If the Maitlands Were in the Cartoon Version

We're Ghosts!

I wonder if ghosts have these type of conversations.

I Bet They Both Hate Sandworms

We've Come For Your Daughter, Chuck!

If Jack Skellington Was a Little More Modern

We're thankful he's the way he is. 

Well, Ain't That F*cking Cute

DVD Box Set Review with James Paradie: Beetlejuice (The Cartoon)

Beetlejuice is a movie from 1988 and is a cult-classic, supernatural comedy that still entertains millions of people almost forty years later. With its Tim Burton trademark characteristics, Danny Elfman's score, and a charismatic cast, it's no wonder this movie made it to AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Laughs" list at number 88. But although the movie had a great cast and supporting cast, it was the ghost with the most, the Beetlemeister, who made this movie such a hit. Funny thing is, Michael Keaton, the man behind the black and white striped suit, only had over 17.5 minutes (according to IMDB.com) of screen time. 15 minutes of this guy in a 90 minute movie made all the difference. If Beetlejuice wasn't in it, you might as just call this movie Scared Sheetless. 

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Riiiiight. Moving along now. 

So, what happened almost immediately after Beetlejuice came out? Warner Brothers decided, let's make a cartoon version! 

Before we start the review ... It has to be done. I can not start it without it. 

In 1989, they did just that. Beetlejuice, the cartoon, launched. Much like previous movies turned cartoons, people thought this was going to flop (minus The Real Ghostbusters, which was good ... the first couple seasons.) Beetlejuice, the cartoon, however did not flop. In fact, kids back in the late late 80's and 90's loved the gross antics of Beetlejuice and wanted Lydia as their best friend. I remember being in elementary school and my classmates talking about the wacky stuff Beetlejuice was getting into. Course, this was a couple years after Beetlejuice had been cancelled, but reruns for the show were still popular. 

But much has changed in the afterlife, or, um, the Neitherworld (yes, it's spelled incorrectly, but that's how it is in the cartoon world of Beetlejuice.) No longer do you have Winter River, the Maitland's, Otho, Juno, or the fact that the Afterlife (or the Neitherworld) is like a bureaucracy. Some of these aspects that are missing will definitely play a hand in my Bad section of the review. But let's get with the Good. 

The Good: 

-The show was Produced by Tim Burton, so obviously he had a role in the cartoon. Much like the movie Beetlejuice, you had dark settings and spooky effects. Even though I'm sure Burton only had his fingertips dipped into this show, his influence was not avoided. They also got Danny Elfman to do the intro music and it's definitely a classic like the movie version. 

-Speaking of cartoon intro classics, this show, in my opinion, has the most kick ass intro for a cartoon EVER (Yes. Yes. I know, The Simpsons does, but I'm talking kids show). Check it out in the video below. 

-This was a high energy kids show. See, kids, cocaine was a hell of a drug in the 80's. Try watching the show after smoking a doobie. It's wicked! Errr. so I'm told. (In all honesty, I've never watched the show high. I've had friends though who did and they said it's trippy.)

-Speaking of trippy, the background and characters were a breed of their own. I haven't seen a show yet that has replicated or caught the same imagination as some of the "sets" on Beetlejuice. 

-The voice cast, particularly Stephen Ouimette (Beetlejuice) and Alyson Court (Lydia), were fantastic. Most voice actors are great at sounding like their movie counterpart. Ouimette sounded a lot like Beetlejuice, course not as gritty, but he did great. Court did an awesome job at Lydia. She didn't sound exactly like Winona Ryder, but she was great enough that you accepted it and didn't want it any other way. I also liked the secondary cast, such as Jacques and Ginger. Tara Strong did a fantastic job as preppy Claire. See Middle Ground for more on the voice acting. 

-Speaking of the cast, you had to love them. My favorites were, of course, the main cast. Beetlejuice and Lydia. But I also liked Jacques. I felt sorry for the healthy skeleton. I mean, to my knowledge, he is the only fitness expert who is a complete skeleton. He was also nice and didn't think he was better than everyone because he's fit. I mean, yeah, he tried to get Beetlejuice to lose a couple pounds, but he's looking out for his friend. Friend being a loose term between Jacques and BJ, because Beetlejuice loved to antagonize him. Tripping him, putting him down holes, and being a dick. But Ginger was also great too. The tap dancing spider. Who comes up with this stuff? It was basically a show that had that dynamic cast that you loved. Even Claire Brewster, the preppy girl of the series. She was voiced by Tara Strong, a household voice actress name. She's played Timmy Turner on the Fairy Odd Parents, Harley Quinn in Arkham City and Arkham Knight (as well as various other Harley roles), and for you Ghostbusters fans out there, she played Kylie Griffin in the Extreme Ghostbusters. She did fantastic at being the antagonist to Lydia. 

Who can hate the cast? Beetlejuice was for the trouble making boys, who learned new prankster techniques. Lydia was for the girls, but also for the boys, because she is a wicked tomboy. She likes gross things. From worms to dead people. She's a nerds dream, because she won't judge you base on what you like or your appearance. I mean, she's best friends with Beetlejuice for crying out loud. I've always considered Winona Ryder's Lydia my first crush, so the cartoon's Lydia was no different. 

My favorite episodes: 

-Some classic, nostalgic episodes from Beetlejuice. I'm going to make a list with a few of my favorites (in no specific order). 

Skeletons in the Closet: Most of season 1 I actually wasn't too crazy about. Granted, this is the season that they won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. But Skeletons in the Closet is one that I really enjoy. Think of the episode like this, literal skeletons in your closet are going around, telling people your lies. The only way to get rid of them? Tell the truth. 

Stage Fright: Lydia is trying out for the role of Juliet in a school play of Romeo and Juliet. But when Claire Brewster sabotages Lydia's performance with bugs, Lydia takes the job as the custom designer. Cue Beetlejuice to get revenge on Claire with hilarious results. 

Poe Pourri: One dreary night Beetlejuice is reading an Edgar Allen Poe book and wouldn't you know it? Poe himself shows up looking for his lost Lenore. Beetlejuice, the greedy scum he is, purposely makes Poe sad, because every time Poe weeps, he let's the money rain down. Beetlejuice let's him stay at the Roadhouse until he finds his Lenore and as long as he's 'making it rain', Poe can stay for as long as he wants. There is a catch though, Poe brings his stories and Beetlejuice is right in the middle of this ongoing nightmare. 

Robin Juice of Sherweird Forest: Loved this episode. This it probably the only episode where I'm not LOL, I'm LMAO. It is a spoof of Robin Hood, so I don't think I have to explain the story, but it is funny. 

Wizard of Ooze: You might see a pattern here. The show loved to spoof movies. And most of their spoofs were actually pretty funny. This one is one of the funnier ones. Not as funny as Robin Juice, but right up there. Again, I don't need to explain the story. It is a Wizard of Oz spoof. 

But there you go. I have more, but this review is already long enough.

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Middle Ground: 

-Back to voice acting. Now where the voices of Beetlejuice and Lydia were great. Even if not crystal like say Michael Keaton or Winona Ryder, they were great enough that you barely notice once you go deep into the episodes. But I do have some issues with one particular voice. Not specifically the voice actor, I know she was just doing her job. But Delia. Delia sounded nothing like her movie counterpart and was like listening to nails on a chalkboard sometimes. Granted, and this is why this is considered Middle Ground, her voice does fit the role. Because Delia went from bitch, richy-rich stepmother to yuppie, care free "mother." So, it was fine for what the role called for (and you bet I'm going to go in deep about Delia in the Bad section. Be prepared!) Charles didn't sound like his movie counter part, but then again, he did fine. You accepted it. It's a lot like The Real Ghostbusters, not everyone sounded like their movie counterpart. Lorenzo Music didn't sound exactly like Bill Murray (Peter Venkmen), but you accepted it. Until David Cloutier came in and shat all over that role. Thanks Joey Gladstone.

But of course, the show is not without it's faults (some of these are more in my opinion and some may not agree with them.) 

(Grumpy Lydia for the Bad section. Win!) 

The Bad: 

-This ones a big one, so prepare for a long rant. Like I said before, from movie to cartoon they lost a lot of things. It's not a good thing though, it's a bad thing. The elements they lost from the movie really were missed in the cartoon. 

Like explain why they changed the name from Winter River to Peaceful Pines? Why is Winter River a bad name? 

Charles on the show is fine, but Delia on the other hand. Man. What the hell happened to Delia? Going from kind of a bitch, a distant stepmother to Lydia, to a jippy, free spirited mother. Granted, her jippiness does come with perks. I liked some of what they did with her like trying to change Lydia from a goth to a regular girl or the episode where Beetlejuice turns into the Deetz's family dog (one of my favorite episodes too). But they could have still done that even if Delia was her movie version self. I'll explain in the Maitland section why it would be better to have Delia an antagonist rather than a protagonist.

Before I get to Delia's part, where the hell did the Maitlands go? Did they finally pass over? I would've liked to see more of the Lydia/Maitlands relationship. Maybe have an episode where Lydia's parents get jealous of the Maitlands and call an exorcist! (maybe Otho, but oh wait ... I'll save that for the next paragraph). That would be cool. But then they come to terms and everything is peachy. Just an idea. 

Also, Otho. Where did he go? Did he run away forever after Beetlejuice turned his suit from black to baby blue? I think an interesting sub plot for the cartoon would be Otho turns into this occultist and tries to get back at Beetlejuice for embarrassing him. But in cartoon fashion, his plots always back fire. 

-The puns got kind of out of hand. Some were funny, but sometimes I'm like, really? It just takes away from the story. It's like episode starts - pun - story line begins - pun - etc. etc. It seemed like they were interrupting the story just to get a freaking pun in there. 

-Some episodes I've watched and will never watch again. These were pretty damn painful. I'm not going to make a list, but then again it wouldn't be too long of a list anyway. 

Box Set Review: 

Now that I'm done with the show review, it's time for the box set review. Back in 2012 (I think), Shout Factory bought the distribution rights to Beetlejuice. In 2013, they finally released it in a box format.

There's really nothing bad I have to say about how it looks. It looks great. The DVD's look fine, the cases do. It's a well made package. 

How does the audio sound? Great. 

Image? It's not HD, but it looks good enough. I remember before this came out, I had to watch episodes on Youtube and when you were done, you needed an aspirin. Big headache. Granted, these people did a nice gesture by taking VHS tapes they recorded from TV and putting it on Youtube for everyone to enjoy. But I highly suggest people buy this and save yourself a headache. 

My big problem is that they didn't even bother with special features. None. No deleted scenes, nothing to do with production, no documentary on the show, no interviews with the cast. Here's what's funny and sad at the same time: I was listening to a Saturday Morning Rewind podcast with Stephen Ouitmette (Beetlejuice) and he said he never even knew about Shout Factory releasing the show to DVD. I would have LOVED to see the cast get back together and talk about the show. Because for the most part, people who worked on the show seemed to love it. But that's my only big gripe about it. 

Conclusion: 

All in all I'll take this any day if they never do a Beetlejuice 2. Though I don't consider this cannon to the movie, it still is an enjoyable cartoon. Hey, it's better than this ... 

That's right. Beetlejuice Goes frickin' Hawaiian. No thanks. Though, in all fairness, I do like the cosplay. 

I highly recommend any Beetlejuice, 80's, Saturday morning cartoons fan to pick this up. It's nostalgic, it's fun, and ... it's showtime! 

Thanks for reading this long ass review. I just had so many ideas on what to talk about for this, but some I actually left out. This was getting too long! 

Oh and one more thing, if people give you crap for being an adult and still watching your favorite childhood cartoons, send them this ... 

Updates to this review: (7/25/23) Some of the videos that were originally here are no longer available, so had to delete them, as well as some explanations of said videos below. I also deleted some jokes I felt weren't funny anymore, as I wrote this review all the way back in 2014, so comedy tastes change. Had to use a new header image, because the other one was no longer available. 

Creative Minecraft Rollercoasters

No matter the age, we all know what Minecraft is, either a video game or "something kids do." But people know it. It's  a very popular game and the great thing about it is you don't play the same world twice. But what I'm showing you isn't essentially Minecraft, but what people can do in Minecraft. Now, keeping in Scared Sheetless form, I'm going to be only posting videos that fit the SS law that it has to be creepy, freaky, or scary. But there are loads of others out there that I highly suggest you check out.

With Christmas around the corner (yes, already) I see it's only fitting to make the first video this --- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Or, well, The Night Rail Before Christmas. Play on words, gotta love it.


This is the first Minecraft custom roller coaster video that I saw. It is also my favorite. From the creative textures, models, and skyscrappers, this definitely get's my award for "Best Movie Influenced Minecraft Roller Coaster" or something like that. Maybe shorter. And, yes, it has to do with Ghostbusters. Actually, the whole thing does.



This one was still great, but I felt there were a few spots with nothing much going on. But when something was going on, it made up for when there was nothing going on. You see what's going on? Hello? Brain aneurysm? Ah, okay. But this is a fun custom made roller coaster that has some very nice nods to the movie. 

Lady Beetlejuice ... I Approve

That's Not Paranormal! Nice (Bleeping) Sequel!

That’s Not Paranormal (Again, it kind of is…)

Nice *Bleeping* Sequel!

A few months back I did a discussion piece on why a Ghostbusters 3 may be a bad idea. Not that I’m not excited for it, believe me – I am. It’s just that with the boys being damn well in their 60’s or almost, they feel the need to hand off the franchise to a new group of busters. I just don’t see it agreeing with some fans, but oh well, time will tell…or won’t (Ghostbusters 3 has been in developmental Hell for the past two decades.)

This discussion is about the potential Beetlejuice sequel. Another sequel that has been in developmental hell for two decades.

Sure, Beetlejuice is not on everyone’s favorite movie list, but you can’t deny that it has some dark charm to it. In my opinion it one of Tim Burton’s last great movies. Not that his newer movies such as Frankenweenie or Corpse Bridge haven’t been good, but they’re in no means classics.

If you’re a regular reader of Scared Sheetless, you will know by now that I’m a huge Beetlejuice fan. For some reason it just attracts me.

No, not just her! Although that does have a lot to do with it.

I think it’s the great blend of dark humor, spirits, and just the cool production sets that make me love the film. But it’s mostly the ghost with the most that is the deal breaker. Without Beetlejuice (the character), I really don’t think the movie would have been that much of a success. And it was a success to; it cost 15 million to make it and it made 75 million in the box office; course these numbers could be wrong, maybe a little off, but those are the estimates.

But is a sequel worthwhile? For many years some have speculated that a sequel just wouldn’t do the first movie any justice. Kevin Smith, who was asked to direct the ill-fated “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiin” sequel, said, “Didn’t we see all we could see in the first Beetlejuice? Must we go tropical?” I don’t know if he meant that in any disrespect to the movie or was just declaring that the first movie was good enough that we don’t need a sequel. Not sure. But even Tim Burton has said in the past that he doesn’t think that a Beetlejuice sequel needs to be made.

Until now that is …

My opinion is that any movie can have a sequel if you have the right writers. Great sequels are far and few in between, but there are some and that’s because they had great writing. Back to the Future Part 2 is one; Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is another, and of course there is the Dark Knight and the Dark Knight Rises. And I’m sure there are others, but I’m not much of a movie buff so I can’t say for sure.

Last word around the net is that Beetlejuice 2 is being written by the guys who did Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Don’t know whether to cheer or to boo, because I have yet to see this movie. They can’t get the original Beetlejuice writers, because they’re unfortunately deceased (Warren Skaaran and Michael McDowell for those wondering), except for Larry Wilson, but he hasn’t done much lately to pertain that he is interested.

Seth Grahame Smith, one of the writers of Beetlejuice 2, has stated that it is going to be a modern day sequel. He probably clarified this due to the fact that rumors were stirring that the sequel was in fact going to be a prequel that was going to be like an origins movie. It would show how Beetlejuice became to be Beetlejuice. Which wouldn’t be a bad idea, because a character like that probably has quite a few skeletons in his closet (Beetlejuice cartoon reference!)

Here’s what Seth had to say:

“This will be a true 26 or 27 years later sequel. What’s great is that for Beetlejuice, time means nothing in the afterlife, but the world outside is a different story.”

Going by those words, for some odd reason I think of the movie Blast from the Past. Remember that? With Brendan Frasier being in a bomb shelter for twenty years or so, he comes right out and the world isn’t a Leave It to Beaver world anymore. That’s the first thought that comes to mind and I seriously hope that’s not what Seth is pointing to.

I can’t speak for the rest of the audience, but I think a great Beetlejuice sequel needs to feature Michael Keaton as the lead role. Most would agree I’m sure, but that’s only common knowledge. But with the “Beetlejuice rule” being that spirits can’t age, that may leave some out of the sequel: Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. From what I’ve read on numerous sources, Alec and Burton didn’t get along to well and you don’t see Alec talking about his experiences on Beetlejuice AT ALL. Genna has gone on record saying that she would be open to doing a sequel. Do I think the Maitlands absolutely need to be in this? Not really. They could have some sort of explanation; i.e. they moved on.

If I was to have a choice, the primary cast should be Beetlejuice, played by Michael Keaton, and a 20 years older Lydia, played by Winona Ryder. The great thing about these two is that they really haven’t changed in looks in twenty years. Ryder, however, looks a bit more mature than she did as the young and very cute goth chick, but she can still pull the look off I’m sure.

But that leaves Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O’ Hara, the Deetez family. Both have aged quite a bit since the movie, but they weren’t dead in the movie anyways, so they can age, and the rule doesn’t apply to them. Maybe a short cameo wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Unfortunately two prime stars of Beetlejuice will not be able to be in it and that is Glenn Shaddix (Otho Vinlock) and Sylvia Sydney (Juno the case worker). Both were great in their roles, especially Shaddix, who unfortunately died in 2012. One fan who met Shaddix said Glen would’ve loved to do a sequel to Beetlejuice, but I’m sure wherever he is, he will be “Totally enchanted.” (Beetlejuice quote, hopefully you guys are catches these!)

What would work for a sequel though, as far as storylines are concerned?

Beetlejuice as the bad guy:

We all know that he plays the antagonist in the movie, but I really think he was just misunderstood. I mean, who can really say they hate him? He is a loveable character. But if they were to make him the bad guy, what would a good scenario be for him? I had an idea that I’ve been thumbing around in my mental theatre on Beetlejuice coming back and stealing Lydia’s parents. Why? For payback! Lydia has to journey to the Afterlife to save her parents.

Or

Since this a 26/27 year later sequel, the Deetez family could have another child. In the original screenplay, when Beetlejuice was to be made into a horror movie, the Deetez had two kids. Lydia played a typical teenager who had a thing for metal heads and her little sister was the one who befriended the Maitlands. Beetlejuice was actually two people: himself and a disguise teenager by the name of Jacob Goodnight (I think, it’s been years since I’ve read the original Beetlejuice manuscript). Jacob and Lydia become a couple and start to do horrible things, that’s until the little sister finds out and uses the Handbook of the Recently Deceased to send Beetlejuice back to where he came from.

They could use this story, but morph it a little bit. Maybe Lydia could be a paranormal investigator and she teams up with a guy named Jacob Goodnight, disguised as Beetlejuice, they get married and after its all said and done, Beetlejuice reveals himself. “Surprise!” Then the sky turns black, thunder and lightning flash and bang, and the platform they’re standing on collapses into the Earth, taking Lydia to the Afterlife. Lydia’s little sister, who’s say probably sixteen, has to journey to the Afterlife to save her. This is of course playing around with my other scenario above.

Beetlejuice as the good guy:

Me and my uncle talked about this idea at one point. What would make a really good Beetlejuice sequel and we came up with this: a company is buying Winter River houses left and right, but Lydia (the owner of the house now) won’t sell. However, this isn’t a move on type of company, they’re the bad guys after all, so they’re going to do whatever it takes to get her out. Now, Lydia can only do so much to defend herself, but she needs help. Here’s what happens: the company tries burning her house down, but Lydia see’s this before they can. She says the three B’s, but nothing happens. Until the men go away screaming, maybe Beetlejuice snake form makes a short cameo? Beetlejuice is of course reluctant to helping Lydia out due to what happened in the first movie. But he comes to his senses, eventually.

But what does this Seth guy have in mind? I wish he would at least give us a little more to go by to conjure up some interest before it is Showtime. Beetlejuice 2 has great potential, I think. A good crowd of people want to see it and even those who complain about Hollywood rehashes and reboots (myself included) will still go and see it and probably love it. But they need the key people from the first one to make it work and no CGI! Tim Burton is at his best when he actually makes the props rather than animates it. It does look good for some movies, but movies like this – it doesn’t work.

Time will tell, but Beetlejuice 2 is slated for a 2014 release, which is the same for Ghostbusters III. Will it be Ghostbusters vs. Beetlejuice at the box office? Now that’s a movie I’d love to see.

What do you think about a Beetlejuice 2?

Madam Mortuary: Lydia Deetez

"Really James? Another freaking Beetlejuice related post."

 

Not entirely. When I was a kid I had a major crush on Lydia (played by Winona Ryder). What can I say? I dig Goth chicks. And not to make this awkward, I am not a necrophilia. Actually, I think just saying that like I'm trying to protect my ass is making it even more weird. Whatever!

 

 

But the other thing about Lydia, is that she can relate to us who believe in spirits. Her parents sure as hell didn't and look what happened to them? A huge damn snake came, threw Otho down the stairs and threw her father over the rail. Take that skeptics!

 

 

 

Lydia is obviously the black sheep of the family. I'm sure a lot of us have been there with the norm of my readers being believers in the paranormal. The majority of people thinks its cool, but you get those who think you're weird. I've come to terms with that, because weird is beautiful! But at the time it was more like: Dem feels, man.

 

 

I swear it was just a dream and not fantasy! Okay...maybe a little fantasy.

 

 

But here's your third Madam Mortuary: Lydia!

Paranormal Humor: Does Anyone Else See a Resemblance?

 

Big fan of both movies. There's talks about a Beetlejuice 2 coming out. May have to do a blog on that soon.

The Slender Man

A reader recently sent me the information on this scary specimen a few months back. She said this little paranormal beauty was the inspiration for the gothic favorite character, Jack Skellington of the Tim Burton classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. It even, somewhat, resembles the Pumpkin King, but let’s explore into the myth of the Slender Man.

The Slender Man is considered more of a mythical creature than a paranormal entity (like the Blue Lady or the ghost of the Virgin Mary is), but he does reserve a spot in everyone’s minds as a creature of thought and nightmares. Easily looking at the descriptive art of the Slender Man shows both fear and wonder. A brief account of the descriptions of the Slender Man is that the entity is thin and tall (I’m already jealous) and has these sticks for arms (some say he has tentacles like an alien); it has this huge pumpkin size head (on some pictures at least), and he is wearing a suit.

The Slender Man, however, according to articles about him, show that he is not as nice as Tim Burton's Jack Skellington is, but is rather intrigued to steal peoples hearts---literally. Yes, you see, according to legend when a person see’s this mythical man they go missing and when they are found they are usually impaled to a tree with their organs taken out and replaced systematically. How can you fight it though if what you see is not the same what other people see though?

Strange thing about this man is that no two people see the same face. That the face one will see is completely different than what the next person will see. The sight of him makes people go insane. They will scribble weird etchings with a man with tentacles for arms, a dark figure of fear and fright, but the face shows nothing. They will literally turn themselves mad over this creature, making themselves sick to their stomachs. There was a story circulating around forums on the internet about how this weird, deformed man shows up in a picture with all these children in a park, next to a library. The myth goes that one week later the library burns to the ground and all the children in the picture disappear.

You can sleep easy though as there is no real proof that this even exists. The person who originally posted this story was a genius at stirring a fire with people, because people from around the world started to take into this Slender Man figure. But the story proved to be false, but they are those who still believe in the Slender Man. Is he just a mad man's prophecy or is he something more? One thing is for sure, you don't want to go in the woods alone and find out. Until next time this has been another Scared Sheetless, happy haunting and keep it scary!

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Resources:

http://marblehornets.wikidot.com/slender-man

*4/15/13 update: Decided to delete the paranormal myths aspect of this article. I don't think there's anything paranormal at all about the Slender Man. Although I did check out the game, finally, and its pretty freaky stuff!

Responding to some comments, but let me make one thing clear: I'm all for joking around, which is why I let the "Your Next Anoynomous" comment slide. I admit, I chuckled. But others were just plainly...foolish. Like some 90% of comments made about this article have been deleted, because the comments were either insulting towards others, swearing (I swear like a sailor myself, but I do have to keep this site PG friendly).
But one comment made it seem like I actually believe in this. The question was, what's my evidence that people went insane? I never did say that was fact and I HAVE the evidence myself. Like I said at the end, this is all just an internet rumor that has spread like a wild fire, to now a very popular online game (which is where I think all of the traffic is from, is some people trying to find the game and find this article). I never once said, I believe in this, or I got the facts on this, etc. I'm just a paranormal reporter, I hear stories that I find interesting, and I write an article about them. I'm no Zak Bagans, I can't go to these places and see for myself, I just report what other people have claimed they have seen or heard. I never take credit for any of these stories unless I was actually there and witnessed it myself. Please keep that in mind when you ask, what's my evidence? Most of the time, I just go by what I hear. If you want to ask where the facts are about the Slender Man, then ask the person who originally told the story. I have no idea who the person is, all I know is that it's just a rumor that was on some forum and people believed it. If it's people doped up on drugs or what have you, then that's what it is. But it's a very popular story and that's why it is here.