Local 58

This article is about the web horror series on YouTube. For the radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, see WCLV.
Local 58
Genre
Created byKris Straub
Written byKris Straub
Directed byKris Straub
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12
Production
AnimatorKris Straub
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseOctober 26, 2015 (2015-10-26) –
present
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Local 58 is a horror web series created by cartoonist Kris Straub. The series is a spin-off of Straub's Candle Cove creepypasta.[1][2] Currently hosted on the YouTube channel LOCAL58TV, each video in the series is presented as footage of a fictional public access television channel located in Mason County, West Virginia named Local 58, with the call sign WCLV-TV, created in the late 1930s, which is continuously hijacked over a period of decades with a series of ominous and surreal broadcasts.

The series makes use of video and audio degradation to add to the realism and unsettling nature of each video.[citation needed] The series describes itself as "analog horror",[3][4][5] a term that has since been used as a name for a niche subgenre of similar VHS-themed found footage web series that were either inspired by Local 58 or use a similar style and techniques to the series.[6][7] The series has since gained a cult following.[1]

A website called local58.tv was created in September 2021 as an extension of the main storyline. The website features a "LookBack Web Archive" similar to the web archive service Wayback Machine, and features numerous Easter eggs and plot points for an associated alternate reality game that offers further detail on Local 58's continuity.

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  2. ^ "r/local58 - Comment by u/krisstraub on "Did they ever air Candle Cove on Local 58?"" Archived 2021-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. Reddit. Retrieved 2020-06-11
  3. ^ ＬＯＣＡＬ５８ＴＶ - STATION ID, archived from the original on 2021-04-22, retrieved 2021-04-21
  4. ^ "LOCAL58TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ^ "ＬＯＣＡＬ58 ＴＶ is creating analog horror". Patreon. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  6. ^ "Analog Horror". TV Tropes. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ What is Analog Horror?, archived from the original on 2021-04-20, retrieved 2021-04-21