John's Journal (2013 creepypasta)

John's Journal is a 2013 creepypasta written by JohnSparrowcrust.
==History==
===Origins===
The story's original post date has been lost to time. An edit on JohnSparrowcrust's talk pageUser_talk:JohnSparrowcrust - Creepypasta Wiki - Retrieved 10 March 2024 by a moderator shows JohnSparrowcrust had been blocked from editing for not having listed a story in the site's index.Revision as of 07:41, 20 April 2013 by Sloshedtrain - User_talk:JohnSparrowcrust - Creepypasta Wiki - Retrieved 10 March 2024 JohnSparrowcrust then made a reply on the moderator's page, stating that the story was already in the index.Revision as of 12:49, 20 April 2013 by JohnSparrowcrust - User_talk:Sloshedtrain - Creepypasta Wiki - Retrieved 10 March 2024 Another edit on the author's own talk page states an image was added to the Creepypasta Wiki titled "Diarycover.jpg" on 22 April 2013,Revision as of 22:42, 22 April 2013 by Mr.Zalgopasta - User_talk:JohnSparrowcrust - Creepypasta Wiki - Retrieved 10 March 2024 A video uploaded to the YouTube channel "John Sparrowcrust" and linked in the article was uploaded on 19 April 2013.DONNA.mpg - John Sparrowcrust - 19 April 2013 - YouTube - Retrieved 10 March 2024 All of these allow a rough guess to be made as to the date of the story's posting. 
Regardless, the story was archived by the Internet Archive on 24 May 2013.John's Journal - Creepypasta Wiki - Retrieved 10 March 2024 - Archived 24 May 2013 The story was subsequently deleted from the wiki on 7 November 2013.History: John's Journal - Creepypasta Wiki - Retrieved 10 March 2024
===Spread===
After its deletion, the story was reuploaded by JohnSparrowcrust to the Trollpasta Wiki on 25 July 2014.John's Journal: Revision history - Trollpasta.com - Retrieved 10 March 2024 The version added to the Trollpasta Wiki lacks the original images included with the story, making the original story partially lost media.
==Notes==
===Reception===
*Jacob Sherwood of "Bad Creepypasta" cited the story as the fourth worst of the five worst creepypastas he had ever read in 2013.Top 5 Best & Worst Creepypastas - MichaelLeroi - 20 June 2013 - YouTube - Retrieved 10 March 2024
==Links==
*John's Journal on Trollpasta.com
==References==
Category:Fiction
Category:Real short stories
Category:Real short stories released in 2013
Category:Creepypasta related
Category:Real lost media