Jeff the Killer

Jeff the Killer is a web horror character and creepypasta meme. While the initial concept of the character was created by DeviantArt and Newgrounds user "Sesseur", the character gained widespread popularity following the publication of a fan-made creepypasta story in 2011. He is depicted as a sadistic serial killer with ghastly pale skin, no eyelids, long black hair, and a permanent smile-shaped scar. Jeff the Killer quickly became one of the most popular creepypasta characters, inspiring a multitude of fan works and including the emergence of other characters, such as "Homicidal Liu" and "Jane the Killer", that were directly associated with the original story.

The fan-published creepypasta, most frequently attributed as a full work on creepypasta.com from 2012, circulated as a copypasta on multiple internet forums attached to the allegedly real, edited image of the character's face, mainly for use as an internet horror story. Despite being famously linked to the story of Jeff the Killer, the image's origins are still controversial and primarily unknown.