Ted the Caver: What Waited in the Dark | Internet Legends and Ghost Stories

About this episode

The episode explores the internet legend of 'Ted the Caver' and its eerie implications.

There are stories that belong to old forests, stories tied to ruined churches, and stories whispered beside fires long after midnight. They feel ancient, as though they have always existed, passed from one voice to another until nobody remembers where they truly began. But every so often, a legend is born somewhere much newer. This one came from the early internet, back when websites were crude, pages loaded slowly, and strangers wrote things online with no easy way to know if any of it was true. In 2001, a man calling himself Ted began posting updates to a simple website about a narrow cave passage he and a friend were trying to force open. At first it read like an ordinary climbing journal. Then it became something else. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research Links: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ted-the-caver https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3488602/slender-man-creepypastas-ted-caver/ https://lostepisodecreepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_the_Caver https://caver.neocities.org/page10 https://caver.neocities.org/page8…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah, Tobie

Topics covered

• internet legends
• ghost stories
• urban legends
• caving
• paranormal
• folklore

Keywords

• Ted the Caver
• internet legends
• ghost stories
• paranormal
• urban legends
• caving
• folklore

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facebook, Patreon, Instagram, Twitter, Know Your Meme, Bloody Disgusting, Lost Episode Creepypasta, Neocities, Graham JW, Web Archive

Books & works: Ted the Caver

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