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Jeff the Killer

Creator

• Jeffrey Dale Case (Sesseur)

Joshua Jordan (GameFuelTv)

Published

• October 3, 2008 (Original)

August 28, 2011 (Remake)

Character information

Full Name

• Jeffrey C. Hodek (Sesseurverse)

Jeffrey Alan Woods (Creepypasta)

Aliases

Jeffrey C. Hodek 2008:

• killerjeff
• Jeff the Killer
• Jeff
• Jeff C. Hodek
• Jeff Case
• Jeff Hodek
• Killer Jeff
• ol' Jeffy
• He

Jeffrey Alan Woods 2011:JeffJeff the Killer (also stylized as "Jeff The Killer")Jeff WoodsJeffrey WoodsJeffery (common misspelling by fans)Jeffrey the Killer (in his eBook)Ominous Unknown Killer (stylized as OMINOUS UNKNOWN KILLER)Joker-Reject / Rip-off (by Jane)The Marked One

Occupation

Jeffrey C. Hodek 2008:

• Unemployed (formely)
• Serial Killer (retiree)

Jeffrey Alan Woods 2011:Middle School Student (formely)Serial Killer

Abilities

13 to 14 years old:

High-level intelligenceIntuitionUnpredictabilityKnifemanshipHand-to-hand combat prowessKilling instinctKilling intentEnhanced sensesEnhanced reflexesInhuman strengthInhuman speedInhuman durabilityInhuman healthInhuman recoveryInhuman staminaMasterful stealthEnormous pain toleranceAdrenal activationRage empowerment21 to 25 years old:Heightened awarenessGenius-level intelligenceCunningResourcesBrutalityUnpredictabilityRacing thoughtsExceptional charismaGreat liarTrash talkSleeplessnessSleep suppressionPsychological manipulation masteryMurder methodologyTorture methodologyIntimidation methodologySeduction methodologyHacking methodologyInfiltration methodologyTracking methodologyAmbush methodologyTrickery methodologyPoisoning methodologyHunting methodologyDisguise methodologySabotage methodologyAnatomical methodologySurgical methodologyMedica methodologyKilling intentKilling instinctIntuitive aptitudeSharp tethRetractable clawsKnifemanship (most notably)ScythemanshipAxemanshipSledgehammermanshipChainsawmanshipSwordmanshipWeaponmanshipGunmanshipMarkmanshipCraftsmanshipHandmanshipUnarmed combat masteryHand-to-hand combat prowessSuperhuman awarenessSuperhuman cognitionSuperhuman intelligenceSuperhuman memorySuperhuman imaginationSupernatural sensualitySupernatural adaptabilitySupernatural trackingSupernatural stealthSupernatural camouflageSupernatural evasionSupernatural accuracySupernatural precisionSuperhuman marksmanshipSuperhuman sensesSuperhuman reflexesSuperhuman perceptionExtrasensory perceptionTelepathic perceptionSuperhuman detectionDanger detectionSuperhuman instinctsSuperhuman intuitionSuperhuman intentSuperhuman strength (He can lift 454 kg.)Superhuman dexteritySuperhuman enduranceSuperhuman durabilitySuperhuman speed (He can run at 38 km/h.)Superhuman agilitySuperhuman mobilitySuperhuman flexibilitySuperhuman athleticism (theorized)Superhuman parkourSuperhuman runningSuperhuman swimming (He can swim at 10 km/h.)Superhuman immunitySuperhuman metabolismSuperhuman health (possibly)Superhuman recoveryInfinite staminaInfinite vigorInfinite pain toleranceAccelerated healing factorRegenerative healing factorLimb regenerationLimitless blood independenceVigorous heartAdrenal activationImmortalityExtended longevity (slowed aging)Jeffrey C. Hodek 2008:

• Hand-to-hand combat prowess
• Enhanced senses
• Accelerated healing factor
• Pain intolerance
• Peak-human strength
• Retractable claws
• Murder and torture methodology
• Hunting and tracking expertise
• Peak-human endurance
• Peak-human speed
• Peak-human evasion
• Peak-human stealth
• Master strategist and tactician
• Peak-human athleticism

Species

Human (who has been described as having superhuman, supernatural, or mythical qualities due to his immense resilience and evil nature, rather than being a distinct species)

Personality

Manipulator

Hyper-focusedDissociativeProblematicCharismaticDeceptiveTorturousMaliciousMalevolentDangerousCunningOppressiveCallousPsychopathicSociopathNightmarishTraitorousTrickyCreepyQuietEvilCarefulSilentHecticImpulsiveNeedyChatterboxCannibalisticDemonicStealthyTauntingHyperactiveEgocentricSuspiciousDominantInsecureSeductiveIntimidatingUnpredictableCold and calculatingIntelligentStrategistHunterPure EvilDarkAnti-empatheticApatheticPessimisticUpbeatDemonicCreativeCruelTwistedSexyExcitedLibertinePervertedCrazyRomanticAttractiveIdiotAudaciousRecklessStubbornVersatileCompetitivePossessiveObsessedPowerfulEnigmaticMysteriousLiarHonestMonstrousSadisticPsychoticNarcissistMurderousCharmingWrathfulVengefulFeralArrogantPatientAnimalisticHatefulPerfectionistCautiousCritic and AnalystTalentedCuriousMockingFunnyRuthlessSarcasticShort-temperedBrutalInsaneAnnoyingDangerousMercilessRelentlessNihilisticVilleMisanthropic

Hobbies

Jeffrey C. Hodek 2008:

• Murdering and torturing people
• Hanging out with his brother
• Doing whatever he wants
• Doing drugs
• Disrespecting authority
• Causing general chaos and *destruction
• Trash-talking

Jeffrey Alan Woods 2011:Murdering people to satisfy his bloodlustMurdering countless people.Stalking his next victims.Kill people

Goals

Jeffrey C. Hodek 2008:

• Live a Semi-Normal Life with his Brother (general goal)
• Commit mass amounts of murder across the country (ongoing, mostly succeeded)

Jeffrey Alan Woods 2011:End as many lives as possible (ongoing; succeeded thus far)Jeff The Kill Randy, Troy and Keith for what they have done to him (succeeded for Randy, presumably succeeded for Troy and Keith as well)Kill his family (succeeded; although Liu's status are unknown)Kill the young boy.Kill the young boy's father (both failed)Run away from the cops (succeeded)

Danger Level

9,5

“	GO. TO. SLEEP.	„
~ Jeff the Killer's infamous catchphrase. noicon

“	I couldn't see my face. I got tired and my eyes started to close. I burned out the eyelids so I could forever see myself; my new face. What's wrong mommy? Aren't I beautiful?	„
~ Jeff to his mother.

Jeffrey Alan Woods (known in the original story as Jeffrey C. Hodek), and later known as Jeff the Killer, is the titular main protagonist of the Creepypasta short story of the same name.

He is a teenage boy who is troubled by a "weird feeling", later revealed to be bloodlust. Jeff endures a horrific incident where one of his bullies sets his face on fire. As a result, his face becomes deformed, but rather than being distraught, he develops a strange fondness for his new face. His insatiable homicidal desires and endured physical trauma drive him to madness, leading him down a dark path as an enigmatic serial killer.

Jeff the Killer, born Jeffrey Woods, is the titular main protagonist turned to the main antagonist of the 2011 (and 2015 revamped) Creepypasta story of the same title "Jeff the Killer" and "Jeff the Killer 2015".

He is an adolescent serial killer and registered Creepypasta. He was disfigured after being set on fire while fighting a gang of bullies and lost his sanity after witnessing his "new" and "beautiful" face.

Jeff was once a protective 13 year-old and 5'1" feet tall boy who cared deeply for his family, after a tragic accident and going insane he became a murderous, dangerous, and merciless homicidal psychopath.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Origin
• 3 Synopsis
  • 3.1 Jane the Killer
  • 3.2 Slender Man
  • 3.3 Homicidal Liu
  • 3.4 Sesseur's Version - Original
  • 3.5 Jeff the Killer - 2015 Remake
  • 3.6 Pastra’s Jeff the Killer - 2024 Rewrite
• 4 The Controversial Image
• 5 Appearance
• 6 Personality
• 7 Relations
• 8 Relationschips
• 9 Family
• 10 Partners in Crime & Allies
• 11 Enemies & Rivals
• 12 Victims
• 13 Powers & Abilities
• 14 Weaknesses
• 15 Quotes
• 16 Danger Level
• 17 Facts
• 18 Trivia

History

Jeff was a 13-year-old who moved to a new neighborhood with his brother, Liu, and their parents. On their first day of school, they were accosted by 3 bullies named Randy, Keith & Troy, whom Jeff brutally beat up after they threatened them with knives. Liu took the blame for it and was arrested, sending Jeff into a deep depression. The bullies later attacked Jeff again at a party, and Jeff killed one of them, but not before getting covered in bleach and lit on fire by Keith. During this fight, Jeff's mind permanently snapped. When Jeff woke up, he was at the hospital and his head was wrapped in bandages. When the bandages were taken off, it was revealed that his face had become disfigured and ghastly pale from the burns, with bright red lips and a leathery texture. Jeff said that he liked his face this way and laughed hysterically, but the doctor foolishly thought that this insanity was merely a side effect of the painkillers and let Jeff go home.

Later that night, Jeff's mother found him carving his face into a permanent smile so that he would no longer have to exert energy to smile, as he put it, and burning off his eyelids so he could always see his face. Jeff's mother went to her husband to tell him that their son had gone completely mad and needed to be killed, but Jeff caught them and stabbed them to death. This woke up Liu (who was recently released), with Jeff telling him as he was about to plunge the knife into his body, "Go to sleep".

Jeff then went on a serial Killer rampage, killing those who refused to sleep at night, and as the story continued, Jeff renamed himself "Jeff the Killer".

Origin

Jeff started out as a normal suburban teenager, living with his Mother Margaret, Father Peter and Brother Liu.

At some point in Jeff's life when he reached the age of 13, he and his family moved into a new neighborhood after his father got a promotion. Jeff and his brother were happy about the idea. Not long after settling into the neighborhood, Jeff obtains an odd feeling in his mind, but does not think too much of it.

A day later Jeff and Liu go to a bus stop void of people, while waiting for the school bus three kids Randy, Troy and Keith approach the brothers and mug them at knife point, taking Liu's wallet in the process, Jeff gets the feeling in his head again and gets into a fight with the three bullies, incapacitating all three of them, shocking Liu, Jeff and Liu leave the scene after the school bus nears in and go to school, believing they are in the clear.

The next morning however, police arrive at Jeff's house and both Jeff and Liu are accused of attacking the trio with no apparent motivation, even after Jeff tries to tell the police that they were being mugged, the police doesn't believe him, Jeff rightly takes the blame for the whole thing and is about to be taken away by the police to a Correctional Facility for a whole year, but Liu steps in with a knife in hand and takes the blame for the whole incident, showing cuts and bruises on his arm to prove it, Liu is then taken away in Jeff's place, leaving Jeff into a depression.

After two days, Jeff becomes more and more debilitated with guilt and loneliness. However on a Saturday morning, Jeff's mother insists that he goes to a neighbors birthday party as she believes it will make him happy. Jeff reluctantly goes to the party, which shortly takes his mind off of Liu, making him feel slightly better. However things take a turn for the worse when Randy, Troy & Keith track Jeff at the party and confront him, with anger in their eyes showing that they are wanting an obvious fight, Jeff tries to reason with Randy believing that the odds are even between the two as he got to beat them and they got his brother sent to the Juvenile Detention Center, but Randy dismisses this as he claims "I don’t go for even, I go for winning".

Randy then proceeds to brutally attack Jeff whilst Troy and Keith hold the parents and children at gunpoint to prevent them from stopping the fight, during the fight Randy smashes a bottle of Vodka over Jeff's head, drenching him in alcohol. After Randy incapacitates Jeff, he constantly yells at Jeff to fight back, but after struggling to stand, Randy finally insults Jeff, telling him that Liu will rot in prison and that he should be ashamed of himself that he won't do anything about it.

This infuriates Jeff to stand up and knock Randy to the ground, striking a vicious punch to Randy's chest, causing Arrhythmia to his heart, which results in his death. Troy and Keith, enraged by Randy's death, begin to shoot Jeff with their guns, they fail to hit him. After the two run out of ammunition, Jeff lures them to the bathroom where he mortally wounds them.

During the struggle with Keith, a tub of bleach drenches Jeff, and so Keith takes this opportunity to set Jeff on fire by throwing his lighter at him. With the combination of alcohol and bleach drenched on Jeff, it sets him a blaze, making it practically impossible for him to put out the flames himself, Jeff then falls down the stairs of the house and passes out as the flames engulf him.

Jeff wakes up in a hospital room with bandages covering his face and body, and is informed by his mother that Liu is being released from jail after witnesses overheard Randy mention that he was responsible for getting Liu in prison. Several weeks later, Jeff's bandages are removed, revealing his face to be deformed, Jeff takes a liking to his face, and when his family notices the behaviour, the doctors mistakenly assure them that it is a result of the painkillers.

When taken home that day, during the night, Jeff's mother wakes up to find Jeff in the bathroom burning out his own eyelids and carving a glasgow smile up to his cheeks, she realises that Jeff has gone insane and knows he needs to be killed, when informing Jeff's father, Jeff overhears this and proceeds to butcher his parents. Liu wakes up from the noise and tries to avoid it by trying to go back to sleep, however Jeff creeps into the room and tells Liu to "Go To Sleep", before plunging the knife into his chest, Liu's fate is then left uncertain.

Jeff then goes on a serial killing rampage killing those who refuse to sleep at night, Jeff becomes infamously known as the "Ominous Unknown Killer".

Synopsis

Jeffrey Woods started out as a normal suburban teenager, living with his parents, Margaret and Peter Woods, as well as his brother, Liu.

At 13 years of age, Jeff and his family moved into a new neighborhood after his father received a promotion. Jeff and Liu were pleased with the outcome. Not long after settling into the neighborhood, Jeff obtains an odd feeling in his mind, he chooses to ignore it.

A day later, Jeff and Liu get ready for school, going to an empty bus stop. While they waited, three kids younger kids, Randy, Troy, and Keith, approach the brothers and mug them at knife point, taking Liu's wallet in the process. Jeff gets the feeling again and proceeds to violently attack the three bullies, incapacitating all three of them and shocking Liu. Jeff and Liu flee from the scene after the bus approaches. The two manage to escape to school with no suspicion.

While it seemed they were in the clear, the next morning they are visited by two police officers, who explain that Jeff and Liu are accused of attacking the trio with no apparent motivation, even after Jeff tries to explain that they were being mugged, the police don't believe him due to witness claims that he fled from the scene. Jeff rightly takes the blame for the occurrence and the officers conjure on the spot that he will be sentenced to a Correctional Facility for a whole year, but Liu steps in with a knife in hand and takes the blame for the whole incident, showing cuts and bruises on his arm to prove it. Liu is then taken away in Jeff's place, leaving Jeff into a depression.

After two days, Jeff becomes more and more debilitated with guilt and loneliness. However, on a Saturday morning, Jeff's mother insists that he should go to a neighbor's birthday party as she believes it will make him happy. Jeff reluctantly goes to the party, which shortly takes his mind off of Liu, making him feel slightly better. However, things take a turn for the worse when Randy, Troy, and Keith find Jeff at the party and confront him. The trio want a fight, but Jeff tries to reason with Randy, stating they’re even as he beat them up, and they got his brother sent to the Juvenile Detention Center, but Randy refuses to take solace in this, claiming he doesn't "go for even" but rather goes "for winning.".

Randy then proceeds to brutally attack Jeff whilst Troy and Keith hold the parents and children at gunpoint to prevent them from interfering with Randy's assault, during the fight Randy smashes a bottle of Vodka over Jeff's head, drenching him in alcohol. After Randy incapacitates Jeff, he constantly yells at Jeff to fight back, but after struggling to stand, Randy finally insults Jeff, telling him that Liu will rot in prison and that he should be ashamed of himself that he won't do anything about it.

This infuriates Jeff to get up and pile on top of Randy to the ground, striking a vicious punch to the bully's chest, causing Arrhythmia to his heart, which results in his death. Troy and Keith, enraged by Randy's death, begin to shoot Jeff, but they fail to hit him as he runs upstairs. After the two run out of ammunition, Jeff lures them to the bathroom where he mortally wounds them.

During the struggle with Keith, a tub of bleach drenches Jeff, which Keith takes this opportunity to set Jeff on fire by throwing his lighter at him. With the combination of alcohol and bleach drenched on Jeff, it sets him ablaze, making it practically impossible for him to put out the flames himself, Jeff then falls down the stairs of the house and passes out as the flames engulf him.

Jeff wakes up in a hospital room with bandages covering his face and body, unable to move, he is visited by his mother, who informs by him that Liu is being released from jail after witnesses overheard Randy's confession that he was responsible for getting Liu sent to prison. Several weeks later, Jeff's bandages are removed, revealing his deformed face. Jeff's mother is terrified at the sight, but Liu and his father are simply stunned at the sight. When Jeff takes a look at his face in the mirror, he takes a liking to it, and when his family notices the behavior, the doctors mistakenly assure them that it is a result of the painkillers.

When taken home that day, during the night, Jeff's mother wakes up to find Jeff in the bathroom burning out his own eyelids and carving a Glasgow smile up to his cheeks. She realizes that Jeff has gone insane and knows he needs to be killed. When informing Jeff's father, Jeff overhears this and proceeds to butcher his parents. Liu wakes up from the noise and tries to avoid it by trying to go back to sleep, however, Jeff creeps into the room and tells Liu to "Go To Sleep", before plunging the knife into his chest. Liu's fate is then left uncertain.

Jeff then goes on a serial killing rampage, killing those who refuse to sleep at night, Jeff becomes infamously known as the "Ominous Unknown Killer".

Jane the Killer

Due to Jeff's popularity, many fans created different expansions to the Creepypasta. The most well-known extension is by a character named Jane the Killer, featured in a story titled Jane's Letter by DeviantART user MadamBlackWolf (formerly known as FearOfTheBlackWolf). A short story about a woman who views Jeff as her nemesis and kills those before he can, telling them, "Don't Go To Sleep, You'll Never Wake Up." Although this Creepypasta was short, she became well-liked among the Creepypasta fan base, and many created fan art of her. A full audiobook-style written Creepypasta was also created, featuring the two rivals encountering each other.

Eventually, a detailed backstory was written explaining the details of Jane's background and motivation for wanting Jeff killed. In this story, Jeff, when older, murdered the parents of Jane Richardson, causing Jane to become an immediate enemy of Jeff. Jane had sworn to hunt Jeff and murder him for doing the same to her parents.

In another fan-adaption, "Jane The Killer: The Real Story," written by PastaStalker64, Jeff murdered Jane Arkensaw's entire family, friends, and his own family. He set her on fire by using bleach and gasoline, leaving her scarred and disfigured. Thus, the beginning of their rivalry.

Despite numerous stories, videos, and artwork, neither Jane Richardson nor Jane Arkensaw has a canonical connection to Jeff the Killer, and are merely derivative works of the Creepypasta.

Slender Man

There are many different ways in which fan content portrays Jeff the Killer and Slender Man in relation to each other. Most fan works depict Slender Man and Jeff as mortal enemies, each showing off their skills against the other. Depictions of Jeff typically show him going into combat with Slender Man using his knives, while Slender Man is usually shown using his tentacles.

There are even some various fan works that depict Jeff the Killer as one of Slenderman's proxies, often painting Jeff's image as some kind of super-proxy that was discovered by Slender Man shortly after murdering his family and escaping to the forest. However, many fans do not exactly approve of this particular fan-work, because they tend to argue and state that Jeff would be 'too insane' to be controlled by Slender Man.

While all of these concepts are non-canon to both Jeff the Killer and the Slender Man mythos, they are nevertheless an immensely popular combination in numerous fan artworks.

Homicidal Liu

Another popular expansion is "Homicidal Liu," created by DeviantART user VampireNote13, a story about Jeff's brother Liu surviving his encounter with Jeff in the Creepypasta and developing a split personality, becoming a serial killer himself, and contemplating whether to get revenge on Jeff or spare him. The expansion also claims that Liu is the older brother, even though it was never stated in the actual Creepypasta itself which sibling was the oldest. This expansion was also the origin of the last name "Woods" as Liu is named "Liu Woods" in the expansion. Even though the creator made the story as a "what-if" scenario for a role-playing group, and even acknowledged that Liu's death may have been canonical, a majority of the fanbase took her expansion as canon.

Other derivative works include:

• Nina the Killer (both the 2013 original and 2021 version)

Sesseur's Version - Original

On October 3rd, 2008, a YouTuber named "Sesseur" uploaded a video called "Jeff the Killer [Original Story]". This video came out before the famous Creepypasta was even written. In the original video, the song 'I Guess You're Right', by The Posies, can be heard playing in the background. Sesseur claims he is the one who created Jeff the Killer and that every internet story about Jeff the Killer is fake, including the famous Creepypasta story. He claims Jeff never had an incident with bullies or bleach. Instead, he claims that Jeff was hauling a gallon of acid into his bathroom to clean out his bathtub but slipped on a bar of soap and the acid splashed all over his face and he was taken to a hospital when the neighbors heard his cries. And apparently, in Sessuer's original version of Jeff the Killer, Jeff never murdered Liu or his parents and his full canon name is Jeffrey C. Hodek, not "Jeffrey Alan Woods".

(NOTE: killerjeff's YouTube channel has been terminated due to his violations of YouTube's community guidelines, which took the video down with it. When questioned, his response was that his account was taken down due to the disbelief of him being the original creator of the Jeff the Killer character. Fortunately the video was re-uploaded by a YouTube user called PhenomenonPoltergeist, however, the original audio was not kept, which was the song I Guess You're Right by the Posies playing in the background for a majority of the video. Later on, YouTube user Bob's Brother would come in to re-upload the video with its original audio.).

Jeff the Killer - 2015 Remake

Because the 2011 Creepypasta story was criticized by many for its poor quality, and it was even protested that it should not have been allowed on the Creepypasta wiki for not meeting the actual required standards. Hence, it was taken down from the Creepypasta wiki a year later. However, users constantly re-uploaded it, objecting to the idea of it being taken down due to it being one of the most popular Creepypastas at the time. In late 2014, the community finally decided that the story was banned from the Creepypasta wiki entirely and was officially moved to the Spinpasta Wiki; however, the story was taken down there as well. The story can be found on the official Creepypasta Website, Trollpasta Wiki (now a closed Wiki), and Jeff the Killer Wiki.

As a result of the Creepypasta being taken down from the Creepypasta wiki, a competition was held to remake the story entirely and create something more realistic and frightening that could be featured on the wiki. Former admin K. Banning Kellum's story won first place; however, it had to be cut down to half its size due to the contest's word limit. The uncut version can be viewed on the Spinpasta Wiki. This version would eventually become a series with 7 installments within the Banning’s Jeff the Killer 2015 Series.

The remake stays true to the original Creepypasta with the same characters, with Jeff and his family moving into a new neighborhood, as well as a fight between Jeff and a trio of bullies. However, the result of Jeff's deformed face is different from the one in the original Creepypasta. Unlike the original Creepypasta, Jeff and Liu's ages are stated, with Jeff being 15 years old and Liu being 14 years old. However, this is only revealed in the uncut version of the remake.

K. Banning Kellum became proud of his remake, and soon after, a Spinoff Wiki user, Irish tyranny (Kevin Tierney), made a Jane the Killer adaption of the remake. He decided to continue the Creepypasta by making a sequel.

Pastra’s Jeff the Killer - 2024 Rewrite

On July 7, 2024, a horror commentary YouTuber named Pastra posted his own narrative of Jeff the Killer titled I Rewrote Jeff the Killer. The written version (Pastra's Jeff the Killer) was later published on their Tumblr on July 15, 2024. Similar to his 2011 counterpart, he is a young man who suffers irreversible burns and disfigurement following a fire, subsequently developing into a deranged serial killer after murdering his mother. Likewise, in contrast to the 2011 version, Jeff is depicted as more twisted and entirely devoid of tragic elements, characterized by an obsessive fixation on locating and killing his brother Liu to fulfill his objective of exterminating his entire family before ending his own life. The story consists of eight of nine chapters, most of which feature various characters recounting their encounters. The final chapter, however, follows Jeff as he finally finds Liu and attempts to kill him once and for all.

Some other popular rewrites include:

• Slimebeast's JTK
• The Morgue Files by David Near (Case #2: Jeff the Killer)
• ProyectoCabra version

The Controversial Image

Not many people know the true origin of the original Jeff the Killer image. Many people believe it was a photoshopped picture of a woman named "Katy Robinson", who allegedly committed suicide due to excessive cyberbullying after visiting 4Chan's /b/ board around the year 2008, and it was believed for several years that the picture of the girl was apparently the now famous Jeff the Killer image. However, this claim is entirely false and has been debunked numerous times, as there are no records of it actually happening. Around 2015, during an interview with YouTube user ScareTheater, the original creator of Jeff the Killer, Sesseur, claims that the Katy Robinson suicide is a - "bogus story", and confirms that the image is actually a picture of himself wearing a white latex mask. However, what was even more strange is that this is also false, even though he did write the original story.

The Jeff image has been seen in places which date to 2005. It has been seen in a Japanese video published on YouTube on 2 August 2007 entitled "NNN臨時放送", which is apparently for a horror film project entitled Victims of Tomorrow or something to that effect, wherein a series of names and ages are listed. After Jeff's face appears for a split second, there is text that says "good night", which might be a precursor to "go to sleep".

The earliest confirmed sighting of the image was on 16 November 2005, on a Japanese message board named pya.cc along with another image that Sesseur also posted, where he claimed that the alternate version was his original design concept. Sesseur's earliest known internet presence was 14 August 2008 where he made a Newgrounds account called "killerjeff" where he acted as if he were Jeff. The original Jeff the Killer video was uploaded on 3 November 2008.

The origins of the image and the subject it portrays are still unknown, as well as how it connects to Japan's internet culture. The most likely story is one that is unverifiable. In this version of the story posited by a few /b/ users, the photograph is of a woman whose identity is currently unknown (although it is speculated that her name is Victoria). She streamed on the now defunct website Stickam in 2005 and used /b/ as a means of promoting herself after the SomethingAwful forums started to become obsolete. One user took a screenshot of her face and posted it, acting as if they were her, with the caption: "Am I pretty?" In a successive series of images photoshopped by different users, one said in response: "now you are." After finding out about this series of events, the woman stopped streaming and vanished.

Three images of Jeff are nowadays generally accepted as being from the thread if it did occur: the famous one, the "alternate version" as Sesseur claimed it was, and a much more realistic although lower-resolution version building off the most famous version.

(Credit to the user Alex who found the information regarding the image of Jeff The Killer as well as other appearances relating to the Creepypasta.)

Appearance

Before he was burned by his bullies, Jeff's hair was originally brown, having normal skin, and a non-deformed face.

After he was burned by his bullies, Jeff has extremely pale skin and black hair, giving him a more ghostly appearance. Jeff later got his most distinctive traits, the Glasgow smile, that he had carved into his face with a knife, and his sunken, unblinking eyes from when he had burned off his eyelids with a lighter. His build is commonly described as slim but fit at the same time and reaching a height of around 5'1" to 6'2" feet and second height 0.9186351706 feet (1.55 to 1.88 m and second height 28 cm). His clothing normally consists of a pair of black, skinny jeans with a white-hooded sweatshirt, sometimes stained with both fresh and dried blood from his victims.

Personality

Jeff appears to be an extremely cruel, sadistic, and insane individual. The smile on Jeff's face represents his sadism and overall bloodlust. His appearance shows just how much he will focus on harming somebody.

In many fan-made depictions, Jeff is primarily presented as a vain, narcissistic, emo-type teenager, who has absolutely no intention of following general rules and will only listen to himself. He appears to be a mastermind when it comes to his emotions, managing to hide them and constantly pushes the attitude of ignorance towards everything.

It is believed that Jeff is vain and full of his own self while others depict that Jeff hates himself and has numerous stresses over his physical appearance. Jeff is also depicted to have issues with people leaving and forgetting him in their lives totally. Before he had lost his mind, he was a very quiet and anti-social, and people didn’t knew much about Jeff. His voice also appears to be very eerie and soft, and he speaks in a rather calm and polite manner.

Regardless of these depictions, Jeff is primarily described as a brutal, psychotic murderer whose unnerving appearance makes it go without saying that he is so willing to inflict pain on others that the wills of those whom he chooses to unleash harm upon are almost always broken.

Before being burnt alive, he was a quiet and fairly antisocial teenager, not that people actually knew him very well. But shortly after the incident, he became torturous, aggressive, bloodthirsty, and violent, making him one of the most dangerous serial killers in his hometown. Jeff is widely known for luring his victims to an eternal slumber, using a kitchen knife and eerie but soft tone of voice. Even though he prefers to murder his victims with knives, he is more than willing to use any weapon when placed in a desperate situation. He is an extremely stealthy and mischievous individual, able to break into victims' houses almost always without getting himself caught in the act.

In almost all depictions, Jeff appears as a ruthless, cold-hearted, sadistic, ominous, murderous, psychopathic and dangerous killer, commonly accompanied with a twisted sense of humor and a snarky attitude. Jeff is torturous, aggressive and violent, being one of the most infamous serial killers in his home town, as well as a stealthy and mischievous individual, able to break into victim's houses almost always without getting himself caught in the act. Jeff is also depicted as having quite a narcissistic personality accompanied with a fine dose of egoism and intense arrogance, bragging about his skills and taunting other Creepypasta characters. Jeff was born with a severe case of antisocial personality disorder, specifically psychopathy. After losing his mind and being set on fire, his brain was left hardwired to where his focus was deadset on his sadistic pleasure of inflicting pain on others, which had been made official upon witnessing his new face. This led him to going as far with trying to satisfy this exceptionally insatiable desire as to resort to killing his family and becoming a serial killer.

Relations

Jane the Killer

In Jane the Killer: The Real Story, Jane is introduced as a neighbor of Jeff and Liu. While at first she's afraid of Jeff's violent tendencies, she tries to befriend him after Liu's arrest. After Jeff snaps, he murders both of Jane's parents before dousing her in gasoline and setting her on fire. Jane survives the encounter and swears to hunt down and kill Jeff. In most fan depictions, Jane is presented as Jeff's arch-nemesis.

Slender Man

Some theories (and depictions) suggest that Slender Man and Jeff the Killer are aware of each other's existence. Primarily suggesting that they are each others rivals. In order to defeat each other, Jeff is using his knives and Slender Man is using his tentacles. In other fan works, however, Jeff is presented as a proxy of Slenderman, although this is purely a work of fan imagination.

Relationschips

† means that the character is deceased. †? means that the character's fate is currently unclear or unknown.

Family

• Peter Johnson Woods † - Father.
• Margaret Louise Woods † - Mother.
• Liu Vicki Woods †? - Older Brother.

Partners in Crime & Allies

• Helen Frederick Otis - Close friend (in Bloody Painter; non-canon).
• Natalie Sue Ouellette - Close friend (in Clockwork; non-canon).
• Nina the Killer 2013 (Fangirl) - Girlfriend.
• Jana the Killer - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Stasy the Killer 2015 (Fangirl) - Girlfriend; non-canon.
• Sonya the Killer - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Kawaki the Killer - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Ghost/Gwendolyn Blum - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Poopsie the Killer - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Chris the Killer - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Chris SuicideXKiller - Girlfriend; (non-canon).
• Kizo the Killer - Copycat (non-canon).
• Diego the Killer - Copycat (non-canon).

Enemies & Rivals

• Randy † - Archenemy.
• Troy and Keith †? - Second archenemy.
• Jane the Killer/Jane Everlasting - Victim and arch-nemesis.
• Jane's parents †
• Jane's friends †
• Slender Man (in multiple fan works).

Victims

• Randy †
• Troy and Keith †?
• Margaret Louise Woods †
• Peter Johnson Woods †
• Liu Vicki Woods †? - Attempted, fate unknown.
• Multiple unknown persons.
• Unnamed young boy - Attempted, failed.
• Young boy's dad - Attempted, failed .
• Gregory Arkensaw † (in Jane the Killer: The Real Story).
• Isabelle Arkensaw † (in Jane the Killer: The Real Story).
• Jane Arkensaw - attempted, failed, severely injured (in Jane the Killer: The Real Story).

Powers & Abilities

Despite being an human, Jeff appears to wield incredible supernatural abilities that only apply to his human attributes, such as incredible stealth, speed, and supernatural strength used to mercilessly slaughter his victims. Jeff is displayed to be incredibly durable, being able to overcome his parents and brother simply by gutting them, one thing that makes him stronger is his intense hatred and bloodlust to keep him going, as well as holding great stamina. In recent years, Jeff has been depicted as being a charming individual, manipulating people into trusting him only to backstab them later.

• Genius-Level Intelligence and Racing Thoughts: Despite his notorious insanity, Jeff the Killer reveals an intellect singularly oriented toward survival and murder, transcending the simplistic image of an irrational psychopath. His mind, though distorted, remains sharp and fully operative in service of his homicidal goals. Jeff is not an irrational monster driven solely by impulse: he is described as “clinically insane, yet aware of his actions, simply committing hundreds of murders,” which indicates deliberate lucidity and conscious control over his deeds. Sources suggest that he “most likely takes time to plan how to inflict maximum suffering on his victims,” a process requiring analytical reasoning capable of anticipating scenarios and outcomes, thus revealing the methodical calculation underpinning his brutality. This capacity for planning extends to his mastery of manipulation, as he can present himself as a “pleasant and charming individual” to deceive targets, “blending into society and earning the trust of certain people” while concealing his true motives until the decisive moment. Such social dissimulation, along with the ability to “act the same way he did before killing his parents,” indicates a form of emotional intelligence — albeit sadistic — that enables him to operate discreetly in social environments. His murder methodology represents the pinnacle of his applied intelligence, as he “shows a knack for killing most living beings by easily exploiting their weaknesses.” His “legendary” knowledge of killing grants him the capacity to “identify vulnerabilities, even in supernatural creatures,” reflecting an adaptive, analytical mind capable of formulating lethal strategies for any opponent. In combat, even under heavy influence of alcohol, Jeff has demonstrated remarkable specialization and adaptability, such as recognizing the tactical superiority of a supernatural adversary on their own ground and making the strategic decision to retreat to a more advantageous position before resuming the confrontation, evidencing his ability to quickly assess life-or-death scenarios and adjust his approach. Moreover, he is capable of suppressing pain, including psychic torment, while maintaining unwavering focus on his objective, a testament to his mental resilience and relentless determination. Finally, Jeff has demonstrated the ability to “observe” individuals for extended periods and “identify” those who may share homicidal tendencies, suggesting an inductive intelligence oriented toward discerning behavioral patterns and psychotic predispositions. In essence, Jeff the Killer’s intelligence is unconventional yet highly functional, a psychopathic cognition fine-tuned for survival, manipulation, strategic planning, and the execution of violence with the highest degree of sadism.
• Genius-Level Intelligence: (While he is mentally insane, Jeff is very creative, making several plans to for mental breakdown for his opponents. He is also a skilled hacker, even being capable of hacking the computers of the police. Even when he was 13 years old, he was still capable of taking on and killing 3 bullies with ease, as well as killing his own parents with immense ease. When he became in his teens, he was feared as a serial killer that not even the police was capable of capturing him, as well as fighting with fellow Creepypastas, with someone like Slender Man viewing Jeff as a threat up to the extent that he fled from their battlefield once Jeff was disabled after accidentally being stabbed with a tree log)

• Superhuman Strength: Even in early adolescence, at only thirteen years old, Jeff displayed physical power grossly disproportionate to his age, demonstrating the capacity to subdue fully grown and muscular adults. In his first confrontation with Randy, Keith, and Troy at the bus stop, he punched Randy in the nose and broke his wrist, stabbed Keith in the shoulder, and delivered a stomach punch to Troy so powerful that it knocked him to the ground, caused him to vomit, and left him incapacitated. Despite facing three opponents, two of whom were armed with knives, Jeff maintained the upper hand. Troy, the tallest and most physically imposing of the group, was knocked unconscious with a single strike, underscoring the brutality of Jeff’s strength. Later, during Billy’s birthday party, the neighbor’s son, Jeff once again fought the bullies and revealed his extraordinary might. He drove Randy into the ground with a pile driver, stopping his heart with a single punch, tore a towel rack out of the wall with his bare hands and used it as a weapon, smashing it into Troy’s head and killing him instantly, before striking Keith, who also collapsed. This overwhelming strength becomes even more lethal when combined with his proficiency in bladed weapons, particularly knives, his personal preference, making him extremely dangerous in close combat. Coupled with his homicidal instincts and the manic euphoria that fuels him, Jeff transforms into a true killing machine, capable of breaking concrete with bare-handed strikes, forcing doors open, and crashing through windows with relative ease.

• Superhuman Durability and Endurance: The ability to withstand pain is one of Jeff the Killer’s most defining traits. Even at the age of thirteen, he displayed a level of resilience entirely anomalous for a human, enduring massive amounts of damage while remaining active in combat without significant loss of performance. During his second confrontation with Randy, Keith, and Troy at Billy’s birthday party, Jeff was hurled by Troy from the yard into the kitchen, shattering a glass door that sliced into his skin with shards. Shortly thereafter, he was stabbed in the shoulder, kicked in the face multiple times to the point of spitting blood, and struck on the head with a vodka bottle by Randy, yet he remained conscious enough to continue fighting. After finishing Randy and Troy, Keith seized Jeff by the neck and slammed him into a wall, toppling a shelf containing bleach that spilled over both, burning their skin. When Jeff retaliated, Keith ignited a lighter, setting him ablaze through the mixture of bleach and vodka. Despite being engulfed in flames and tumbling down a staircase, Jeff remained conscious for a short time before fainting, later recovering in only a few weeks at the hospital, a process that would normally take months or even years. Later, Jeff mutilated his own face, carving a smile into his cheeks with a knife and burning his eyelids with a lighter, showing no outward sign of pain, only madness. He merely stated that “it hurt for a while,” a chilling testament to his extraordinary pain tolerance. Notably, he suffered no infection or blindness from the act. Beyond the original narrative, his resilience is equally remarkable in expanded confrontations, such as in Jeff the Killer vs. Slender Man. In this story, he directly faces the entity, enduring the effects of alcohol-induced intoxication that, although slightly impairing his performance, does not render him vulnerable. Jeff withstands successive blows from Slender’s tentacles, which hurl him against trees and gravestones. At the outset of the confrontation, Slender Man unleashed a sonic-psychic assault, generating a deafening static noise that inflicted excruciating pain upon Jeff. Despite the severity of the attack, it was not enough to bring him down. At one point, he is hurled against a gravestone, and his own knife accidentally pierces his stomach, yet he reacted indifferently, rising almost immediately. Later, Slender Man struck the side of his head with a slab of granite, likely impacting the temple, one of the most sensitive regions of the skull. Jeff nearly lost consciousness but remained awake and able to fight, resisting a blow that should have been fatal given his opponent’s supernatural strength. At the climax of the battle, Jeff stumbled through the burning forest, falling onto shards of broken whiskey bottles that pierced his hands. Soon after, Slender Man launched him into a tree with such force that a thick branch impaled his torso. Even while bleeding profusely and consumed by fire, Jeff violently tore himself free, fled the forest, and survived the ordeal. Days later, though severely burned, he retained enough vitality to murder a couple near the area, proving that he remained fully functional despite catastrophic injuries. In sum, Jeff the Killer exhibits an inhuman level of durability and endurance, enduring multiple fatal injuries without losing combat efficiency. Accounts further describe him withstanding gunfire, which, in light of the evidence, underscores his portrayal as a virtually unstoppable figure.

• Infinite Stamina: Jeff the Killer exhibits an extraordinary level of stamina, marked by a formidable ability to endure prolonged periods of intense physical and psychological exertion. His durability is remarkable, enabling him to maintain performance even after sustaining massive damage. He is often portrayed as someone who thrives on pain; rather than weakening him, suffering only makes him deadlier. Alternatively, his unyielding endurance can be attributed to his absolute desire to kill, a drive so overwhelming that it compels him to persist until his goal is fulfilled through sheer force of will.

• Superhuman Speed: Jeff the Killer’s movement and reaction speed stand among his most remarkable traits, already manifesting at the age of thirteen. In his first encounter with Randy, Keith, and Troy, while waiting for the school bus with his brother Liu, Jeff reacted instantly to an insult from Randy, striking him in the nose so swiftly that he was unable to defend himself. He then broke Randy’s wrist, disarmed him by seizing his knife, and in rapid succession engaged Keith and Troy. It is explicitly stated that “he was far too fast,” as Jeff dodged Keith’s knife, stabbed him with the very same weapon, and immediately knocked Troy unconscious with a single punch to the stomach. In this sequence, Jeff demonstrated reflexes and combat speed sufficient to defeat three armed opponents in succession without being restrained. Afterward, Jeff and Liu departed before the bus driver could identify them. In their second confrontation at Billy’s birthday party, Jeff, even after being severely beaten, reacted with immediate ferocity, seizing Randy and slamming him to the ground with a pile driver. Shortly thereafter, Keith and Troy drew firearms against him, but Jeff moved swiftly enough to evade every shot, sprinting upstairs to take cover in the bathroom. In Jeff the Killer vs. Slender Man, even under the effects of intoxication, Jeff displayed sharpened instincts, reacting instantly to a rustling noise in a nearby bush before the sound itself subsided. He further exhibited the speed to slice through Slender Man’s tentacles as they struck in rapid succession, evading their impact. Later, he sprinted from the forest to a cemetery, deliberately shifting the battleground, and at the height of his rage upon seeing his brother Liu’s name engraved on a gravestone, he charged Slender Man at “extreme speeds,” striking repeatedly and ultimately pursuing him back into the forest with relentless velocity. Overall, Jeff possesses a level of speed that vastly surpasses human limits, with feats including the ability to dodge gunfire, vanish from an opponent’s line of sight in an instant, and conceal his presence until choosing to strike. He also demonstrates a form of precognitive instinct or sixth sense that enables him to instinctively evade lethal attacks without conscious awareness. Additionally, accounts describe an anomalous temporal perception, further emphasizing his superhuman reflexes.

• Superhuman Reflexes: Jeff The Killer possesses lightning-fast reaction time, a capability that elevates his reaction speed and response time at the peak of human potential, placing him at the pinnacle of human ability. These sharpened reflexes are not merely a matter of raw speed, but also of an enhanced perception that allows him to process sensory information and anticipate threats almost instinctively. One of the clearest feats demonstrating this ability is his capacity to "dodge bullets/incoming attacks," which requires fractional reaction time for the body to move out of the path of a high-velocity projectile. Furthermore, the description that "there have been times when he has automatically evaded attacks intended to kill him, despite not having to think about it," reveals a level of subconscious and predictive reflex. This means his body reacts to dangers without the need for conscious brain command, acting out of pure, enhanced instinct. This reactive agility is a crucial complement to his speed and stealth, allowing him to operate effectively in close quarters combat and avoid being caught off guard. Even in a state of drunkenness, as seen when he stumbled and felt the "slightest tingle" on his neck, his reaction was immediate and aggressive, drawing his blade. This ability to instantly react to subtle stimuli or direct threats makes Jeff an extremely difficult adversary to hit and to overcome in a direct confrontation, as he can dodge or counterattack before most opponents even register their intention.

• Superhuman Agility: Jeff The Killer possesses Excellent Agility, a capability that allows him to move, change direction, and react with remarkable speed and body control, even in challenging environments. This ability is a cornerstone of his lethality, enabling him to maneuver efficiently in combat and during his pursuits. His agility is so enhanced that he is described as being able to "perceive time much faster than even the fastest humans," which suggests an ability to process sensory information and respond to it with superior execution speed. During his first confrontation with Randy, Troy, and Keith, although "Adrenal Activation" was a factor, the ease with which he "brutally incapacitated all three of them" with "no effort" is also a testament to his agility in dodging, positioning, and counter-attacking rapidly. This agility manifests in his ability to "appear to vanish in plain sight" with ease, making him a difficult target to track and an elusive predator. In complex environments, such as a dark forest, even under the effects of alcohol, he demonstrated the ability to maneuver and perceive his surroundings, despite his senses being compromised. This agility, combined with his speed and reflexes, allows Jeff to use his environment to his advantage, performing acrobatic or unpredictable movements to outmaneuver adversaries and evade dangers with an efficiency that places him at the pinnacle of human athlethic capabilities.

• Superhuman Flexibility: Jeff The Killer possesses Impressive Flexibility, which manifests in an intrinsically agile and articulate body structure, allowing him to perform movements with remarkable precision and control. This capability is not merely an isolated physical attribute but an essential component that amplifies the effectiveness of his Stealth mastery and Peak-human levels of combat proficiency. The fluidity and range of his movements enable him to adapt to diverse environments and confrontation situations, facilitating optimal positioning for lethal attacks and the execution of evasive maneuvers. This peak human flexibility allows Jeff to bend, twist, or scrunch to the highest human degree possible, assume acrobatic stances to surprise his victims, and deliver strikes with his knife and comfortably stay in any position for as long as he needs without effort or strain to an extent. In essence, Jeff's flexibility is a silent yet fundamental pillar for his lethality, ensuring that every movement is as precise as it is brutal.

• Superhuman Endurance: Jeff The Killer can endure more physical discomfort than an average human, an attribute that elevates him far beyond normal human limits and is a crucial pillar of his resilience and lethality. This capacity is not simply the suppression of pain, but an incomprehensible indifference, even in the face of large amounts of physical suffering to the point where he continues to function while ignoring grievous injuries. He can survive being multiple stab wounds and gunshots as well as getting jumped by multiple assailants at one time or hits from an ironwood bat. While bullets may still penetrate his already damaged skin, due to his peripheral nerve damage and high levels of adrenaline, they may be stopped through muscle density. This tolerance is attributed, in part, to his initial traumatic experience, where the chemical reaction of vodka and bleach on his face, combined with fire, may have caused "sensory inhibition to his central nervous system," including the neural impulses responsible for pain sensitivity. This allowed him to endure the agony of burning off his own eyelids and carving his own smile with a chef's knife without being incapacitated. Furthermore, Jeff has demonstrated unbelievable resilience to massive injuries, such as "withstanding massive amounts of blood loss to an extent," being shot multiple times, suffering multiple knife wounds, being tortured, and, notably, being impaled by a tree branch sliding through his torso, yet still managing to fight at his normal strength or continue moving. Even in the face of such physical devastation, he can utter taunts, evidencing that pain does not paralyze or distract him from his objective. This pain tolerance, combined with his "peak human durability," means that Jeff can ignore wounds that would be fatal or incapacitating for any ordinary person, allowing him to persist in combat and his pursuits tirelessly and frighteningly, making him almost impervious to conventional stopping methods. Especially when going postal into a primal fit of berserker rage, this combined with his above-average physical attributes and murderous instincts makes him a frighteningly unpredictable and ferocious killer as all fatigue and pain become meaningless, especially when the feeling takes full control over him and temporarily renders him an unstoppable killing machine to the point where he would no longer care about anyone or anything but the infinite desire to kill.

• Adrenal Activation: Jeff The Killer's Adrenal Activation ability represents an extreme physiological response that enables him to transcend human physical limits during moments of intense stress or sadistic pleasure. This activation is not merely a common adrenaline rush but an overload that propels his physical capabilities to exceptionally high levels, especially in combat situations or when he is inflicting harm. Evidence of this was observed during his first confrontation with Randy, Troy, and Keith: his mind became "so hardwired through the sadistic pleasure of causing them harm that the adrenaline rush from it had stimulated his heartbeat to the point where his blood flow was high enough for him to brutally incapacitate all three of them" with seemingly "no effort." This demonstrates that the massive discharge of adrenaline not only made him immensely stronger, faster, and more pain-resistant but also optimized his combat performance to an extraordinary level, allowing him to overwhelmingly subdue multiple armed assailants. Later, in the confrontation with a supernatural adversary, when Jeff saw his brother Liu's name on a gravestone, "rage filled him within an instant, and he lashed out [...] at extreme speeds," with his "insanity [going] into an overdrive state." This event illustrates that intense emotional triggers, such as fury linked to his brother's memory, can induce an even more potent "adrenal activation," propelling him to speeds and strengths that surpass his already high peak-human levels, making him an even wilder and more relentless fighting force in his pursuit of inflicting harm. This ability allows Jeff to access reserves of energy and physical capabilities that a normal human could never, transforming him into an even more terrifying and efficient killing machine when his emotions (particularly sadism and rage) are at their peak.

• Unarmed Combat Mastery: Jeff The Killer demonstrates Hand-to-Hand Combat Prowess, an effective proficiency in close-quarters engagements without the use of weaponry. This ability was notably showcased during his confrontation with Randy, Keith, and Troy, where he successfully disarmed and subdued multiple armed adversaries while outnumbered. Despite a lack of formal training, Jeff employs a refined combination of improvised techniques and effective street-fighting tactics. His offensive maneuvers are consistently aimed at maximizing target incapacitation and structural damage, as evidenced by his capacity to deliver impactful strikes. A prominent example includes the application of a single, precise blow to Randy's chest, which resulted in immediate cardiac arrest. This indicates not only significant physical force but also an intuitive understanding of vulnerable anatomical points for decisive strikes. The integration of these combat skills with his inherent physical attributes, such as enhanced strength, speed, and durability, elevates his unarmed combat capabilities to a formidable level, allowing him to neutralize opponents efficiently through direct physical engagement.

• Supernatural Stealth: One of Jeff's most dangerous assets as a serial killer is his stealth, having avoided capture ever since he started his killing sprees. Jeff is capable of infiltrating homes, and can get into and out of houses easily without being heard or noticed. He has also been in public places and has blended in with society while remaining unnoticed/ignored, despite his clothes being stained with blood. Like most serial killers, Jeff can easily avoid all means of tracking, the massacre of whatever remains of his victims being the only things left behind. He can blend in with society and easily avoid being noticed by others. His presence can even mislead victims into believing that they can see him roaming their house.
• Tracking Methodology and Supernatural Stealth: Intensively pursuing him goal of killing peoples, Jeff learnt how to stalk and hunt people without even being seen or noticed. Combined with he intelligence and having he sanity in a considerable better state in contrast to he insanity, he steps have become methodical and seemingly much better than the normally impulsive Their next victims.

• Knifemanship, Enhanced Dexterity and Immense Motor Coordination: Jeff The Killer's knifemanship is not merely a skill, but the manifestation of years of sadistic practice and a profound understanding of human anatomy geared towards pain. Due to his extensive and brutal journey as a killer, Jeff has developed a lethal proficiency with the blade, using it not only to kill but to inflict the maximum possible suffering. Every movement is deliberate and and efficient, whether cutting, stabbing, or throwing, targeting specific points to maximize his victims' agony and and despair. He wields the knife with chilling precision, capable of delivering wounds that slowly incapacitate, torture, or finish with brutality. His expertise with the knife is an extension of his insatiable thirst for blood, transforming each crime scene into a grotesque spectacle of horror, where bodies are left disfigured, dismembered, decapitated, and disemboweled, a macabre testament to his murderous art.

• Psychological Manipulation Mastery: In some occurrences, Jeff can present himself as a nice and charming individual, in order to manipulate his victim, with the intentions of backstabbing them in the near future. As a psychopathic serial killer unusually deadset on causing as much death as possible, it goes without saying that Jeff will go as far as blend with society to gain the trust of certain individuals, suppressing his murderous intentions while still retaining his desire to kill. He can hide his motives, allowing him to prevent his murderous aura from being used as a means to track him down. This is because while he was clinically insane, Jeff was aware of his actions, simply committing hundreds of murders, so it is easy for him to act the same way he was before killing his parents. In term, he most likely takes the time to plan out how to make his victims suffer at the highest degree.
  • Psychological Manipulation Mastery, Exceptional Charisma and Seduction Methodology: A few factors that Jeff constantly uses in favour of him goal. He is exceptional in terms of charisma, having previously been known as a nice, caring boy. After being mentally broken because of the pain of having been burned alive. he still seems to retain a charismatic side, but now only uses it for manipulation and underhand purposes. On the other hand, she also uses her own bodily beauty to try to seduce individuals in order to get what he wants.

• Sleeplessness and Sleep Suppression: Jeff The Killer's exceptionally high resistance to the urge to sleep is an attribute that amplifies his effectiveness as a predator, granting him a ruthless advantage over his victims. Instead of succumbing to the human need for rest, Jeff maintains a state of perpetual vigilance, which translates into inexhaustible physical stamina. This allows him to sustain prolonged pursuits for days, move undetected at any hour, and maintain his aggression at maximum levels, without the compromise of fatigue, as well as utilize frightening amounts of stamina. This extraordinary level of resistance to sleep also boosts his capacity for planning and observation, offering him unlimited time to study routines, identify vulnerabilities, and devise the cruelest murder methodologies. Constantly alert, his senses remain sharp, ensuring he's always ready to act, without exhaustion diminishing his performance. Essentially, his sleep suppression transforms him into a tireless and ever-active killing machine.

• Killing Intent: Jeff the Killer's Killing Intent is not a mere desire to kill, but a psychotic and tangible emanation that serves as a devastating psychological weapon, easily breaking the will of his victims. Due to his psychotic nature and inherent bloodlust, Jeff projects this intent in a way that victims typically perceive as an overwhelmingly strong wave of pressure or an icy chill, even when he is outside their line of sight or when they are not even aware of his presence. This premonitory sensation usually indicates that they are Jeff’s next victims. What makes this ability truly terrifying is Jeff’s capacity to completely suppress it, even while maintaining his insatiable urge to kill. This prevents him from being tracked by his murderous aura, allowing him to blend seamlessly into society and hide his true intentions. He can even use charisma and deception to earn individuals’ trust before suddenly revealing his murderous intentions at the opportune moment to strike. Jeff’s mind is so relentlessly hardwired to kill that his killing intent is powerful enough to exert intense psychological pressure, dissuading even the bravest individuals from fighting back, leading them to submit, flee in desperation, or completely freeze in fear. This ability is so potent that it can lead victims to death by forcing their minds to believe that their demise is already an inevitable reality. A disturbing example of this occurred when Jeff operated under the alias of “The Dansville Asylum Killer.” One of his victims, after watching a JPEG video of the Jackson Sanatorium, felt such an intense and malevolent pressure emanating from the video that it spread throughout the house, affecting and influencing the victim’s mind to the point of triggering a tactile hallucination of the mutilated corpse of a young girl in their own closet — a victim the police were never able to identify. Far from being mere intimidation, the disturbing effect of Jeff’s Killing Intent lies in his notorious talent for devising ways to take a life at whatever pace he desires, shattering the victim’s will under the crushing weight of the murderous energy he emits. Essentially, if victims can sense his intent, Jeff is more than capable of inflicting any debilitating harm they can imagine. Given the vastness of his knowledge in killing, the true extent of this ability’s effectiveness remains unknown.

• Killing Instinct: Jeff The Killer's notorious thirst for blood (or the feeling) is a primal, innate facet of his psychopathic nature, an almost animalistic intuition for lethality. This ability isn't just about the intent to kill, but rather an intrinsic capacity to discern the ideal moment and manner to deliver a fatal blow. It's a visceral knowledge of how to exploit his victims' weaknesses – be they physical, psychological, or situational – with brutal efficiency. This instinct guides Jeff to react automatically in combat, identify patterns of vulnerability, and anticipate his opponents' movements, all aiming for the most lethal outcome possible. It's this "sixth sense" for death that makes him such a formidable predator, acting with an instinctive precision that transcends logic and conscious planning.

• Murder and Torture Methodology: Due to his unusually genuine sadistic nature and his psychotic mind being hardwired towards the sheer need to inflict pain on others, Jeff the Killer has developed a natural and extraordinarily comprehensive understanding of killing. This methodology goes beyond mere violence, making him a predator with a special talent for killing the vast majority of living beings, often doing it slowly and painfully upon effortlessly exploiting their weaknesses. His insatiable desire to kill is unmatched, driving him to thoughtlessly formulate methods of lethality. He knows enough about killing to instinctively uncover the vulnerabilities of anyone — even supernatural creatures. To Jeff, the existence of a weakness equates to the potential for lethality, allowing his attacks to harm targets regardless of how powerful they are. This strategic approach is evident in his ability to inflict the maximum amount of suffering on his victims, a testament to his meticulous planning and his perverse understanding of human anatomy and psychology. His mastery is not limited to identifying physical weaknesses; it extends to the exploitation of fears and psychological states, giving off his murderous aura to break the wills of his victims and induce terror before the final blow. Through years as a serial killer, Jeff has turned killing into a grotesque art form, where each crime scene stands as a testament to his expertise in disfiguring, dismembering, decapitating, and eviscerating his victims, all of which he genuinely enjoys with no remorse for even one of them.

• Superhuman Senses: Jeff The Killer's senses, while not supernatural, are at the peak of human perception. His eyesight has been sharpened, allowing him to operate efficiently in low-light environments and detect subtle movements or details that would escape a common observer. His hearing is extraordinarily sensitive, capable of picking up the slightest sounds, such as footsteps in another room, ragged breathing, the faintest whisper, and easily hear victims when they try to hide, which makes him a master predator in silent environments. Jeff's sense of smell is also remarkably developed, enabling him to track victims by scent, detect the presence of fresh blood or chemicals at impressive distances, and even perceive subtle changes in the air that indicate someone's proximity. This combined sensory acuity allows him to navigate his environment with an almost preternatural awareness, anticipate dangers, locate prey, and move with terrifying stealth, making him an extremely difficult adversary to escape or ambush.

• Supernatural Accuracy and Precision: Jeff The Killer's aim is terrifyingly precise, elevating his throwing capabilities to a level rarely seen in humans. Whether with his knives or other improvised objects, Jeff demonstrates near-impeccable accuracy, capable of hitting targets with remarkable lethality and consistency, even while moving or under pressure. His precision isn't limited to mere distance; he can exploit tiny weak points in his opponents, accurately striking vital or destabilizing areas. This ability suggests a deep understanding of rudimentary ballistics and exceptional hand-eye coordination, allowing him to disarm, incapacitate, or eliminate threats with a single, precise throw, making him dangerous even before engaging in close-quarters combat.

• Biological Invulnerability for (Possibly): Due to his psychotic nature and inherent depravity, Jeff The Killer's biological immunity isn't a common ability, but rather an anomaly manifesting in the remarkable absence of severe infections or permanent blindness, despite his brutal self-mutilations—the smile carved from ear to ear and his eyelids burned away. While the exact causes remain uncertain, it is strongly suggestive that his physiology has been altered in a way that renders him immune to the frailties of human flesh. Open cuts in the mouth, which should be massive foci for infection, and the constant exposure of his eyes, which should result in extreme dryness, ulcers, and loss of vision, simply do not affect him as expected. This could indicate an immune system operating at a superhuman level, eradicating pathogens with alarming efficiency, or an accelerated cellular healing rate that closes wounds before infections can take hold. Furthermore, his eyeballs may possess an anomalous resilience or an internal lubrication mechanism that protects them from the environment, allowing him to maintain his sharp vision even without eyelids. This biological resistance is not merely an isolated trait, but appears to be an extension of his already documented durability and pain suppression, transforming him into a being who has transcended normal biological vulnerabilities to become a relentless killing machine, where not even self-infliction can deter him.

• Superhuman Recovery: Jeff The Killer possesses an Accelerated Recovery capability that manifests in a rate of physical restoration significantly surpassing normal human capacities, as evidenced after the brutal confrontation at Billy's birthday party. During this incident, Jeff was subjected to a series of severe and consecutive traumas: he absorbed the impacts of a violent beating (by Randy), suffered extensive lacerations to his head and face caused by a glass bottle broken over his head—which, realistically, could have resulted in profuse bleeding and a concussion. Subsequently, he was drenched in bleach, exposing his already wounded and open skin to severe chemical irritation, and was then entirely set ablaze (by Keith). This event subjected him to second and third-degree burns over much of his body, causing severe thermal damage to his skin, face, and hair, and potential lung damage due to smoke inhalation. To exacerbate matters, he suffered a fall from the second story of the house to the first while on fire, which would certainly have resulted in multiple bone fractures and moderate to severe concussion or head trauma. Despite the combined magnitude of these injuries, Jeff demonstrated an extraordinarily rapid recovery, emerging from the hospital after only a few weeks without visible severe or permanent sequelae, and without exhibiting chronic fatigue stemming from the process. This capacity of his body to repair tissues, organs, and bone structures at such an anomalous rate, while simultaneously managing shock, pain (later suppressed), and infection risks, suggests that his healing metabolism operates at a much higher level than that of an average individual, allowing him to return to full functionality with impressive celerity.

• Hunting Intuition: Jeff has been known for his exceptional hunting skills. His keen senses allow him to effortlessly track down his targets while also remaining aware of the presence of observation, making it nearly impossible to anything to escape his notice. He can automatically detect and exploit the weaknesses and limitations of others.

• Stealth Intuition: Jeff is notorious for his knack for infiltrating homes with terrifying precision, hiding beyond the perceptions of those his targets and potential pursuers long enough to silently dismantle and sabotage their systematic functioning that contributes to their everyday lives in means to pressure them and even prevent resistance or escape, before eventually picking them off without being noticed.

• Superhuman Wits: Despite Jeff becoming a serial killer at such a young age, he has been known to be quick on his feet in terms of serial murder, improvising by using other methods of murder than his knife, making anything a potential weapon.

• Trapping Intuition: Jeff’s uncannily cunning nature allows him to have a vast understanding about how to go about trapping his prey, whether physically, emotionally, or even psychologically, taking the time to prepare them for future events with sheer precision and cruelty. One example was when he had prepared and planned the death of a misogynistic serial killer, even going as far as to claim their victim before they could, then pick them off with terrifying precision.
  • Immortality: Jeff is heavily unlikely to die of aging, sickness and physical damage due to being a demonic eldritch entity.
  • Anatomical Methodology: Jeff The Killer is a master of human anatomy, knowing how to spot and distinguish the right kidney from the left, as his "job" attests.
  • Supernatural Evasion: Jeff The Killer always manages to commit the perfect crime, never leaving any traces or clues, and always achieving his goals.
  • Sharp Teeth: Part of his eldritch physiology, Jeff has sharp teeth that helps him grind through human meat.
  • Surgery Methodology: Jeff's surgical skills are highly advanced, enabling him to operate on any human being without causing internal damage or complications of any kind.
  • Retractable Claws: Razor-sharp claws, able to slice through skin, cancelling out pain as they slice through Muscle ― Skin ― Arteries.

Weaknesses

• Insanity: While he does have his clever and manipulative moments, it should be noted that Jeff is still insane, due to Central Nervous System Depression from the anesthetic neurological damage from being set on fire with a naturally produced chemical called “ethyl chloride” (anesthetic chemical produced from bleach reacting to the water and ethanol contents of vodka) poured on him (especially on his head). Because of this, he is most likely suffering from inhibitions within the neural impulses responsible for sensory neurons much similar to the numbness symptoms from frostbite. This caused Jeff to have a reduced concentration rate. Despite this, this did not include the feeling. When the last strands of his sanity were broken at the sight of his face, Jeff’s emotions triggered the feeling to emerge once more, only this time, especially since his initiative was affected through neurological damages from the chemical exposure that was more on his head and face than anywhere else, his mind became hardwired towards the feeling to the point where most of his attention was on his sadistic pleasure and sheer desire for bloodshed than anything else, which led to his psychotic breakdown at the hospital in front of his own family. Because of his insanity, he no longer has control over his bloodlust, and it will emerge whenever it does since this does happen not affect his homicidal urges. When he was set on fire while with bleach and vodka on him, it had inhibited his sensory neurons of his central nervous system, which decreased his rate of concentration on certain things. When his bloodlust emerges, it sometimes becomes overwhelming to the point where he is unable to think. He is prone to make unpredictable moves and decisions. This is due to his insanity turning his bloodlust into a means of sending him into a more feral and unhinged state of mind. In other words, this all means that now that the feeling, as it has been described in the 2011 story, has shattered his sanity, he has a difficult time controlling whether or not the feeling should emerge. In these cases, Jeff’s insanity would render his mind solely fueled by the sheer desire to kill and high levels of adrenaline. Uncontrollable desire to kill along with the intoxicating feeling of bloodlust leads to reduced concern for caution and strategic thinking, rendering Jeff’s mind to be driven solely by the feeling. So, Jeff will go straight for the kill instead of acting pragmatically and formulating plans.

Quotes

Jeff the Killer (original creepypasta)

“	Jeff: Mom, why would you invite us to some kid's party? If you haven't noticed, I'm not some dumb kid. Margaret: Jeff, we just moved here; we should show that we want to spend time with our neighbors. Now, we're going to that party, and that's final.	„
~ Jeff's brief conversation with his mother.

TBA

Danger Level

Jeff truly lives up to his name, he's a feral maniac looking to trouble, chaos, and murder wherever he goes, bringing as many people down 6-feet under as he can and avoiding authorities at all times. Despite Jeff still being young, in the original story, and possibly 21 at 35 years old and 6'2" feet tall and second height 0.9186351706 feet (1.88 m and second height 28 cm) and currently he would weigh 158 lbs or a couple years older as of now, if he were so easy to apprehend or even hunt and kill him, he wouldn’t have been able to have claimed over hundreds of victims every since he had murdered his own family. Despite him being a young serial killer simply wandering into people’s homes and killing them, do keep in mind that Jeffrey Alan Woods suffers from psychopathy, meaning that regardless of the circumstances, he remains unnervingly and unapologetically calculating when carrying out his crimes. The smile he had carved into his face represents his knack for formulating various ways of how to go about killing his targets as well as his uncanny willingness to do so with full intent. Despite what others try to depict of him, Jeff the Killer is not above utilizing one’s biggest weaknesses as weapons against them as long as he seeks to mercilessly kill them in cold blood. One of Jeff’s most disturbing qualities is his ability to hide his motives long enough to lure victims into a disadvantage before, which contradicts his utterly obligation to dish out unspeakably disturbing cruelty. Of course, he’s still human. He’s only more adequate than the average human with additional neurological dysfunction within his pain receptors due to being set on fire following dermal exposure to a naturally-produced chloroform (vodka + bleach —> chloroform, especially since vodka is made from ethanol not reacting to water) thus scoring him an 9,5 on the danger level.

Facts

• The original creator of Jeff the Killer (Jeffery C. Hodek) is Sesseur.
• The 2011 Jeff the Killer Creepypasta story was written by GameFuelTv's brother, Travis. The story was first published on the Creepypasta (Classics) Wiki on August 28, 2011.
• The reboot of Jeff the Killer, written by K. Banning Kellum, is available on The Chilling Tales For Dark Nights YouTube channel.
• He is 13 years old in the original story. However, it's unknown how old he is now.
• It is unknown if Jeff is older or younger than his brother Liu.
• Jeff was a featured character in the canceled Creepypasta comic I Eat Pasta for Breakfast.
• Jeff is often referenced as a Joker rip-off, mostly resembling Heath Ledger's Joker from the 2008 superhero film, The Dark Knight.
• Jeff is often criticized as one of the worst Creepypastas, but he still has a huge following and is seen as an early icon of internet horror. He is known for inspiring many fan adaptations, fan fictions, and copycat characters. His popularity, especially among fangirls, has made him one of the most influential figures in the Creepypasta community.
• Jeff the Killer has no official connection to any stories outside his original appearance, and other Creepypastas featuring him (e.g., Jane the Killer, Nina the Killer, Slender Man, Homicidal Liu, and so forth) are fan works. Since Jeff the Killer is a copyrighted character belonging to Sessuer, who used him in only one story, any products released without Sessuer’s permission are considered non-canon.

Trivia

• A reboot of Jeff the Killer, written by K. Banning Kellum, is available on The Chilling Tales For Dark Nights YouTube channel.
• One of Jeff's most villainous acts were revealed in "Jane The Killer: The Real Story" when he murders Jane Arkensaw's family, friends, and his own family like in the original story and lights her on fire by using bleach and gasoline, leaving her scarred and disfigured. He did something similar to this act in her original story however it wasn't portrayed as dramatic as the latter.
• On 24 June 2020, in Creepypasta Wiki, user named "T.Zar IZIS" writed a blog named "I'm the Creator of Jeffrey Woods Джеффри Вудс". In blog, she implied that she is the real creator of Jeff the Killer and Sesseur is not. Her Jeff the Killer's story is different then Sesseur's Newgrounds Jeff story and famous Creepypasta. In T.Zar IZIS's version, he is a 30 year old psychopath killer. Later a message of admin/moderator named EmpyrealInvective added to blog, saying that this topic is under review and T.Zar IZIS did not provide concrete evidence. Later T.Zar IZIS's Fandom account was deleted/disabled globally, either by herself or by Fandom, showing that she was lying. Her version of Jeff can be found on here.
• The original version of the story also had Jeff being haunted by a supernatural demon named Angus Grimville.
• Despite being one of the most famous Creepypastas, Jeff's original story was removed from the Creepypasta Wiki for failing quality standards. However, the remake of the Creepypasta remains on the wiki.
  • The famous pasta, however, was put onto the Trollpasta Wiki. Same thing would happen to Sonic.exe in 2014.
• Jeff the Killer's story was featured on one episode of Internet Historian's series Sundance Rejects, which features the titular character being voiced by Top15's Chills.
• A widespread rumor stated that Jeff's image was originally a picture of "Katy Robinson", the alleged sister of a 4chan user, who had committed suicide due to relentless cyber-bullying in the /b/ forum. This rumor was later on confirmed to be a hoax.
  • The original image is likely of a Japanese woman that goes by Mariko. Sesseur's mask story has been proven to be fake.
• Due to the overall negative reception of Jeff's original story, several adaptations have been made, one notable one being David Near's new version of it, which is part of his series The Morgue Files. Another version is the 2024 rewrite by YouTuber Pastra, in which Jeff is presented as a villain with no redeeming qualities.
• In the 2015 remake of the Creepypasta, Jeff seems to be less villainous, as he had a much more understandable reason to attack his parents and he spared his brother Liu out of genuine love for him. Even if he were to survive in the original story-line, Liu would still forgive his brother despite suffering horrific injuries.
• In the following 2026, It is planned to have an April fools version of Jeff the killer, named "Zachary Drade the Killer.

• Jeff has been criticized as one of the worst Creepypastas of all time, despite his huge following and being a major birth icon of Creepypastas and internet horror.
  • Jeff is also very notorious for having multiple fan adaptions, fan fictions, and most infamously, copycats, being a vulnerable target for other "killers" to make it into the spotlight.
    • Jeff is also very popular due to the many fangirls he has, being a main inspiration for other copycat stories.
• It is unknown if Jeff is older or younger than his brother Liu.
• Jeff is very often referenced as a Joker ripoff, mostly resembling Heath Ledger's Joker from the 2008 superhero film, The Dark Knight and ichi the Killer 2001 Sakichi Sato.
• Jeffrey Alan Woods Born juny 2th 1990.
• Jeffrey C. Hodek Born September 22th 1982.