Carmen Winstead Story, The story of Carmen Winstead has been passed down in a variety of ways for decades. It’s a typical ghost story about a girl who’s murdered by bullies and then her ghost gets revenge by killing them one by one. It’s a classic tale to tell while sitting around a campfire and spooking your friends. In 2006 this tale spread through the website MySpace, and was passed for the same reasons it was told in the woods.
People love telling stories, they love scaring each other, and they love being scared. This tale began spreading around MySpace with a small hook at the end – if you don’t send this message to all of your friends, then the ghost of Carmen will come after you that night. How much easier is it to just send the message on and go to sleep with a clear conscience?
The story spread like wildfire, as it gave people a reason to send it to their friends – something that they are usually reluctant to do. Once you’ve cracked the case on that, you’ve developed a real life viral campaign, and that’s exactly what this was.