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Virtual Nightmare

Between Internet Horror, the Dark Web & the Abyss of Social Media

by Kyo·June 15, 2026

19,99 €

Can also be ordered from any bookstore in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – online and in store. Published in German.

Book cover: Virtual Nightmare
What it's about

About the book

One click takes 0.169 seconds. The nightmare lasts forever.

You're scrolling through social media, images and text flickering across your screen. Everything seems harmless and entertaining. Nothing bad could happen to you. Or so you think.

But while you're stretched out comfortably on the couch, watching one video after another, you're not alone.

Something is there. You can't see it – but it's watching you.

It reads your comments, tracks how long you linger on each post, and learns exactly what triggers you.

It knows you. Better than you know yourself. And it knows precisely how to exploit your weaknesses.

What sounds like a horror movie is reality. And no one is safe – not children, not adults.

Kyo is a content creator and the creative mind behind some of the most successful horror formats on YouTube. With true crime, internet mysteries, and self-experiments, he has amassed nearly 1 million followers, making him one of the biggest YouTubers in his genre.

He knows from personal experience: disturbing content doesn't lurk only on the dark web. He was just 12 years old when a single wrong click led him to a page that would leave a permanent mark on him. Today, his channel "kyo can't sleep" exposes the darkest corners of the internet.

Because it only takes one click to get sucked into the vortex of social media's darkest depths:

  • Groomers who disguise themselves as peers, building trust while no one intervenes.
  • Viral challenges that push people into dangerous behavior.
  • Hate campaigns that start in comment sections and end up destroying lives.
  • Algorithms that deliberately amplify fear and outrage.
  • Fake identities that simulate friendship in order to gain control.
  • Artificial intelligence that clones voices, forges faces, and distorts our perception of reality.
  • Violence and manipulation shared millions of times over.

Virtual Nightmare draws on the most disturbing cases of recent years to show how a single digital encounter can spiral into a real-life nightmare – one that pushes people to their physical and psychological limits.

Yes, this book wants to scare you. But only to warn you.

Because you can protect yourself and your family – if you recognize in time what is lurking for you in the virtual world.

The internet never sleeps. It's time for you to wake up.

Read this book before internet horror gets to decide the course of your life.

Language
German
Pages
264 pages
Size (in cm)
14.8 x 21 cm
ISBN
9783989359994

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