A Brief History of Shock Sites

Many liken the early days of the internet to the wild west. Websites full of shocking and graphic content were once rampant, but aren't so common these days. Where did they go? And why did they exist in the first place? Intro: 00:00-01:34 Rotten.com: 01:35-06:51 Ogrish/LiveLeak: 06:52-10:52 BestGore: 10:53-14:12 Run the Gauntlet: 14:13-16:06 2000s Era Shock Videos: 16:05-19:03 The "Why?" of Shock Sites: 19:04-25:07 Works cited: Inside The World Of Gore: Why Gruesome Videos Draw A Crowd by Jake Millar - https://www.gq.com.au/success/opinions/inside-the-world-of-gore-why-gruesome-videos-draw-a-crowd/news-story/b995b81af16713e679a2f74ba8522694 P****graphies of Violence: Internet Spectatorship on Body Horror by Sue Tait - https://web.archive.org/web/20210509164058/https://people.southwestern.edu/~bednarb/capstone/capstone_materials/payton_reading.pdf My "Whatever Happened to Profile Customization?" video: https://youtu.be/peYYxM_pamQ?si=-yo_K2W3cQJRUdqk HannahTheHorrible's "Run the Gauntlet: The Morbid Internet Challenge" video: https://youtu.be/3RyvhjZw85E?si=65guyxNByznJL3as Shirt design by https://vein404.tumblr.com/ My social links: https://randymoon.carrd.co/ Songs used: In This Darkness - Shortcore dumb and bass - LOLtotheMAX Loneliness Is My Best Friend - salad It won't come back. - MAB-502 My Love to You - llwll running on empty - starlit Torment - llwll Genesis Explorer - Heatace