooky in early 2002.
  • In February 2002, What's Wrong With This Picture? (often called What's Wrong?) was released, which is considered one of the most famous screamers of all time. This screamer was the first to use the famous image of a pale woman with black eyes and her hands on her face with her pinky fingers raised, which many other screamers in future years imitated.
  • On October 3, 2002, Lemonparty.org was registered, inspired by the infamous Goatse.cx website.
  • Nickelodeon created a Clickamajig game called "Black Licorice" on October 31st, 2002, but it was quickly removed from the website due to complaints from parents.
  • GNAA, an internet trolling organization, was founded in 2002.
  • Say It, created around 2002, was considered to be the first screamer to use the Regan MacNeil image.
  • Reaction videos using screamers were already being used in 2002.
  • Forest-wmv screamer circulated with its alternative names martian-wmv, jungle-wmv, and jungle.mp4. It was also claimed that it was hosted on Albino Blacksheep with the name forest.mp4.

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

  • Originally registered on March 4, 1997, K-k-k.com changed to a shock site.
  • On July 16, 2008, Bloodshows was launched.
  • Chomp.avi was uploaded, generating speculation from the aforementioned site.
  • On December 4, 2008, Jarsquatter was uploaded on eFukt.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created Shock.swf for their annual Mystery Hunt.
  • A first reaction video of "3 Orangutans 1 Blender" was uploaded.

2009

  • On April 1st, 2009, Albino Blacksheep created Lidanude.jpg for April Fools Day.
  • In June 2009, a recorded video of a man with a split face after a failed stunt over a bridge was uploaded online.
  • In 2009, following the death of the renowned singer Michael Jackson on June 25 due to a lethal dose of Propofol administered by Conrad Murray, various screamer videos related to him emerged. Examples include 1000 faces of Michael Jackson, Micheal Jackson scary pop up, and the well-known Proof of Michael Jackson's Ghost.
  • On October 21, 2009, the Rick Latona "Daily Domains" newsletter advertised the goatse.cx domain for sale at $15,000, highlighting it as a "famous site" with numerous backlinks.
  • On October 28th, 2009, American YouTuber and mathematics professor Matthew Weathers pulled a Halloween prank on his students, using the sample of Zoeken.
  • On November 7, 2009, an ARG creepypasta-based series called Poochee and Pansy was released.
  • First screamer app ILabyrinth was published on the iOS play store.
  • Alexey Tatarov, the man behind Jarsquatter, uploaded another video titled "1 Guy 1 Screwdriver" on eFukt.
  • The video "Real Demons Caught On Tape" was uploaded to YouTube, classified as one of those "psychological videos".

2010s

2010

2011

  • In late 2011, Akk.li was registered.
  • On January 25, 2011, Varietymodels.com was registered.
  • The bootleg NES port of the 1992 video game Felix the Cat was released.
  • Mortal Kombat 9 featured an Easter egg screamer.
  • Upgrade Complete II was released, featuring another screamer Easter egg.
  • Mojang Studios temporarily added Steve Co. Supply Crate as part of their April Fools' Day.
  • The "Screamer Prank" page on TV Tropes was created.
  • Fearnest was launched as a screamer collection site by Alexander Volnov.


2020s

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