Jeff The Killer was created in 2006 by then 15-year-old Sesseur.
Sesseur said he created Jeff because he was bored and wanted to start a meme... Chain letter.
But of course. Never heard those excuses before...
In 2008, a short video story, also by Sesseur, was on Youtube.
This is the original Jeff story in its original video form.
The sickening fangirls love it of course, but even some of the more level-headed pasta fans say Jeff The Killer sucks.
Sesseur's original story was about stupidity and clumsiness. Jeff tried to clean the tub with acid, tripped and fell, getting the acid on his face.
There is little resemblance to the more well known ramble about a boy who was driven insane by bullies, but Sesseur's longer version has Jeff turning murderous because of being shunned and judged as a potential murderer because of his disfigurement. Sesseur's Jeff did not carve a smile into his face and burn his eyelids off as the Jeff in the 2011 story did.
Many (it seems to be the vast majority), fans assume Jeff killed Liu, though the 2011 story only ended just as he was about to, not that he actually completed the act.
It turns out not only did Sesseur's Jeff not kill Liu, he never even attempted it.
Liu hides the bodies as well as helps Jeff elude the police. He doesn't do the actual killing, but he helps his murderous brother out because of their strong brotherly bond.
Contrary to popular belief/opinion among fans, Jeff's last name is not Woods, either, it is Hotek.
The picture of the Jeff face has undergone all sorts of photoshop and versions, and fan-art.
There is a disgusting, widely believed hoax started by, what else, 4chan, of course, about Jeff's image. The hoax claimed the picture was not of a mask or even a man, but a girl named Katy Robinson, who hung around the 4chan boards, where they bullied her into suicide for being overweight.
It's typical 4chan crap. Designed to be upsetting... and a load of hooey.
There was never any Katy robinson. No record of her life, no reports of her suicide.
Jeff's face is a man-made mask.
The fandom is in such denial over this that Sesseur's account on Youtube was deleted because of repeated flagging, not for him having done anything wrong on Youtube, but because Jeff fandom didn't want to believe he was the originator of Jeff the Killer, nor did they like the story. They preferred the horrible bullies/insanity story from 2011. So they kept flagging him until Youtube had him deleted.
But Sesseur is, or was, into stuff on that garbage site Encyclopedia Dramatica, which is basically a 4chan wiki... They were behind a tasteless lulz at the expense of a girl who was bullied into suicide, when they created the Meganhaditcoming blog. ED also encourages trolling, spamming, and when they ban people, they call it an arse-rape.
Here is a video with a Sesseur Q&A.
And the following text from ukhorrorscene.com is an interview with Sesseur.
So let's put the Katy Robinson hoax to rest, once and for all.
Dark Web: An Essential Guide To Creepypasta â Part 25: Jeff The Killer Revisited
By Andy Deen | September 6, 2016 | Interviews
DARK WEB: AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CREEPYPASTA
PART 25: JEFF THE KILLER REVISITED â AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KILLERJEFF/SESSEUR A.K.A. JEFF CASE
creepypasta Long term readers of this series of features on the darker side of Internet fiction may remember that the very first feature I wrote was on the dark posterboy of Creepypasta, Jeff the Killer. Based on a decidedly disturbing image of âJeffâsâ nightmarish face, Jeff is one of the oldest and most popular creations among the CP community. However, as big an icon as Jeff has become, his origin has been shrouded in mystery and more than its fair share of controversy. As I wrote before, Jeffâs earliest appearances seem to be as an image posted to the website, newgrounds.com, in August 2008.
The post claims that Jeff is actually summoned through a âBloody Maryâ-style game. Those who wish to call Jeff must switch off the lights, then sit cross-legged in a closet and, while turning their head back and forth, repeat the following saying three times: âHeâs in here with me.â Upon doing this, the player is instructed to close their eyes and call out to Jeff. He is then said to appear, his face mere inches from the summonerâs and begin to scream at them. The only way to dismiss Jeff is to compliment him â failure to do so will result in something KillerJeff ominously refers to as âa nightmarish field tripâ.
Pretty soon a number of âbackstoriesâ for the picture sprang up, one of the very first of which was in a comment that accompanied the picture on newgrounds in which, when questioned about why Jeff looks the way he does, KillerJeff replied: âI was holding a container full of acid when I slipped on my soapy floor and it spilled all over my face, luckly someone heard my cry for help and took me to a Hospital, the doctors fixed my face up and vola, Iâm sexy!â It was this origin which formed the basis of a video uploaded to YouTube by user Sesseur on 3rd October 2008. Sadly, Sesseurâs YouTube account has since closed, but the video used the popular Jeff the Killer image as well as another, rougher looking draft of the picture along with text accompanied by The Posieâs track, I Guess Youâre Right. Once again, the story told of an accident involving a slippery bathroom floor, a bucketful of acid, devastating facial injuries and a subsequent psychological breakdown that lead to Jeff becoming a serial killer. In 2011 another origin story for Jeff was written, one in which his facial injuries were caused by a gang of bullies, a story which has since become the most popular backstory for Jeff.
Yet as popular as this version of events became, the originator of the Jeff the Killer legend seems to have been forgotten. Sesseur has since disappeared from YouTube, but there is a DeviantArt account in that name. Of course, a shared name on the internet means nothing (Iâve seen Catfish, I know the web is full of phonies and fakers) so when I managed to make contact with this Sesseur I remained cautious.
However, KillerJeff still seems to be the oldest source for Jeff the Killer and is notoriously difficult to contact⌠until now.
After months of looking (and plenty of dead ends) I managed to contact KillerJeff directly who confirmed that he and Sesseur are indeed one and the same. Whatâs more, he confirmed that the DeviantArt account also belongs to him. It seems that both Sesseurs, plus KillerJeff are one and the same individual â one Jeff Case, a 22-year-old man from the east United States.
Needless to say, I was pretty excited by this breakthrough, and even more delighted when he agreed to answer my questions about the creation of one of the internetâs most infamous monsters for the readers of UK Horror Scene.
What follows below is an interview with the original creator of Jeff the Killer.
UK HORROR SCENE: The most obvious first â In your own words, tell us a little about Jeff the Killer?
SESSEUR A.K.A. JEFF CASE: Heâs a tortured soul, once living a normal life, until a accident turned him into a disfigured freak that society shunned due to his freakish appearance, so he decided to become what they seen him as and tried his best to murder as many people as he deemed wicked.
He and his brother both hide out in a regular suburban New Jersey home with a very dark story behind it. Jeffâs brother Liu makes sure Jeff is hidden (he even managed to convince people that he died in surgery), hiding bodies that Jeff returned to the house hold, alluding police so no one would be suspicious of the Hodek household. Liu doesnât murder people, he doesnât want Jeff to be a killer but their bond is very strong so they both end up being crime brother. Jeff does the killing, Liu does the providing.
UKHS: What served as your inspiration for the character?
S(JC): Just sheer boredom, I was 15 years old, and I wanted to make something that would be a meme, I decided to make a short story and the picture I had since late 2006 was a perfect visualization of the main monster for Jeff the killer. In 2008 I made a simple 5 minute video of Jeffâs backstory. I never expanded the story there, because it was meant to be a short urban legend, until 2011 where someone took the story and popularized Jeff, however, vastly changing him from my vision of Jeff.
UKHS: Which idea came to you first, the image or the story?
S(JC): The image was made first, then 2 years later a story was made for it.
UKHS: Speaking of the story, there seems to be another very well-known origin story out there, which describes Jeffâs battle with bullies and subsequent disfigurement in a fire. What are your thoughts on this âalternativeâ take on your character?
S(JC): It helped bring Jeff to fame, but it ultimately turned Jeff into what he wasnât at all.
UKHS: Are you a fan of Creepypasta? If so, what is your favourite Creepypasta by a creator other than yourself?
S(JC): Back before the teeny boppers made creepypasta wiki to get their pasta fix, there was only a few good pastas on Encyclopedia Dramatica, the real scary stuff, none of that fan stories youâd find all over the pasta wiki. I wasnât really a fan of one specific one, but I really enjoyed the urban legend ones, none of the narrative stories that Jeff was turned into, but a story that was told by someone else, in a way that would really make you wonder if it was true or not. Those are the gold stories.
UKHS: Which writers, horror or otherwise, do you consider yourself a fan of?
S(JC): To be honest, Iâve got no horror writer of any that I look up to or can say Iâm that big over. I know about Steven King, but I only know him for the movies that are based off his work. I know of H.P Lovecraft only by name and some characters. I am very fond of David Lynchâs style of horror, very surreal, nightmare-like, subtle. Jeff is not David Lynch inspired, if any horror writer/director was to be compared, it would maybe be Wes Craven, since Jeff will be slasher horror once I get to working on a full Jeff story.
UKHS: What work of your own are you most proud of?
S(JC): The ones that were deleted along with my youtube channel, due to people who didnât agree with me creating Jeff and made it their goal to hide the fact that Iâm the creator, so I have my pictures to be proud of, and the saved stories that will be within the Jeff-verse (non-official name) based on my percocet-laced dreams. Iâm really eager to get my fictional universe out there to whoever is interested in the mythos that goes beyond Jeff himself, but other characters and events. Itâs a really exciting thing for me and I hope that it all comes into full fruition â maybe then Jeff wonât be the only thing people ask from me.
UKHS: I did notice that your YouTube channel had been deleted. What happened there? Is there anywhere else I can send your fans to watch the origin story?
S(JC): People who think Iâm a phoney is what happened. Many people tend to disagree with my version of Jeff and all they do is flag their problem away. Sadly there is no other video that I possess, someone might have a copy video somewhere, I do hold on to hope that I get my account back soon.
UKHS: The fans are very passionate about the character. Are there any examples of fan art, such as images, films or readings, in particular that have impressed you?
S(JC): The ones that donât display him in sexual situations relieve me, and there are the ones that really have a different and cool spin on him â some are impressive that really make me think: âAw shit, I want to do that with him too!â
UKHS: By the same token, are there any unauthorised attempts to cash in on the popularity of your character that have upset you?
S(JC): Many, but Iâve taken it all in my stride, as my production company (whoâre going to help make Jeff more than just a story online) take care of the people who unfairly take the credit and money without any compensation for me. I welcome all the fan works, but when it comes to the monopoly of my creation they should understand how wrong it is to take what I made for themselves. I even get people telling me that on messages that itâs going to be for profit, no joke.
UKHS: Arguably the most popular spin-off is Jane the Killer. What are your thoughts on that character/story?
S(JC): In all honesty, I donât read any of those fan stories that tend to go against what Jeff is about, so my opinion is pretty much neutral.
UKHS: The Jeff the Killer image is one of the most recognisable in all of Creepypasta. Where did it come from? Did you create the image yourself, and if so, what acted as the base model for your pic? Iâve heard rumours that it could be based on animals or even the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme.
S(JC): When it comes to the Overly Attached girlfriend, it wouldnât make sense due to the fact that Jeff was around in 2006, and OAG was around like 2010-2012, something like that, so that speculation is rendered null.
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UKHS: There has also been some controversy over Jeff the Killer caused by web users who claim the image is of a young lady named Katy Robinson who committed suicide after being bullied by trolls on 4chan. Would you care to address this?
S(JC): Oh yes, those rumors, I know all too well. The Katy Robinson one has become a little in-joke at this point, people speculate that it was a photoshopped version of her, because a person on 4chan said so, and they took the bait because 4chan is known to be creditable. I really wish that one day these rumors of Katy and Jeff would die, but people are people so I expect this to last until 2027 if Jeff is still relevant.
Jeff is a latex mask, that was worn. Three pictures were taken, two made it online. Iâm not sure about the 3rd, I think it was sideways in the bathroom instead of the closet. One picture is unedited where the eyes are red around and the mouth is open, the edited one is where the eyes are blackened, and the mouth is smudged a little with Photoshop to make a smile.
The clothes worn during the two pictures were a white T-shirt and blue jeans. Thatâs the real Jeff a creepy mask.
UKHS: Do you still have the mask or any other pictures of it? Can you remember where you bought it? Iâm sure readers would love the chance to own the same mask that inspired Jeff.
S(JC): The mask was purely man-made from latex and I think a little other material to have it cover the whole head, plus a wig ensemble. The pictures taken were long gone, and the mask was put in the closet after use so itâs definitely long gone. If I had that mask with me, thereâs no telling how valuable it would be. But I do know that with every success there is merchandise, so Iâm sure fans will be getting professionally made masks of Jeff instead of that crudely put together one that was the original.
UKHS: What else can your fans look forward to from you (and Jeff) in the days ahead?
S(JC): Aside from Jeff, I got a truck load of stories that Iâve been saving until the right time. New Characters, even ones that I will be in the process of purchasing from creators that donât want nothing to do with them, a really rich world that I hope everyone will enjoy!
UKHS: Is there any link youâd like me to send my readers to so they can discover some more of your creations? Or any in particular that youâd like to share?
S(JC): Deviant art (http://sesseur.deviantart.com) is a good place to get the idea, soon Iâll be adding more pictures and story, so stay tuned!
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