Themes of death, murder, torture, suicide, depression and other macabre topics are common. The episode described is almost always crude/low-budget in appearance and disturbing in nature, deviating heavily in tone and subject matter from the original show. Typically, a 'Lost Episode'-style Creepypasta is written as an anecdote by the author about an unaired or missing episode of a television show they unintentionally found- catching it late at night during its first and only airing, finding it on an old VHS tape, or even being part of the production crew or studio that aired the show. The following is a list of creepypasta that falls under the genre of 'Lost Episodes'.