Killer Orange Cat

Jacob Fox, known on his YouTube channel as Killer Orange Cat, is a narrator of horror stories. He mainly narrates true horror stories that are submitted to him by subscribers or solicited from other websites than YouTube. He also has narrated a few of his own stories as well as stories from out of print pulp magazines.

History of Channel
Although he joined YouTube in May of 2006, Jacob did not start posting narration videos until August 7, 2015. He stated in his Question and Answer video that he wasn't even aware of the existence of creepypastas until 2013 and still didn't get inspired to narrate his own stories until his came across a fellow horror narrator named KingSpook.

A big fan of horror narrations,he noticed that a lot of the popular channels had repeat stories in them. He decided to create a channel dedicated to narrating stories that hadn't been done by other channels.

While trying to think of a name for his channel, his sister's orange tabby cat was staring at him (presumably the cat was hungry) and Jacob described the look as a "death stare." The name "Killer Orange Cat" then popped into his mind.

Jacob's first video, "The Lower Room," was his own rendition of a supposed true scary story that was told to him by an unmentioned relative. He mentioned that he recorded it using his cellphone and when he eventually got a better microphone, he rerecorded it.

Jacob mentioned that he had a very difficult time finding an audience when he began making videos and watched his view count remain stagnant for almost a whole week. He almost quit making videos until something happened and his channel began getting more views. He himself credits this in his Q&A video to one of his videos showing up on KingSpook's YouTube page after the more well known KingSpook liked one of his videos.

Jacob posted a question and answer video on February 2, 2016 where he answered subscriber submitted questions about his life.

Style
Jacob mainly narrates true story videos that he gets from subscribers to his channel or that he solicits from other websites. He most often uploads videos with three stories but has been known to break this pattern. He tries to make sure that his stories are unique to this channel and has mentioned that he listens to a lot of other narrators in order to make sure he doesn't have repeats.

Gen

Trademarks:

 * Places a picture of his sister's orange cat Ichigo at the end of each video
 * Ends his videos with the phrase "Make sure to check in your closet and under your bed because you never know where a killer orange cat might be hiding...goodnight."
 * Most videos begin with a slow music box tune while the name "Killer Orange Cat" appears against a backdrop of broken glass. The opening always ends with a strained "meow."

Personal
Jacob's age is not known. In his Q&A video, he says that this is due to the fact that he doesn't believe it really tells anyone anything real about who he is. He has given his age in "cat years" as "meow." He is from the Chicago area, graduating from high school in Grayslake, Illinois. He has mentioned that he works as a psychologist and has attended both William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois and Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois. He is a fluent speaker of Japanese and has been studying karate for years.