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|maker = ZK
|maker = Unknown
|date = June 25, 2015
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'''Sad Satan''' is a shock horror game built with the Terror Engine. It was first reported by the channel Obscure Horror Corner (also known as Jamie Farrel) on June 25, 2015, in a series of five videos. Due to its dark nature, it was covered by a number of different publications, spawning a subreddit community to discuss the game further. ''Sad Satan'' was also known for its unofficial, far more disturbing "true" version.


'''Sad Satan''' was a [[shock site|shock-horror game]] released in 2015 that was made by a Dark Web user under the username "ZK." The game was originally a hoax but ended up becoming a real game.
== History and publications==
[[File:Sad Satan 4chan thread.png|thumb|A snapshot of the [[4chan]] thread from a user named ZK, who claimed that OHC has not shown the "true" version of the game.]]
After its release, several publications covered the Sad Satan game in an attempt to uncover its mysterious origin. Notably, Kotaku, a video game blog, interviewed the owner of Obscure Horror Corner, who received a tip from an anonymous subscriber to download the game. The subscriber claimed to have found the game on a forum posted by a user known only as "ZK."<ref>kotaku.com/a-horror-game-hidden-in-the-darkest-corners-of-the-inte-1714980337</ref>


==Origin==
After Kotaku's interview with the owner of Obscure Horror Corner, a subreddit called r/sadsatan was created on Reddit to discuss the game's origin and lore. Jamie Farrel later disclosed the .onion address where the game was allegedly found, but users discovered that the link had invalid characters. In a subsequent Kotaku interview published three days later, Farrel admitted that he had intentionally provided an incorrect link because the game contained graphic material and he did not want to be held responsible for distributing it. However, it was later discovered that no such material existed in either the game or the video.
The first hoax was gameplay footage uploaded to [[YouTube]] by a channel called Obscure Horror Corner<ref>'''Contains Screamers''': youtube.com/watch?v=tJ6zHUyp_V8</ref>, run by an Irish man named Jamie Farrel.<ref><nowiki>https://russiancirclesband.com/blogs/brian-cook-blog/posts/unexplained-events-sad-satan-internet-horror-game-sad-satan#:~:text=Jamie%20Farrell%2C%20an%20Irish%20YouTuber,text%20files%20and%20audio%20clips</nowiki>.</ref> The videos gained a lot of views, and some people tried to find the actual game.  


In a Kotaku article called "''A Horror Game That May Be Hidden In The Darkest Corners Of The Internet<ref>kotaku.com/a-horror-game-hidden-in-the-darkest-corners-of-the-inte-1714980337</ref>''", Obscure Horror Corner said he got the game from a deep web service after receiving a tip from an anonymous subscriber. This subscriber claimed to have found the link on a dark web forum, from a user only known as "ZK". Originally, Obscure Horror Corner stated that the game contained no gore or child pornography.<ref><nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141950/http://oi59.tinypic.com/14marzk.jpg</nowiki></ref>
On July 7, 2015, an anonymous user claiming to be ZK posted a thread on 4chan, alleging that the original "Sad Satan" version covered by Obscure Horror Corner was not authentic.<ref><nowiki>https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/16336021/</nowiki></ref> The post included a download link to a new version, which contained graphic content including gore and child pornography. However, users who downloaded this version reported that it caused their computers to become unresponsive and was discovered to have a trojan installed with it. One user even noted that attempting to play the game from a USB drive instead of their computer's hard drive caused their computer to fail to boot normally.
[[File:Invalidonionadress.png|thumb|Proof the .onion address was faked]]


[https://www.reddit.com/r/sadsatan/ R/sadsatan] was a subreddit created to discuss the game. Users eventually realized the .onion address provided by Obscure Horror Corner contained invalid characters. Obscure Horror Corner appeared on Kotaku again claiming that the link was purposefully given in error since the game itself did in fact contain graphic material, and he didn't want to be responsible for sharing such imagery.
After some time, the FBI actually investigated this game and ended up banning all download links. Attempting to copy and paste the MEGA link will give an error screen saying that the file was removed for violating the MEGA ToS.


==4chan==
== Content ==
A little bit before the update, a user on [[4chan]] claiming to be ZK started a thread on the /x/ board on July 07, 2015. The thread stated "What you've seen on YouTube isn't right. Don't believe that coward Obscure Horror Corner. He did not show you what was truly in this game." The thread contained a MEGA link to download the clone of this version of Sad Satan.<ref><nowiki>https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/16336021/</nowiki></ref> This particular version of the game contained malicious scripts that ruined some players' computers by making them run slow and become unresponsive.<ref>reddit.com/r/sadsatan/comments/3ijakd/minor_update_to_more_packet_capture_fun_conclusion/</ref>
In both "Sad Satan" games, The player controls their character through the hallway of monochromatic corridors while various audio samples play. These audios include interviews with various murderers and child predators, including [[wikipedia:Jimmy Savile|Jimmy Savile]] and [[wikipedia:Charles Manson|Charles Manson]], as well as musical excerpts like "I Love Beijing Tiananmen." While the player controls their character through the hallway, images will intermittently appear, preventing their progress in the game. Most of these images often include references to child abuse, particularly those of Jimmy Savile and [[wikipedia:Rolf Harris|Rolf Harris]]. A picture of the convicted child rapist and necrophile [[wikipedia:Tsutomu Miyazaki|Tsutomu Miyazaki]] was among the other images that dealt with crime. Photographs of [[wikipedia:Lady Justice|Lady Justice]], the late Colombian footballer [[wikipedia:Andrés Escobar|Andrés Escobar]], and the late [[wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]] before his assassination is also included.


== Gameplay==
In the gameplay video for the original ''Sad Satan'' the player can be seen moving slowly down the hallway. After some time, a girl can be heard counting from 1 to 10 in German. This audio was produced by a Polish number station called Swedish Rhapsody, which was used to transmit messages in code. At 7:39, the game freezes, and KMFDM's Lynch Mob begins to play over loud white noise and distorted audio. Just before the video ends, a reversed version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" can be heard, along with the chant "Sad Satan" and a brief glimpse of Jimmy Saville and the late former British Prime Minister [[Wikipedia:Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher]]. A photograph of [[Wikipedia:Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis|Franz Joseph]]'s work also appears.
The game takes place in an eerie, dark maze. Every few seconds, gore images depicting adults and even children would appear on the screen. The images were:


*'''G1.jpg:''' depicts a beheaded child
In Part 2, the video features gameplay mostly accompanied by a slowed-down Hitler speech in the background until it silences and the corridor alters into black-and-white. Later, the player sees a child in the hallway, and when he passes through it, a loud scream is played in reverse, and the video ends there. In some parts, an image of the late former president [[wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]] right before he was shot is briefly shown. In Part 3, Charles Manson's interview can be heard at the beginning, followed by a slightly slowed-down voice saying:
*'''G2.jpg:''' a man's head chopped off on the bed
*'''G3.jpg:''' a woman's head chopped off like the previous one
*'''G4.jpg:''' a child's head after being ran over by a truck
*'''G5.jpg:''' the most controversial out all of the images. It's unknown what this photo depicts, but everyone who downloaded and played the clone from 4chan claimed that the G5 image was child pornography. The woman in the image is Corinne Danielle Motley, a Florida woman who was arrested for child pornography.{{Cite}}


The game would also show images of pedophiles and serial killers. Appearing on the screen are:
{{Quote|I live where there's no TV, no radio, no electric lights...}}


*[[wikipedia:Jimmy_Savile#Allegations_of_sexual_abuse|'''Jimmy Savile''']] (an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including ''[[wikipedia:Top of the Pops|Top of the Pops]]'' and Jim'll Fix It. He is shown with a sign saying "NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) is great". Jimmy Savile was exposed for defending viewers of child pornography.)
The game concludes with a reversed, distorted audio clip of "I Love Beijing Tiananmen" playing while it freezes on the screen.
*[[wikipedia:Roman_Polanski#Sexual_abuse_case|'''Roman Polanski''']] (a film director who raped and sexually abused Samantha Gailey.)
*[[wikipedia:Charles_Manson|'''Charles Manson''']] (a cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders.)
*'''[[wikipedia:Rolf_Harris#Charges|Rolf Harris]]''' (an Australian entertainer, musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter, and television personality. He was charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of making indecent images of children.)
*'''[[wikipedia:Tsutomu Miyazaki|Tsutomu Miyazaki]]''' (a Japanese serial killer who murdered four young girls in Tokyo and Saitama between August 1988 and June 1989.)
[[File:Sad Satan Gameplay.png|thumb|One of the levels]]
Audio of reversed screams, one of [[wikipedia:Adolf_Hitler|Adolf Hitler]]'s speeches and Charles Manson speaking could be heard. Once the player finished the maze, they would be trapped in a dark room.


==Investigation==
In the fourth part, before the original Tsutomu Miyazaki appears in the middle of the video, an image of him is briefly displayed with his eyes drawn in red. A picture of Lady Justice now appears; this could be a reference to a lack of justice. An image of Rolf Harris, who was found guilty of molesting children, appears halfway through the video. The identical image of Tsutomu Miyazaki appears at the game's conclusion, but his eyes have been written in black, and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is played backward (like from the end of Part 1). In Part 5, an image of Andres Escobar, a Colombian footballer who was murdered after shooting at his own goal. From there, it is followed by the image of [[wikipedia:Roman Polanski|Roman Polanski]], who was arrested for the rape of then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer. The video ends with the player stranded in the hallway at this point.
After the game was released to the public, some people tried to find out who in their right mind would make this game. A lot of people thought that the 4chan user who started the Sad Satan thread made the clone, while some people believe that Obscure Horror Corner made it. Obscure Horror Corner ended up blanking his video and channel descriptions and hasn't uploaded any videos since 2015.
[[File:Titlescreen.jpg|thumb|250px|The title screen shown in the "true" version.]]
In the "true" version, the player was immediately taken into a hallway of monochromatic corridors, and the images that were displayed were replaced with violent gore and child pornography. G1.jpg featured an image of a child struck by a truck. G2 and G3 are the images of headless corpses that are related to the case of serial killer Richard Cottingham (also known as the "Torso Killer"). G4 is the deformed corpse of a baby. G5 is the image of what appears to be a woman licking a baby's genitalia in a dark room. Other images included were non-graphic ones also used from the original. Some of these images will display right away from the options on the title screen; for instance, clicking any of those options will cause one of the headless corpses to appear on the screen for a few seconds. In the end, the player encounters a dead end, and a heavily slowed-down song plays, similar to how the original ends. There is an accessible "clone" version with graphic images removed. These are the remaining copies that are easily accessible, except for the one Jamie Farrel covered.
 
==Speculation==
Since the version from 4chan was made public, there has been speculation as to who created it. In 2017, a man from Lubbock, Texas, named Gary Graves was arrested on charges of child pornography. The man in question is assumed to be the one who was actually behind a Reddit account called ScarebereZK, as well as the YouTube channel with the same name that contains a now-deleted video called "Sad Sad Satan" that, at the end of the video, shows a person who is actually a lookalike of Gary Graves himself. However, it is still unknown whether the claim that Jamie linked "ZK" as the person from whom he downloaded has been confirmed yet.<ref>lubbockonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/10/20/lubbock-man-sentenced-federal-child-porn-charge/14840859007/</ref><ref>ice.gov/news/releases/married-couple-gets-lengthy-prison-sentences-producing-child-porn</ref>
 
==Trivia==
*On May 16, 2022, PlanscautZK published a new game called ''Stranger Than Real Sad Satan'' on itch.io, but whether this is the same game as ''Sad Satan'' (due to similarities) or just an entirely new game done in the Terror Engine is up for debate.
 
==Videos==
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==FBI involvement==
The FBI actually investigated this game and ended up banning all download links. Attempting to copy and paste the MEGA link will give an error screen saying that the file was removed for violating the MEGA ToS.<br />
==2017==
In 2017, Gary Graves from Lubbock, Texas was arrested for possessing child pornography. Graves had a YouTube channel called "Scarebere" where he uploaded a video titled Sad Sad Satan. Gary Graves also had a Reddit account called ScarebereZK, where he made a post that contained the link to the clone from 4chan. Some believe that he is the creator of the Sad Satan clone.<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eB8slrlVdk</nowiki></ref>
==References==
==References==
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==Videos (Censored)==
==External Links==
<youtube width="320" height="180">-9fMBvk6PDY</youtube>
*reddit.com/r/sadsatan/
<youtube width="320" height="180">XbhkuzOJ6Fo</youtube>
*'''Wikipedia page''': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Satan
<youtube width="320" height="180">gFAYNWMtMck</youtube>
<youtube width="320" height="180">vhT5vfixgPY</youtube>


==See Also==
*[[Jeff the Killer]]
*[[Sad Jerry]]
*[[Save Sammy Maze]]
*[[Ahenobarbus Henocied]]
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Sad Satan is a shock horror game built with the Terror Engine. It was first reported by the channel Obscure Horror Corner (also known as Jamie Farrel) on June 25, 2015, in a series of five videos. Due to its dark nature, it was covered by a number of different publications, spawning a subreddit community to discuss the game further. Sad Satan was also known for its unofficial, far more disturbing "true" version.

History and publications

A snapshot of the 4chan thread from a user named ZK, who claimed that OHC has not shown the "true" version of the game.

After its release, several publications covered the Sad Satan game in an attempt to uncover its mysterious origin. Notably, Kotaku, a video game blog, interviewed the owner of Obscure Horror Corner, who received a tip from an anonymous subscriber to download the game. The subscriber claimed to have found the game on a forum posted by a user known only as "ZK."[1]

After Kotaku's interview with the owner of Obscure Horror Corner, a subreddit called r/sadsatan was created on Reddit to discuss the game's origin and lore. Jamie Farrel later disclosed the .onion address where the game was allegedly found, but users discovered that the link had invalid characters. In a subsequent Kotaku interview published three days later, Farrel admitted that he had intentionally provided an incorrect link because the game contained graphic material and he did not want to be held responsible for distributing it. However, it was later discovered that no such material existed in either the game or the video.

On July 7, 2015, an anonymous user claiming to be ZK posted a thread on 4chan, alleging that the original "Sad Satan" version covered by Obscure Horror Corner was not authentic.[2] The post included a download link to a new version, which contained graphic content including gore and child pornography. However, users who downloaded this version reported that it caused their computers to become unresponsive and was discovered to have a trojan installed with it. One user even noted that attempting to play the game from a USB drive instead of their computer's hard drive caused their computer to fail to boot normally.

After some time, the FBI actually investigated this game and ended up banning all download links. Attempting to copy and paste the MEGA link will give an error screen saying that the file was removed for violating the MEGA ToS.

Content

In both "Sad Satan" games, The player controls their character through the hallway of monochromatic corridors while various audio samples play. These audios include interviews with various murderers and child predators, including Jimmy Savile and Charles Manson, as well as musical excerpts like "I Love Beijing Tiananmen." While the player controls their character through the hallway, images will intermittently appear, preventing their progress in the game. Most of these images often include references to child abuse, particularly those of Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris. A picture of the convicted child rapist and necrophile Tsutomu Miyazaki was among the other images that dealt with crime. Photographs of Lady Justice, the late Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar, and the late John F. Kennedy before his assassination is also included.

In the gameplay video for the original Sad Satan the player can be seen moving slowly down the hallway. After some time, a girl can be heard counting from 1 to 10 in German. This audio was produced by a Polish number station called Swedish Rhapsody, which was used to transmit messages in code. At 7:39, the game freezes, and KMFDM's Lynch Mob begins to play over loud white noise and distorted audio. Just before the video ends, a reversed version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" can be heard, along with the chant "Sad Satan" and a brief glimpse of Jimmy Saville and the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. A photograph of Franz Joseph's work also appears.

In Part 2, the video features gameplay mostly accompanied by a slowed-down Hitler speech in the background until it silences and the corridor alters into black-and-white. Later, the player sees a child in the hallway, and when he passes through it, a loud scream is played in reverse, and the video ends there. In some parts, an image of the late former president John F. Kennedy right before he was shot is briefly shown. In Part 3, Charles Manson's interview can be heard at the beginning, followed by a slightly slowed-down voice saying:

I live where there's no TV, no radio, no electric lights...


The game concludes with a reversed, distorted audio clip of "I Love Beijing Tiananmen" playing while it freezes on the screen.

In the fourth part, before the original Tsutomu Miyazaki appears in the middle of the video, an image of him is briefly displayed with his eyes drawn in red. A picture of Lady Justice now appears; this could be a reference to a lack of justice. An image of Rolf Harris, who was found guilty of molesting children, appears halfway through the video. The identical image of Tsutomu Miyazaki appears at the game's conclusion, but his eyes have been written in black, and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is played backward (like from the end of Part 1). In Part 5, an image of Andres Escobar, a Colombian footballer who was murdered after shooting at his own goal. From there, it is followed by the image of Roman Polanski, who was arrested for the rape of then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer. The video ends with the player stranded in the hallway at this point.

The title screen shown in the "true" version.

In the "true" version, the player was immediately taken into a hallway of monochromatic corridors, and the images that were displayed were replaced with violent gore and child pornography. G1.jpg featured an image of a child struck by a truck. G2 and G3 are the images of headless corpses that are related to the case of serial killer Richard Cottingham (also known as the "Torso Killer"). G4 is the deformed corpse of a baby. G5 is the image of what appears to be a woman licking a baby's genitalia in a dark room. Other images included were non-graphic ones also used from the original. Some of these images will display right away from the options on the title screen; for instance, clicking any of those options will cause one of the headless corpses to appear on the screen for a few seconds. In the end, the player encounters a dead end, and a heavily slowed-down song plays, similar to how the original ends. There is an accessible "clone" version with graphic images removed. These are the remaining copies that are easily accessible, except for the one Jamie Farrel covered.

Speculation

Since the version from 4chan was made public, there has been speculation as to who created it. In 2017, a man from Lubbock, Texas, named Gary Graves was arrested on charges of child pornography. The man in question is assumed to be the one who was actually behind a Reddit account called ScarebereZK, as well as the YouTube channel with the same name that contains a now-deleted video called "Sad Sad Satan" that, at the end of the video, shows a person who is actually a lookalike of Gary Graves himself. However, it is still unknown whether the claim that Jamie linked "ZK" as the person from whom he downloaded has been confirmed yet.[3][4]

Trivia

  • On May 16, 2022, PlanscautZK published a new game called Stranger Than Real Sad Satan on itch.io, but whether this is the same game as Sad Satan (due to similarities) or just an entirely new game done in the Terror Engine is up for debate.

Videos

References

  1. kotaku.com/a-horror-game-hidden-in-the-darkest-corners-of-the-inte-1714980337
  2. https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/16336021/
  3. lubbockonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/10/20/lubbock-man-sentenced-federal-child-porn-charge/14840859007/
  4. ice.gov/news/releases/married-couple-gets-lengthy-prison-sentences-producing-child-porn

External Links

  • reddit.com/r/sadsatan/
  • Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Satan

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