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Virtual Nightmare

Between Internet Horror, the Darknet & Social Media Abysses

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

A click takes 0.169 seconds. The nightmare lasts forever.

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

But while you're stretched out comfortably on the sofa, 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, notices how long you look, and learns exactly what triggers you.

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

What sounds like a horror movie is reality. And no one is safe from it – neither children nor 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's one of the biggest YouTubers in his genre, with nearly 1 million followers.

He knows from personal experience: disturbing content doesn't just lurk in the darknet. He was only 12 when a wrong click led him to a page that would shape him forever. Today, his channel "kyo can't sleep" exposes the dark side of the internet.

Because all it takes is one click to be pulled into the vortex of social media's darkest depths:

  • Groomers who pose as peers and build trust while no one intervenes.
  • Viral challenges that push people toward dangerous actions.
  • Hate campaigns that spring from comments and destroy lives.
  • Algorithms that deliberately amplify fear and anger.
  • Fake identities that fake friendship to gain control.
  • Artificial intelligence that clones voices, fakes faces, and distorts perception.
  • Violence and manipulation shared millions of times over.

Virtual Nightmare uses the most disturbing cases of recent years to show how a digital encounter can turn into a real-life nightmare, pushing 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's lurking for you in the virtual world.

The web never sleeps. Time to wake up.

Read this book before internet horror takes control of your life.

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

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