How Eyeless Jack Became a Creepypasta Icon

[@LordOfSpoons]

I love how everyone just kinda unanimously agreed that EJ was a chill dude who just wanted a snack

[@NoctivagantDiurnal]

Now I'm hungy

[@bing_crystal4831]

I like to think he still has humanity in him, but he needs to eat others to satiate his hunger

[@Mr.hudson3555]

He's a chill guy who lowkey doesn't give a fuck

[@Vitenoxi]

yummy human kidneys :p

[@Jnglepingle]

@@Mr.hudson3555is he my new character?

[@ChaosOnyx]

One of my favorite creepypastas that doesn't get enough recognition is "It Has No Face." I love the concept/idea of the monster being afraid of you

[@caveychip7]

Found that recently. Sweet jesus.....

[@microcelltechnicalassistence]

​@@caveychip7is It that bad?

[@surgingtsunami7780]

@@microcelltechnicalassistenceit’s not a bad story. Quite good actually. But I feel like the ending sorta ruins it. Because the author dumps a bunch of exposition at the end in the most unnatural way.

[@grimdiggy5697]

​@microcelltechnicalassistence theres a very good animated version of it using the tf2 mercs

[@microcelltechnicalassistence]

@@surgingtsunami7780 what is It about?

[@HelpTheGremlinIsLoose]

When you get something wrong and have to make a note about it, only to accidentally circle back around to being correct. Anyway, eyeless jack feels like the creepypasta equivalent of when a fandom latches onto a background character and goes wide making up lore for them

[@casualartist0580]

Mlp fandom in a nutshell

[@HelpTheGremlinIsLoose]

Speaking from experience, yeah pretty much

[@drakeredwingofficial]

the Glup Shitto of creepypasta

[@HelpTheGremlinIsLoose]

Who?

[@AhmedSamir-v7t]

I think this is the main reason why creepypasta are still somewhat popular to this day the Fandom can take a blank character like eyels Jack and make it from one of the worst creepypasta ever written into one of the best Creepypaste ever with the creepypasta fandom is a definition of a passion fandom

[@spooket8464]

One cool thing about the fandom is that (I think) we made up that he was a doctor/med school student in his past which is why he preformed a perfectly fine kidney surgery and even knew to stich the wounds and take it out in a way that the main character didn't even notice. That didn't make sense in the story itself but the fans made it completely make sense.

[@ShannonLikesALotOfStuff]

Creepypasta character: Exists Fanfic writers: “IT’S FREE REAL ESTATE.”

[@marcelosimao2533]

A Eyeless Jack Rewritte would be amazing.

[@WanderingSorceress]

Omg yes! Add to the lore!!!

[@helenamariawestphal4991]

YES! Yes please

[@chloemiller657]

I'm actually working on one myself! Not going very well but Im tryin

[@purplepedantry]

That's literally anything written about him xD

[@w1ndgeneral226]

There actually is one (kinda.) It's called the Morgue Files, more specifically episode three, which puts a different spin on his origin story.

[@Old_Sport_2016]

I find it funny that the creator basically threw their hands up and went "Screw it, go nuts with the established lore." One of my best memories of Eyeless Jack were two horror levels in LittleBigPlanet, those being "GO TO SLEEP" and "WAKE UP".

[@Nox.x_ART]

Oh god I remember playing those EXACT levels

[@microcelltechnicalassistence]

What do you mean eyeless Jack in little big planet?

[@Nox.x_ART]

@@microcelltechnicalassistence there were some user-made levels in LBP that were based off of creepypastas

[@microcelltechnicalassistence]

@@Nox.x_ART for a moment, Just a moment i Forgot that Those things existed, and was in absolute disbelive thinking the games had oficial levels

[@crypt5129]

LBP community levels used to be so peak

[@Lizzy_Fungy]

Happy little accident sounds so cute for a vid around a monster that steals and eats kidneys

[@werepyrex6640]

"See that? We're just gonna turn that into a happy little monster. We don't make mistakes on this website, only happy little accidents."

[@eoinh]

Gives a whole new meaning to "beat the Devil out of it"

[@RevRa-3]

Jack's story was legit kust "Show up, take kidney, refuse to elaborate, leave" Like....FUCK that's terrifying on it's own

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

just

[@blairdurward4324]

We fear what we don’t understand, and how do you understand such an enigmatic dude? Bros whole story has as much as Patrick’s spilled milk.

[@catvicddlm1884]

The fact that he takes kidneys instead of any other organ is somewhat reminicent of the typical urban legend where someone wakes up in a bathtub without a kidney.

[@elenaporras3145]

For real honestly, I like the interpretation of him just being a creature with no origin i feel like that’s much more terrifying that he’s basically just an animal that acts on instinct I like to imagine him as a creature!!

[@mildlycornfield]

This story is just.... what doctor would ever go "oh yeah you somehow lost your kidney last night. You can go home though", and WHAT POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD LET SOMEONE RETURN TO AN APPARENT CRIME SCENE WHEN A VICTIM'S BODY WAS STILL LIKE-- LYING IN THE DAMN HALLWAY--- Anyway, I think about things too much 😅

[@HistoryLoverBoy]

I’ve never say bruh irl but that tidbit literally made me say it out loud lol

[@LadyFan05]

A line just as epic as "Somehow Palpatine returned." 🤣🤣🤣

[@EmmieDaNemmie]

This is what I found so funny about the story recap, the doctor went “Your entire kidney is missing…anyway goodbye 👋”

[@LadyFan05]

@@EmmieDaNemmie Don't forget the Good News Bad News routine! 🤣🤣🤣

[@enderkatze6129]

In the Game that pastra showed footage of, the Body wasn't there when you walked in to get the camera, only when you Go Back out

[@cristianserrano6582]

Can't wait to save this video to my watch later playlist and not watch it for three months

[@GrayscaleStudios7]

So real

[@kidgamer896]

HOW DO YOU I DO THAT

[@willowshake023]

He's just like me fr

[@AstraConcursus]

For real

[@DimitrisRem]

You do be me tho. Lmao

[@claypigeon7063]

Man, I had zero interest in Eyeless Jack back in the day, but you’ve sold me on the character completely! Kudos to you, Pastra!

[@ReeceConnor.]

The origin story for Jack that I remember is that he was someone who one day accidentally lost his vision and because of that he has to eat human kidneys to stop his empty eye holes from hurting

[@Lucy-uu7bb]

What I remember was him being blind, and he finds out that eating liver helps his vision, so he gets kind of addicted to it, and then the butchers all run out of kidneys and to keep his vision he kills his mother and eats her kidney

[@WanderingSorceress]

Yeah, I remember that version of the origin. To me it didn't seem as good as the cult story though. No offense to that version, but the cult one is my preferred.

[@Epixelator]

Oh hell yea, my favorite one, dude if Pastra ever did a rewrite of this one I'd lose it. I doubt that's happening but I was so addicted to listening to his Jeff rewrite over and over.

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

It feels so surreal seeing Eyeless Jack, Jeff The Killer, Laughing Jack, Zalgo, and The Rake costumes at Spirit Halloween.

[@AmbienceOfficial]

oh boy new Pastra content! I sure hope there isn't a lengthy editors note that needed to be thrown in at the last minute!

[@luukzilla1519]

I kinda miss the old days when Creepypastas were popular

[@purplepedantry]

Then make them popular again :] All it takes is a DaVinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Gentileschi, and a few others to make a Renaissance! I'm currently trying to perfect an animatic for that very purpose :}

[@nono9543]

Fr. On a technical standpoint most Creepypastas are better written due to authors putting more effort into the format but there was a charm to the old 2008-2011 era ones that I'd argue hasn't been topped since the 2014 incident.

[@supremekingcolour8668]

​@@nono9543incident?

[@RWSfan2025]

@@nono9543are you talking about the SlenderMan stabbing?

[@sykuracreed]

Yes, me too, I want it back so bad 😭

[@wyatt8315]

I’m embarrassed to admit that I thought every Creepypasta OC was a real person when I was a kid

[@blushbunnylurk]

I think that just shows how effective the story writing was imo.

[@ubermaster134]

I remember being scared to go sleep after reading Jeff the Killer as a kid

[@OzsomeScribble]

I legit swapped to this vid the second I saw it appeared. I can't fucking get enough of this, Pstra going over classic creepypasta is like, giving me life. Seeing stuff I was almost obsessed with for a year or two is so fucking cool.

[@PaleNoFace]

I've been working on my version of EJ for a decade and at this point he's become an original character. Things my Jack has : -A significant other (dead but in denial about it) and a son (pre-teen and Going Through It) -A waffle pan-shaped scar on his left cheek -Fought God (and lost) -Wrestled a genuine demon into submission -A collection of vintage medical equipment -Made a crib out of a ribcage -Depression -Medically accurate causes and consequences for his cannibalistic diet -Bitten at least three cryptids

[@AbnusXD]

Sounds interesting, hope you post it someday.

[@someoneawesome8717]

I've bitten four cryptids, he ain't special

[@gun_violence_gaming]

@@someoneawesome8717 Bro is Joe Baker 😭

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

wtf? you made bro Kratos but cheap knock off and a Demon fucker? i am laughing (no offense!)

[@A_Small_Rodent]

What are even the medically accurate causes that cannibalism causes??

[@finnbarsworld4032]

The whole story gives me a “Paranormal Activity” vibe, ghost terrorizing people and it gets worse as the nights go on, it’s a very interesting yet iconic story! Thank you Pastra for covering it 🧡

[@olivergraves9381]

You have no idea how excited I was seeing this, Eyeless Jack is my FAVORITE for the reason you stated: there's SO MANY UNIQUE SPINS on the character. I didn't think you'd cover it because I dont see him often included in "lineups" of characters so much anymore.

[@beaujade]

Speaking of fanfiction, maybe you could try writing your own version of Eyeless Jack! You could give it the same treatment as your Jeff The Killer rewrite, and invite some of your friends for voice acting like last time. Maybe sprinkle in a few references to your favorite fan interpretations of the original story, if you can find some you like. What do you think?

[@SpookySquid14]

Yay, another video on the classics. I really love how recently you've been making videos talking about the creepypastas of that "era." Jack the Killer, Smile Dog, The Rake, Eyeless Jack. The ones that, for me at least, are the ones you think of first when you hear the word "Creepypasta."

[@oaksap1915]

Back in middle school, I was introduced to Eyeless Jack through a speed paint video. The artist was reading off La-Mishi-Mish's Eyeless Jack fic while they were drawing Eyeless Jack. I haven't been able find video for awhile now. Eyeless Jack was my first creepy pasta character I encounter on the webs. Such fond memories.

[@SuperGameChief]

This is a great video! I think Eyeless Jack is proof that, for the most part at least, there's no such thing as a bad idea, only bad execution and writing. As long as you have a foundation, it's only a matter of properly fleshing out your world and characters! On the topic of internet horror, you've probably been asked this before, Pastra, but I really would like to see you make at least one video on the SCP Foundation. I'm okay with anything, really, so long as you enjoy that topic... No, seriously, I don't want another Iron Lung situation lol.

[@disrespectbrabarcle]

i remember playing this area 51 game on roblox where in one of the gamemodes you could play as the entities and try to kill other players and this guy was on of the entities. i remember this guy being isanley mid, low damadge and has to be close to players to it them, but when he hits them he will blind their screen, whenever i played as him, i would just sit and wait for someone to enter the room and i would jump them with another player playing as a higher attack charecter.

[@trolledfordrip]

yet he got buffed hard cause they will give any character but sonic a speed buff

[@Dogesman]

The editor's note made me chuckle not gonna lie.

[@JacerAcer08]

Thanks for making my day by posting this video

[@ConTheSpider]

“How the creepy pasta community takes characters and stories that were poorly written or put together and make them into something far more interesting that their source material.” Now where have I seen this before from you?

[@buttercupjude135]

i love pastra's jtk cosplay so dearly the expressions are so fun

[@ItsGBMoD]

eyeless jack has always been my favourite creepy pasta but i never actually read the original story for the longest time. i cannot tell you how disappointed i was when i read the original story

[@ItsGBMoD]

i loved hearing about EJ from all sort of fanfics and proxy stories which just shows how much the fans can carry an entire fandom

[@Blehx2]

EJ my beloved, another banger

[@Bubba822]

Yay!!!!! A new pastra video makes my day better!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

One of the Best! Thanks For making this

[@BasementDweller_]

Okay guys, next time Pastra does a poll on X, can we all vote for candle cove?

[@lostboysonce3133]

YES!!! That was my favorite one!

[@purplepedantry]

AYE-AYE, MATEY! >:D All aboard the Laughingstock!

[@Coolingtulip]

A Pastra post on my birthday! What a treat!

[@natezrodlowski9986]

Ay yo twin birthday noice!

[@imreallytired431]

Pastra, I'm really enjoying these Creepypasta videos. It's easy to see how much time you put into it. Have wonderful day!

[@lilmushroom4746]

EYLESS JACK LETS GOOOO!!! hes always been one of my favs!

[@evancordelia2521]

Always my favorite Creepypasta as a kid, glad that you’re talking about it

[@pimpkins0831]

Oh my God, I've been waiting for this one. I refuse to watch any creepypasta video that doesn't come from you lol

[@Japple_Junior]

I always love hearing you talk about horror stories! 🥰

[@cooldude-qz1gf]

I love how you are transparent with being wrong and how it ties to how loose this creepy pasta is. Like eyeless jack really is just a prompt for the imagination of fanfics that have added to the original.

[@lanagomisc.6005]

Props to the original creator of Eyeless Jack for providing notes for future exploration. This is collaborative art making at its finest!

[@orionascension8812]

2:46 Pastra you’re basically explaining why Sonic.exe got popular even tho the original creepy pasta was very bad😅

[@aquadrak]

Can't wait for Halloween with Pastra videos ✨

[@nexzahhak4491]

Eyeless jack is one of my absolute favorite CreepyPastas for this exact reason! I’m a person who enjoys fanon silly stuff snd fanon actual horror content and can consume/create content for both halves. The way the fandom used Eyeless jack made me absolutely adore him and I’m so happy you agree. Definitely not the best creepypasta, but definitely one of the best fandom characters 🎉

[@purplepedantry]

Oh, finally! Another who can enjoy both and not trash the other! It's so wonderful when a fandom can simply have both come from the same character, and I think that's what makes some of the most successful characters in horror :)

[@datapelzeta]

It really does make me happy that you're going over the classic creepypastas and doing an in-depth analysis of them. Makes me wanna recreate some of the stories myself.

[@joel9104]

Honestly been really loving this whole Creepypastra event. It would have been so easy for you to just go through all these stories one by one, criticise them, make jokes about them and overall just look at the stories themselves but no. You actually have been looking at the context around them and why they are all so popular. Its really cool, keep up the good work!

[@sorrel_leaf_vespers]

Earliest I've been! Cannot wait! I haven't heard of this one before, but SO ready to learn!

[@chloemiller657]

EJ is my favorite I dont know why he just kinda wedged his way into my brain. Great vid as always!

[@MisterMoodyHere]

you should make a video about that “it has no face” creepypasta. it’s about this guy hiding out in an old cabin in the winter before encountering a rake-like monster, but what’s different is that the monster seemed to be just as scared of the guy, as the guy was of the monster. its been a while since i’ve heard it, but that story used to keep me up at night.

[@Apparently-ideas]

jackless eyes

[@Aguywhoexists-p8n]

Yes

[@deliat7478]

I love this more frequent, shorter content! Like I love all of your content and collabs but these videos take less time and we get to see more of you!!😁

[@grayanderson2761]

I remember as a kid listening to the Eyeless Jack story and even back then feeling the absolute whiplash of the very in depth ritual description after a pretty average college story XD

[@DUDEBRUHMICE]

Bro really described Sonic.exe in the first 20 seconds of the video

[@watchstuffhere-l5j]

the next story on his past: he is batman with no moral code and angry also like kidneys

[@L0SERf0x-thz]

Seeing Pastra post, along with the post being about one of my favorite creepy pastas has to be one of the best experiences ever.

[@m4riiko]

seeing a creepypasta pastra video notif is an increase happy boost

[@purplepedantry]

The immense quality, diversity, and utter fervor that is in so much of the A.R.T. for Eyeless Jack... oh, it has left me breathless! ^w^ Let us away to a Renaissance!

[@Bruhmanofyear2]

Pastras Eyeless Jack interpretation would go so hard

[@sleepisntreal700]

I find the idea of Eyeless Jack being previously human makes him less scary for me. I was super into it when I was younger, he was and still is my favorite creepypasta character. But it's mostly because I love the original image.

[@adventurepictures8219]

I love these Creepypasta videos,they give me so much nostalgia! Great Job Pastra!

[@marzapaan]

Wow, im actually super early gotta say i love listening to your videos, your voice is super comforting and helps me sleep :3

[@theinsightfulllama]

You definitely hit the nail on the head. Eyeless Jack was my favorite for exactly this reason lol, I could just imagine whatever I wanted and it was awesome! Fandom's like things that are well written and satisfying, but part of me thinks we might like deeply flawed products even more, because creativity can just run wild! It's always fun to see what people come up with that way.

[@marilynmccann7827]

You're awesome, keep on making this, live a good life. You're making mine better Pastra

[@marilynmccann7827]

(I just had a mental breakdown, I need to watch stuff like this)

[@Votey12345]

Pastra eyeless Jack rewrite when?

[@guacotaco4349]

Loterally was my favorite creepypasta younger, and never heard the original story

[@ivansleepy4722]

As someone who hasn't been particularly into the creepypasta community, I really appreciate these videos as introductions to different stories or as expansions of my knowledge on them.

[@m00nyed]

I was waiting for this video, as Eyeless Jack as always been my favorite character. I always found so much interest in the fact there was a monster that came in, steals your kidney and or other organs, and leaves you. It's such a odd and cool way to make a monster not totally brutual, but still dangerou and horrifying.

[@StoryBird2]

Younger me paper mache'd an Eyeless Jack mask for halloween and I still have it, freaked out a couple people hehe

[@Bonkpunktexe]

"you somehow lost your kidney" said the doctor like it's an everyday occurance??? i genuinely love this silly creepypasta, especially with the weird iconic creepypasta dialogue, and i think it's even funnier that this story actually really scared me as a kid, to the point where i would actively avoid even looking at the pic for the pasta lol

[@tonysonic456]

Eyeless Jack is one of my favorite creepypastas... for the concept only. Beforehand, I viewed Eyeless Jack as a nice proof-of-concept that was never fleshed out or expanded upon, and even after this video, while it's certainly nice to see the character with his own fandom, Jack himself still feels too bare bones to really be interesting. Sure, you can do whatever you want with him, but I would also like something more to the character beyond just the basics. That's just me though.

[@Thesilo1]

Yippie!! Pastra posted! 😃

[@DarkBean55]

I always find it so interesting how people will take such bare bone concepts like Jack and just run with them for their own stories

[@Average_Uranium_Enjoyer_Real]

Ayyy new video :D

[@rebeccadyches5066]

Dude, I love your videos and I was super excited when emmortalmarkus looked at your series on his channel.

[@medium393]

Last time I was this early, Suicide Mouse was the scariest thing on the internet.

[@zer0_ne0]

honestly, i've adored Creepypasta for as long as i can remember, Eyeless Jack especially. i was (and still am) one of those fan boys of his that would just smile with pure excitement any time i saw fanart of him or my other favorite pastas. and yknow, this isn't related to the video at all, but watching this reminded me of the delusion i had that someone was ALWAYS watching me, with the feeling only ever leaving moments before falling asleep. and funnily enough, it happened when i had gotten back into my creepypasta phase some years ago, pfft.

[@LoserLapping]

Babe, wake up, Pastra made a new video.

[@fuzya8636]

Babe wake up new pastra video just dropped :00 Tbh ive been waiting for this one, i vividly remember that image of EJ being one of the first creepypasta images to actually scare me when i was like 10 lol

[@Grace-g8k2x]

3:58 Classic college experience! 🥰

[@blackbloom8552]

I dont know much about the author, but from the few details you gave about them, i got the impression that they really cared about the character but weren't very good at writing horror stories themselves so a bunch of fan just taking on the character for themselves may have ended up being a blessing in disguise as they now can share their character story and stuff while other people take care of the actual writing.

[@facelessartandskills4924]

Yoooo I love your videos so much!! Horror things are one of my most favourite things and I especially love your series dreams of an insomniac and this got me thinking have you heard of Little nightmares? If so could you make a vid about it, if you want to ofc

[@pauline_f328]

This sent me into a rant to some nonexistent audience about why I love fanfiction. I'm still salty so many people look down on it, and that it made me look down on it too all those years ago. I now unabashedly say I am passionate about fanfiction. But I have not forgotten. This is one of the few types of things I can hold grudges about

[@Bill_cipherrrrr2012]

I just came back to this channel after a year and oh boy did I miss a lot so I have to re-watch his videos just to catch up the last time, I watched his videos was in 2023 I believe in January

[@As8bakwTheSage]

Oh gods, I remember the Mishi Mish version of the story and I remember when it came out. Goddamn, it's been a long time. (Also Mishi Mish as a creator was uhhhhhh, interesting to say the very least.) Great video as usual! Side Note: I also made an origin story for EJ, and... honestly, if I rewrote it and polished it up, it could probably be good, but it's also not at all canon and involves an OC of mine (because I have CP OCs lmao)

[@spiderleamer]

I always forgot this was the original story for Eyeless jack since the one I always loved Mishi Mishi's story. Like its such a simple character but so well done and the design is so flexiable.

[@The_pickle_birb]

With that intro, the person who first wrote it needs to take 2d20s vicious mockery damage

[@Dr.Beam_likes_Fallout]

I honestly wouldn't mind seeing a rewrite of eye less jack by pasta his Jeff the killer rewrite is very good I generally felt shivers up my spine from how his Jeff the killer acted . 😊

[@manuelaalicemocanu]

I feel like now Pastra should make a video about Sonic.exe & how it went from a crappy creepypasta to a well beloved legacy, or Suicide Mouse.avi & how he might've existed bc of Disney

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

As a former early 2000s creepypasta fangirl who had a crush on Eyeless Jack, this video is wonderful and accurate

[@Emma_thedumm]

IN BACK TO BEING A MEMBER AND ALSO HI NEW PASTRA POST!!!!

[@BlightVonDrake]

Yeah, back when I was exploring all the classic pastas, Eyeless Jack stuck out to me. Not the story, I had SEVERAL issues with the story itself, but I really vibed with knowing next to nothing about Jack itself. Makes it feel like some kind of cryptid encounter that those who experienced it and lived to tell of it had no clue what it was, but just what it DOES, what it looks like, you get very little, and that's fascinating!

[@PINKPANZER262]

Funny thing I made an oc that fits the visual description of eyeless Jack completely unknowingly, with deep hallow eyes that leak a dark inky liquid

[@1nkhe4rt]

she eyeless on my jack till i creepypasta

[@focal_13]

Despite the fact that you're doing a creepypasta series rn, I think it would be cool for you to do a video analysing Spamton form Deltarune considering the new chapters are coming out this year-ish and I think your style of analysis would be great for his character. (Also the fact that Swankmann was partially inspired by him is pretty cool)

[@softSynthetic]

eyeless jack video let's goooo :D

[@wulfsbane4426]

You're really gonna keep digging up my childhood. Damn you, Gigglesnax.

[@livelybubbs6242]

Plot-twist: EJ and the doctor are the same 🫱🅱️🅾️ℹ️