The "Found Footage" TV Show that Traumatized a Generation...

[@joelhardaway1143]

That damn alien hospital shit had me traumatized for years, I legit believed there was a rogue alien bug still running around out there, I believed that for years. It still gives me the creeps to this day, and I’m 24!

[@brandonboswell3625]

You too!? Bruh the vampire in the house one scared the piss out of me when I was younger, I'm 27 and i still get creeped out

[@mikiib]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one- I was SO SCARED I went to bed traumatized that night (little 11 yo girl) and terrified of the hellhound appearing at any point.

[@Wild-Man406]

Same here

[@andrewotaku1679]

The vampire episode legitimately traumatized me. Around that time, my family had a storage space under the stairs in the basement. If you've seen the episode in question, you can see why this scared a kid with an overactive imagination and a curiosity for horror and sci-fi.

[@ShockToYoSystem]

The hellhound and chibukabra episode did for me when i was young😂😂😂

[@bingusmingus2937]

Bro the cctv footage of them in the kids bedroom still freaks me out to this day

[@Cryptid_in_the_Cellar]

I still hate my grandparents garage because I think I'm gonna see one of those fucking things in it, it's dim with one shitty light that turns out with the slightest bump of the lamp, so many nooks and crannies, crazy that horror movies today don't have that effect on me but my brain latched onto childhood fears lol.

[@alexafaith3378]

bro no literally the vampire episode TRAUMATIZED me as a child. i saw that ep by myself at like 9-11 (?) and i had nightmares abt it for TWO MONTHS 😭😭 i kinda wanna watch the episode again bc it cant be THAT scary 😭😭

[@OneEdgyAngerSniper]

This one and the Megaconda episode. For awhile the alien parasite episode scared me too, but I had a medical interest at the time, and came to the rational thought that a blood sucking alien wouldn’t have the same immunities as humans, and would succumb to some blood disease. But Vampires are already dead, and a giant snake is just terrifying on principle.

[@nickynegron3515]

Also, Enigma was based off of X-Files and MIB. The SCP Foundation wasn't even around back then, they started in the early 2010s after Lost Tapes was cancelled

[@imakerbadcontentrbad8664]

Mm, thank you! When he was talking about that, I figured it was just as an easy comparison, but when he mentioned the writers being clearly inspired by SCP and not X-Files, I realised he might be mistaken

[@ganyu_literally]

what the hell is your username

[@MVGodzillaSolos]

The Wendigo and Jersey Devil episodes scared the shit out of me when I was younger 😭

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I still remember seeing the devil's hooves and my heart dropping.. 😨

[@ivimarty]

dude the wendigo episode had me losing sleep. i remember when one of the native folklore experts came on and talked about wendigos having time travel abilities able to get you no matter what if they ever see you, that fucked me up

[@squirreltactics]

Loved Lost Tapes, the only downside was that it came on at 2 or 3 in the morning. Also, this predates SCP, and the whole Men In Black thing goes back to the 1940's. Enigma was part of a long line of fictional paranormal investigators, from Kolchak to Friday The 13th: The Series to Beyond Reality to The X Files.

[@thewafflepan4538]

This, freak encounters, ghost adventures, and destination truth were and still are my jam man.

[@thatoneantoid51]

Freak Encounters was just lame Scare Tactics back then but the effects were better.

[@thewafflepan4538]

@@thatoneantoid51 doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyable to watch

[@declanjones8888]

​@@thewafflepan4538Dude I use to watch Destination Truth like every morning. I'd even wake up a bit earlier before school, just to get through one episode. I don't care what anyone says that show and it's host (can't remember his full name, his first name was Josh I think) were awesome.

[@thewafflepan4538]

@@declanjones8888 his last name is gates, and yes it was awesome

[@CaptainManatee]

Ghoooost adventuuuures!!! idc if its real or not, lets just say its all fake for the sake of this statement: It was an AMAZING tv show They really tried to get all the history and the facts about a place. The way the set and setting was built up all the effects and then when it got to an actual moment in the show where something was captured they dont overload it with other shit everything else goes quiet and they focus on that aspect. Loved it all around.

[@leiward1871]

The chupacabra episode scared me so much that I did a creative writing project for school where I rewrote the plot in the pov of the little girl. Needless to say, I ended up getting sent to the counselors office after reading it to the class lolol

[@DrApollyonPhi]

that is a pretty snazzy cowboy hat! Also, I remember thinking Lost Tapes was real when I was a kid.

[@batmanhelpingspider-man2342]

“Skinwalker” (proceeds to show image of Devil Monkey) 🤣

[@loading...4637]

DUDE you just unlocked so many memories for me, I remember being little and watching these documentary type things I specifically remember one abt the jersey devil and another weird one abt a girl who couldn't get out of bed and was slowly being eaten by rats, they scared me so much when I was little and completely forgot abt where it came from.

[@redrc9771]

I really enjoyed the Lost Tapes series and I have all three seasons on DVD. Also fun fact about Mooney from the Zombie, Vampire (second vampire episode), and the Serpent God episodes that she is played by Elizabeth Maxwell, who is the voice actress of Winter Schnee from RWBY

[@declanjones8888]

Really? Man what a weird and unexpected connection.

[@jesusmelgoza713]

No Freaking way 😮

[@Chicagocanine]

The show format reminds me of another show “Destination Truth” which was an actual documentary style “monster hunters” type show, but without fake footage of cryptids. It was a documentary show of a group of people going to different places to research different cryptids, legends, ghosts, etc… I loved Destination Truth.

[@madisonsosa21]

Lost Tapes really did traumatized me as a kid. I remember my mom asking me if I wanted to sleep with her one night after watching an episode of it. I didn't yet I had my dog sleep with me that night. Still scares me to this day

[@Majik-7121]

I just made the hardest decision in my life either finish editing or watch the video I wonder what I chose

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

You're a complete professional, so you no doubt chose editing.

[@chrisgonz8291]

Jersey devil, wendigo, Dover demon, and Vampire (the basement one) are ingrained so deeply in my head that watching clips of the episodes and seeing retrospectively how low budget they were doesn’t stop me from getting chills still lol

[@shaylaw.7273]

It was SO good!

[@zaktilton1680]

Dude you absolutely knocked it out of the park with this video. I freaking love Lost tapes. As a kid it was just the scariest thing I had seen at the time and also taught me about soooooo Many monsters and creatures that I love now. I wish we had gotten a 4th and 5th season. Still a lot of monsters they could do and also something that could be real. One thing I have learned, there's a lot of weird stuff out there

[@ghosts_5590]

I watched this is random hotels while driving to camping spots for a yearly family trip, I was completely obsessed as we didn’t have any cable at home so when I could I was zooming to see if it was on. My siblings still hate me for it :D

[@nickynegron3515]

This show was one of the greatest things to come out of television in the late 2000's. It was cheesy but still awesome for fans of cryptids like I always have been. I believe it would do much better these days if Lost Tapes came back as a series made for KZbin in the same vein of any of the analog horror available, my point bringing in the Backrooms which are amazing videos which barely any budget. Imagine if Kane Pixels decided to remake even ONE episode of Lost Tapes, maybe bring in another big animation-style Tuber. It would be amazing

[@Mimic_Gaming]

If we got a SLENDERMAN movie, then one of these streaming services can put out a damn SCP found footage show

[@lamentthefox1266]

Thank you for reminding me this show. I watched this as kid on YT and was traumatized by it, thinking that it was all real. The "Poltergeist" episode and "Wendigo" traumatized me the most, making me being terrified of letting the doors open in the dark (the thought of them shutting out of sudden by some paranormal entity was really scary) to this day. But I think I'm gonna rewatch this, since I've never seen the "Yeti" and "Kraken" episodes, because I didn't know they exist on the first place.

[@JoeGrizz1y]

This show hit right in the sweet spot. Having its run during the period of the internet digesting horror and myth content. Me and my younger brother found this after it was canceled. Animal planet would rerun the handful of episodes they have. People would reupload them via KZbin. Yes, I went through a phase of being invested in things like Mothman, Jersey Devil, and the many others. This show does have some very creepy moments and episodes that are decently solid. It might not age completely well. It’s a sort of a childhood fascination though.

[@Spoogli]

Real

[@dHybrid_351]

The beast of Monterey Bay has always been my most personal favorite. It scared the shit out of me, and it got my imagination running wild about the dark secrets of the ocean...

[@blake6248]

i remember the vampire one really got to me and till i was like 16 i was scared of sleeping with my closet open and made me irrationally terrified of the attic entrance right next to the door of my bedroom

[@JNieto2511]

Nothing ever made me jump more than the end of the Strigoi episode 😂

[@dubuyajay9964]

"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!! RUUUUNNNN!!!!!!!" 😭

[@AbrasiousProductions]

it's amazing to know that I wasn't the only one this show scared the shit out of when I was young, I still vividly remember the first time I ever watched the show

[@Broogli]

real

[@oofedz8466]

real

[@Zeron108]

Get real

[@macmick3165]

The Vampire and Alien episodes genuinely traumatized me for years.

[@nicholasconway7975]

I liked Lost Tapes, it was fun to watch. I was in my early 20’s. My favorites were the Bigfoot and the Enigma Corporation Episodes. I liked the Bigfoot protecting the Forest Ranger from the Poacher and the scarier episodes of the Enigma Coporation, the Zombie and Strigoi/Vampire. The appeal to me of all three of the Enigma episodes is the presence of recurring characters. I own the DVDs and sometimes watch my favorites for fun!

[@texaswerewolf]

I loved this show growing up. It sparked a lot of ideas for filmmaking and just seeing what could be done on a shoestring budget. Animal x was another show that did the same. I wish we could get shows like this again.

[@Morte_n]

I think the best episode is the "Owl Man" episode (called Death Raptor here) because the kid actor is really solid for such a show! Another scary one is of course both Vampire ones, since they are so human as cryptids and activly hunting humans and not waiting for them to come to wherever they are. Overlooked are also the Wendigo episode because it just felt so real too. But the one giving me nightmares when I was young, was the Lizard People episode and the last of the whole series. I just started going to bars/clubs/discos and yeah, that hit hard and close to home! It is a trashy ride but like some comfort food you know it isn't good but still, it is a good time! If I need to say the top 3 episodes that are a must watch: Death Raptor season 1, Vampire Season 2 and Reptilian Season 3. The worst 3, which you could skip: Monster of Monterey Season 1, Devil Dragon Season 1 and Thunderbird Season 1.

[@iillusion2517]

This show was incredible for its time and honestly wish it didn’t end as early as it did. There’s such a charm to the acting that when I was younger. This show was so real to me

[@redwings0142]

I remember 7-8 year old me staying up till 2am to watch this series. Good times😂

[@jamiemonroy1335]

I loved watching this show even when I was young. The centipede one was entertaining and it was got me into horror or the unknown

[@TheWeekndFan-tv8ce]

Damn Spoogli has been blowing up lately nice work dude!

[@Spoogli]

Heck yeah bro

[@SpartanRamen]

Vampire, Wendigo, Beast of Bray Road, Poltergeist, Alien, Jersey Devil, I still remember every single one detail for detail and damn it hits hard.

[@DerekCFPegritz]

I am a _huge_ found-footage fan as well...and yet SOMEHOW I'd _never_ heard of this series before today! Now I need to track it down.

[@shaylaw.7273]

This show was so unique and interesting back then… One of my favs!

[@richardmiller622]

They really need to bring this show back. There's lots more cryptids to write about. Travel channel would be a good network to take Lost Tapes season 4 to.

[@middleman5484]

Imagine an analog take on this series. With Enigma Corps being the main protagonists

[@Zeron108]

I know this is late if I was good editing I would make that a reality

[@middleman5484]

@@Zeron108 yeah because you hypothetically make analog horror out of this

[@Zeron108]

If I get good at editing I would

[@zamiaski]

4:44 When you said it was kinda like a guessing game. It reminded me of that show “FACT OR FICTION” when they show you different stories about something scary and at the end they would tell you which ones were REAL OR NOT!!

[@dazedfaze3801]

Everyone in my elementary school was talking about it and I’d run at hearing the sound of the show going on. I was scared of it but the sound of the beginning of show is what stuck with me and left me traumatized.

[@vincentveryvile5051]

Hot take, the zombie episode was one of my least favorites. I thought that when they started making episodes that revolved around more non animal related monsters, they were running out of ideas. And I cannot forget how they put a pump shotgun sound effect on an SMG. Like, it's an Sub MachineGun, and that girl was shooting at the zombie like it was a shotgun.

[@vacationjuice1934]

I remember first watching this series at a sleepover when I was 13-14. The wendigo episode horrified my friends, and I to the point where we didn't go to sleep until we saw that the sun was fully up. Good times.

[@SousChefSanji]

The alien episode terrified me, made me scared of hospitals too lol. The Bigfoot episode was pretty spooky, I do miss this era of television, it was entertaining nonetheless.

[@louipoui]

1:51 you forgot the McPherson tape

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

Ah yes, this show. I remember being traumatized by the vampire episode. I honestly wish they continued the show, always wondered how creepy a Goatman or Michigan Dogman episode would've been

[@ResidentEvilWiz]

The alien episode scared me and had me convinced the alien was out there

[@JataviousWilliamson]

Yup Me too 😱

[@enthiegavoir5955]

This show feels unintentionally great in some ways. It's incredibly cheesy but it's still really fun. I watched some of the episodes on youtube as a teen, and I was hooked. It might not be technically a great show, but because of that it's kinda perfect for younger people to be able to dip their toes into horror.

[@ya7000]

I remember watching this as a kid and was petrified during the Jersey devil episode it literally traumatized me😭

[@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165]

"Lost Tapes" is like creepypasta. If you need great storytelling, pacing, and visual effects to guide you through a story, then it's probably not for you. But if you have the type of imagination that can fill in plot holes (because you know this is fiction going in), then you don't need the medium to tell the story for you, then Lost Tapes is far more than serviceable. I watched these when the dropped back in the day. It was such fun cheese.

[@JakeTheBeastDelta]

When I was a kid, the Zombie episode was so scary that it was one of the only ones that I couldn't finish it at the time

[@DannyBaked]

Love that this show has been getting so much attention lately

[@anubisshadowreaper8808]

The vampire episode terrified me as a kid i couldn't sleep for a few days

[@stevencisneros9306]

The vampire episode, Oklahoma octopus episode, death raptor episode, & a few had traumatized me a lot back then, but my older sister really enjoyed it a lot…so yeah things were different in my kid years!! 😄😊🤘

[@12345678927164]

I had completely blocked out that this show existed. I did watch it.

[@thewafflepan4538]

I didn't know there were people who didn't know lost tapes.

[@RavenHouseMystery]

Thanks for the recap on Lost Tapes. I'll definitely give it a watch now.

[@jessenunez7205]

The vampire and Jersey Devil one scared the shit out of me as a kid! The poltergeist episode made me not watch Lost Tapes again till I was 18 and randomly remembered this show existed

[@usmcdevildog3497]

Love this series, along with Destination Truth, Monsters, Paranormal Witness and Mysteries in America, i still get goosebumps from the recreations

[@Sharauni]

The very first episode I ever saw was the Oklahoma Octopus. I had already been really into cryptids so when I saw it while flipping through channels I had to watch it. Loved every hokey second of it! And of course had to watch the rest of the episodes. I honestly preferred the first season, when it was just a monster of the week kind of show, not the storyline driven stuff though that was fun too in its own right! I really wish there was more, but I do go back and watch episodes now and then to this day.

[@Bailey-the-Domain-Keeper]

The Dover demon one fucked me up most

[@usmcdevildog3497]

Especially the night vision scare as it's behind the dude

[@Bailey-the-Domain-Keeper]

Ikr! And the fact that it was just picking them off one at a time???? And the implication of the traps it had and oh goodness

[@rodan9773]

Nice Hat He's a Fancy a Fancy Man lol. I love The Blair Witch Project and The In Universe Documentary on The DVD. Respect and keep up the epic work.

[@fulcrum6760]

The Owl Man episode traumatized me as a kid. The Secret Saturday’s Owl Man episode didn’t help either.

[@conkle7955]

I LOVED watching Lost Tapes when I was young. I knew it was scary, but I just can't stop watching them, I wanted more. Eventually my fear, turned to intrigue and fascination the more episodes I watched. The Strigoi episode was by far the scariest episode to me.

[@fisheyenomiko]

Fuck yeah, "Lost Tapes"! That vampire episode *terrified* me... Jesus. I also really liked the "Jersey Devil" episode.

[@ljf29NH]

Loved Lost Tapes and I was in my 40's at the time. For my generation, our Lost Tapes was Kolchak. Nothing like it at the time and my brother and I ate it up.

[@ricardomartinez8430]

The first lost tape’s episode I saw was the giant lizard that was like a Komodo dragon and really liked the show the only creepy episode was the centipede but I kinda wished we had a full view of the creature

[@Luukevr]

I love this content your the only horror youtuber that acually makes scary vid you earned a sub

[@BRatindustrys]

I remember when I was a kid, I tried to watch episodes online and I guess I found a pirate site. It redirected me to an FBI warning, and I got scared and instantly shut it off. I thought I was now a target. Then we got a letter in the mail a few weeks later about it and my paranoia went through the roof.

[@elsakristina2689]

I used to watch this show all the time as a kid. I was the kind of kid who wasn’t easily scared and not even by this, but I did think it was real at the time. I miss Animal Planet’s mockumentary days, lol.

[@whookidd1979]

Lost tapes is geat. This channel, 4nomoly, they make some weird anolog type cryptid and horror stories. Mostly short 10+15 minutes and a few are in seasons. But y'all might really like his shows here on yt. I love found footage and anolog stuff about cryptids and urban legends.aybe y'all will like it. Idk.

[@Mullet.Shampoo]

Their rendition of the skinwalker lives in my head rent-free. scared the hell out of me

[@rita6355]

The chupacabra episode freaked me out because I have family in Mexico, so I always wanted to see the chupacabra

[@baronvg]

I watched this on Netflix around 2010 and I found the episodes entertaining as hell. Even though it was so obviously not real, it still sometimes scared me.

[@Craigers22763]

Enigma always reminded me of the Umbrella Corporation in Resident Evil.

[@itzRigo]

The chupacabra and the southern Bigfoot scared the shit outta me 😂

[@consuelolopez7032]

Wendigo and the centipede ones had me traumatized that I couldn’t sleep for weeks 🥲🥲

[@ghostcreeper243]

The fucking poltergeist episode still scared me to this day…

[@greatgodzooky7363]

I loved Lost Tapes when I was a kid! I remember watching the first episode with my granddad. Without this show I wouldn't have gotten as interested in cryptids as I am today.

[@ojmcclanahan689]

Loved this show! My favorite episode is the Wendigo episode. The Hellhound episode is great too even though I don't really consider hellhounds to be cryptids. It's really well done though, and the actress in that episode, Najarra Townsend is a treasure.

[@JokerVoorhees13]

I wish I could own all the seasons on DVD. I own season 3 but I want to get my hands on seasons 1 and 2

[@6atan]

Sum streaming service had it and I rewatched every episode. Nostalgia hit x1000

[@bethanythedford9226]

The ones that stick with me are death worm, devil monkey, windigo, yeti, and cave demons, they made me scared of sand, being attacked and eaten, camping in the woods, corrosive acid, small spaces and primates

[@kayaarcos461]

Ey man, been binging a couple of your vids and I gotta say that you have a FANTASTIC format!!! Really fam I loved your vids from the first listen and I really hope ya keep up the amazing work!!! I really enjoy having you in my ear during my activities! Ya make me Think and I appreciate that fam! Keep on keepin on!! 🩵🩵🩵

[@anthonywandowicz8084]

This kid hadn't been an accidental climax watered to full term when Blair witch came out since he clearly has no memory of how massive that movie was during its premiere. It was the first of its kind. People thought those kids were actually gone

[@kaykelt]

Hey man, loving the cowboy hat

[@featherfire022]

I wish this show continued, there are tons of cryptids they could have done like Nessie,the Arica Monster,Burrunjor.

[@Polaris_616]

Yeti scared me SO MUCH as a kid ugh I love lost tapes so much

[@djangosouthwest6043]

Animal planet was bad ass back then like Steve Irwin and the most extreme, the lost tapes where good at first but yeah same thing over and over again it's funny how im glad to hear about them again lol it's been a good while since I seen it again i will

[@modernmusic52]

I was a weird kid (and still do this as an adult) and LOVE horror and be fascinated with creepy stuff. But i end up traumatizing myself but still keep going back to said media. Like this and mr meaty and salad fingers. It scared the crap outta me but i was like 👀 fixated

[@dr_dacosta7870]

McPherson tapes was released well before Blair with and was considered the first U.S. made found footage film

[@dubuyajay9964]

01:51. What about "The Last Broadcast?"

[@PopPunkNerd]

The zombie episode was literally ripped straight out of the first resident evil game 😂

[@albertohernandez8721]

I used to love this show when I was young!

[@GandziaxBG]

He: „Found Footage that traumatized a generation, Animal Planet Lost tapes”. Me: There’s Another…. Including some cup and jar.

[@NoodleBoi-jf9ng]

I remember seeing this show when I was like 6 or 7 and have been trying to find this for over 10 years

[@theultimateawesome5516]

I loved this show as a kid, it sucks that at the time it wasn’t seen as a “good” show I remember it being view’s negatively any shows similar to this

[@jasmineh706]

I used to love watching this show, which is odd cause I still don’t enjoy horror to this day. But I could ONLY watch it in the morning cause then I’d feel scared watching it at night 😆

[@scotsmith2391]

I agree that found footage has better scare tactics. I remember watching Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane and ....they kept showing us everything about the Headless Horseman so he just lost all scare value...

[@anniearmiger4274]

This gives me major Scariest Places on Earth vibes.