Humans seem to have an innate fascination with everything creepy. Many people live for the release of the spookiest horror film, which would give the average viewer nightmares for days. Some even take on professions that involve paranormal activity.
It’s also the likely reason for the Oddly Terrifying subreddit, which has more than two and a half million followers as of this posting. This side of the internet contains images that may leave you with a few uneasy emotions. It’s also the source of today’s story.
Whether you’re looking for that jolt that caffeine can’t give or are simply a fan of everything morbid, scroll away. But do proceed with a little bit of caution.
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A Street In Amsterdam, Netherlands
That's not terrifying, that's a perfectly serene morning scene to watch from inside with a hot mug of coffee in hand.
... Depends on the background music, now, doesn't it?
Load More Replies...Lomanstraat Amsterdam. It's due to the grey picture. In reality it's one of the most beautiful streets of Amsterdam
It is, but I always worry about the trees falling over in the storms.
Load More Replies...A beautiful, natural tunnel. I just wanna walk there on a cold morning.
Lomanstraat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oyieyds88s
Load More Replies...It's actually very pretty when it's just regular daylight. Happens a lot in that part of the world.
A Camera. There Are Even Smaller Versions
Rather screwy, if you ask me.
Load More Replies...Now, this is why Ikea uses allen wrenches and inner hex screwheads exclusively - to make their furniture unKGBable.
But when I mention secret cameras I end up sectioned on the mental health act...
Oh yeah, my old workplace had these installed everywhere. They're pretty cool!
Time to bring a bag of putty when you go stay in any rented accommodation...
In a previous piece we published, we spoke with Dr. Kevin Corstorphine, a lecturer in American Literature at the University of Hull. As he explained, people who enjoy horror films find solace in them.
Media psychology expert Cynthia Vinney, PhD, provided a different explanation in an article she wrote for Very Well Mind. She mentioned the excitation transfer theory, which, in a nutshell, suggests that people find enjoyment in the negative effect of a horror film followed by the positive upswing upon the resolution of the threat.
Light Blew Out On A Canadian Wendy’s Sign
"Hello. My name is Wendy. Yes, THE Wendy, THAT Wendy. I used to work in fast food, we sure have encountered each other before. But, don't let your hopes and memories deceive you - you won't ever be offered a side salad around here, but if you dare to ask, ... well, I don't wanna ruin the surprise, I wanna ruin your eternal afterlife ..."
Extreme Close-Up Of A Wolf Spider. Photo Credits: John-Oliver Dum
If we told people it was a new muppet design they'd all be laughing over its weirdness, tell them it's a spider and they act horrified.
Load More Replies...Would photoshop well with an owl beak I think. I'll save the image in case I remember to give that a try.
A Dead Whale On The Brink Of Exploding
That's why here in Oregon we explode them before they can explode themselves. Back in the 80s there was a beached whale here and ODOT decided dynamite was the solution to get rid of it. All the local news stations were there and it did not go well. Just Google "Oregon whale explosion" to find the video. Talk about a MESS!
Load More Replies...Wait why am I getting down voted for this? (Is it just downvote fairies or did I offend someone?)
Load More Replies...Why? He's the greatest marine biologist / architect
Load More Replies...Saw The Full Mirror In My Hotel Room Randomly Shake And Discovered This Space In The Wall Behind It
Looks like it's just covering a hole cut to do some kind of repair. Lazy and cheapskate rather than creepy.
That's an escape tunnel for Andy Duphrane from Shawshank. Took him over 20 years to carve that out!
Nope nope nope. Time to leave expeditiously, post haste, with the quickness, quick fast and in a hurry. In other words....BYE FELICIA!
A Missing Person's Page From An Old High School Yearbook
Did you see the other post from today about the guy disappeared and was feet away from his home locked in his neighbors cellar ?
Load More Replies...I watched a cold case show recently... Most of the missing people were young women. Very sad that their lives were sniffed out because of some man's obsession for power, control and s3xual gratification...
I remember this vividly - 35 years later. I was a Junior in high school (Class of 1988) about 40 miles from where Wendy disappeared. Every parent of a teenage girl sat us down and gave us the 'stranger danger' talk. We didn't go anywhere alone for months. We were all scared shiteless. Someone was eventually arrested, but with no 'real evidence', he was released.
A girl was memorialized in my mom's HS yearbook. She fell off a horse and broke her neck.
She disappeared in June of 1987. If you Google her name, you will find an age-progressed photo and information about her disappearance. Foul play is suspected in her case.
Dr. Vinney also mentioned a 2023 study by Murray State University entitled "Exploring the Dark Side of Humanity: Motivations of Morbidly Curious Individuals." The study delved into people's motivations for consuming morbid media, particularly films.
The study found that morbidly curious individuals find more enjoyment in horror films with prevalent themes of gore and violence and if they can turn it into a learning experience.
This supports the theory Dr. Vinney noted in her article, suggesting that humans live vicariously through these movies. It allows us to "grapple with the darkest parts of humanity in a safe environment."
What Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Looks Like
It does. I worked on clinical studies for RA and it is a devastating disease. Currently no cure, most treatments are to slow down the progression and treat the symptoms.
Load More Replies...My mom had RA. She passed in January. It happens to your toes also. She had to have two amputated after they were causing bone infections. What people dont tell you is that the loss of independence is what really bothers most people of RA. It is a horrible disease that reeks havoc on the body, no immune system. Or the nodules you get when you bump a part of your body.
My dad had hands like these. He used to have a beautiful handwriting but that changed drastically as soon as his fingers started growing sideways.
It does hurt. My wife's mother has it and it's awful. It can be fixed by surgery, but that REALLY hurts.
IT DOES! My mom suffered with it... WARNING her medication, Methotrexate, killed her. It causes Lymphoma (cancer). The massive 'business' of western medicine (can be) unconscionable. Appreciat for the ear.
This Was A Machine Patented In 1965, To Deliver A Baby Using Centrifugal Force. The Machine Would Spin The Woman Until The Baby Came Out, Which Would Be Caught In A Net
Must have been invented by a man with no idea how female anatomy works.
aaand here we go with the standard misandry flavouring... US patent #321642 by George and Charlotte Blonsky (a married couple), NY. That's just plain, gender-nonspecific stupidity, nothing more
Load More Replies...For the sake of my own sanity I choose to believe that even in 1965 there was an ethis committee that laughed this idea out of the room before anything was tested on anyone.
Load More Replies...To make sure b00bs get moved enough to have whipped breast milk read for the newborn, maybe?
Load More Replies...I wonder if the same line of thinking that a woman couldn't go on a train 'cause her uterus would fly out led to this...
Not only were they granted a patent for this in 1965 (completely untested product) which didn't expire until 1982 , but that particular patent was used as a reference for a whole bunch of other related (and unrelated, lol) products including many for childbirth, newborn care, human centrifugal devices and even by NASA, lmao. It was a woman's idea, her husband just built it, though they shared the patent.
What Did Someone Else Know That We Don't?
This is near where I live in Scotland. The metal grid is a relatively recent addition. It prevents people from removing five “cursed” stones placed on the grave. It’s said that several people have died after moving them.
Used to protect from graverobbers getting in rather than the occupant getting out!
The Folds In This Curtain Creating The Illusion Of A Face
Protective Mother Guarding Her Babies
Nope, it's a Lichen Huntsman! That's all part of her camouflage :)
Load More Replies...On The Set Of Godzilla (1954)
I've read somewhere that the umbrella was to help shade the actor, at least a little bit. It was supposed to be really hellish in that costume. It was also awkward to walk in, hence the lady beside the actor.
Load More Replies...I love that movie, both the original Japanese and the added scenes American one.
These Twins
Unethical plastic surgeons happened to their faces.
Load More Replies...They also share one man. EDIT: Anna and Lucy DeCinque call themselves the "most identical twins in the world," and work to live up to their self-proclaimed title. They're engaged to the same man, have the same bathroom schedule, and work the same job (one for a salary the other as a volunteer, for legal reasons, they told me)
They also want to get pregnant at the same time and have their babies on the same day.
Load More Replies...Ive seen these ladies on TV - I think they are from Australia and share a boyfriend...
Finding a learning experience isn’t one of the top reasons people have for consuming creepy images, moving or otherwise. But apparently, there is research to support it.
Behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner, specializing in horror and morbid curiosity, published an article in 2021 entitled “The Psychology of Morbid Curiosity: Development and Initial Validation of the Morbid Curiosity Scale.” He argues that the fascination for the macabre “drives individuals to learn about aspects of life that are perceived to be dangerous.”
“When a dangerous phenomenon is perceived to be near or impending, curiosity may spike in order to gather information about the dangerous phenomenon. By learning about the threatening factors associated with death, one can learn to avoid the negative outcomes associated with those factors,” he wrote.
This Guy Did Something Crazy. This Is What He Looks Like Before & After 2,000 Miles From Georgia To Maine
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/895/He-Hiked-2-000-Miles-From-Georgia-To-Maine-The-Entire-Appalachian-Trail-In-153-Days
For the Europeans: The Appalachian Trail goes peak-to-peak along the entire length of the Appalachian mountains. Some are just long folds that aren't exceptionally high. While none are anywhere near as high as the Swiss Alps, many are over 2,000 meters, making them comparable to the mountains in Scandinavia, the Carpathians, or the Tatras.
Also, the 2,000 miles distance he traveled is about 3218.68 km.
Load More Replies...You go right back to where you lost your sunhat and bring it back NOW, I hear his mother say.
I'm from the East Coast and a hiker myself. Many of us have walked on sections of the trail (section hiker), several of my friends have actually through-hiked it. It changes you.
The Stomach Contents Of A Psychiatric Patient Who Suffered From Pica Disorder, A Disease Characterized By An Appetite For Inedible Objects
This is a display at the Glore Psychiatric Hospital in Chillicothe Missouri. Well worth the price of admission.
Oddly no with the ones I've seen on a certain TV show. It's disgusting. I watched it for a week. Had to stop.
Load More Replies...Good lord! I feel sorry for that person or whomever else suffers from this.
I saw a crime story on a four(?)-year-old girl from Sudan who came to the US. She had PICA and was eating flaking paint off the porch where her family had just moved. She died from lead poisoning. It's a pitiful story. Her name was Sunday.
Load More Replies...Glore Psychiatric Museum. St. Joseph Missouri. Been there once. Very interesting how mental health care changed over the years.
We went a couple of weekends ago. Just learning about all of the ways they treated mental illnesses is scary.
Load More Replies...It's surprisingly common for pregnant women to develop pica. I had constant cravings for hot water and clay. Figured out the hot water one, my shower pipe was iron and the kitchen and bathroom sinks weren't so body was anemic and craving the iron tinged water. The clay I just had to resist for 7 months and tried to vary nutrient intake to lessen. It's a very difficult craving to resist, you can *feel* the eating of the non food in your mind and mouth. I can still imagine the texture of clay in mouth and how satisfying it was to bite through. Thankfully was short lived, I can't imagine trying to resist it for life
This 'appitie' comes from a BIG iron deficiency in the body. I know, I had it. For me it was ice - had to be crunching it all the time - cost me one back tooth. Prior to having it I didn't even like ice in my drinks, and still don't. If you or someone you know has PICA, GET TESTED FOR IRON DEFICIENCY!!!
I was the exact same way! Glass after glass after glass of ice. So bad for your teeth. Still crave it sometimes!
Load More Replies...A knew a kid, who ate: Glue, pencils, ink from pens, clay, spider webs (don't even ask), and God knows what else. Had trouble after spending all lessons in the restroom. I never knew that was a real disease.
Pretty sure that's from the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO. It's a pretty interesting place!
The Sleek, Sexy, And Somewhat Sinister Razorbill
A Lone Scientist Descending Into The Radioactive Darkness Of Chernobyl In 1986
This fortunately is NOT TRUE. He is fine today!! Bad post. 👎
Load More Replies...Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bespalov are believed to be both still alive as of 2024, while Boris Baranov lived until 2005 when he passed away from heart disease. In the years since Chernobyl, Ananenko has been the most vocal about the event itself and its aftermath. -- Sky History Channel
Creepy Mould That Formed From A Plate Of Left Out Cat Food
This begs the question....if the food sat there so long that it grew mold, what happened to the cat? Why did it never eat its food?
It got left for so long that it turned into a cat
This Suburb Built On Top Of A Shopping Mall
There's been talk of repurposing dead shopping malls into residential spaces. Dead malls are a common sight these days.
I've been advocating for defunct malls to be repurposed for locked memory care centers. The 1st floor could be shops, libraries, cinemas, doctors offices, communal spaces, etc. Like a small town. The upper floors would be residential rooms, studios, wards, and apartments. Climate controlled, access controlled.
Load More Replies...Yeah, I doubt this would work for the average shopping mall. Can't imagine the structural support required for this, but glad they did it.
Load More Replies...Thanks so much! Wanted to look it up, and am irritated with people who don’t bother to identify things for us. I appreciate the assist, Carl! 💋
Load More Replies...Jakarta Indonesia, and you can drive up the same way you would a parking building.
Load More Replies...Oh, but it IS! Imagine a mall supporting a SUBURB! I wouldn’t go visit alone there for fear of it all collapsing and squishing me!
Load More Replies...This could have been so much more interesting. Instead of actual paved streets, they could have a parking garage and storage units under each house, like basements. They could have put more trees and ramps for multi-level walking and biking paths in and around the houses instead. And some restaurants with outdoor balconies. And some communal gardens.
Then they would need roads underneath the whole thing. Not an attractive option, plus the extra weight of a second floor for the residences.
Load More Replies...Two things: unless the building was planned or those houses ... that is a lot of weight. Second, a nearby vacant mall is being repurposed as a hospital, senior center and rehab. Will also include a Fire station. Huge
I Woke Up To Loud Tapping On My Window
We have a pair of bluebirds that keep tapping on our window constantly. They're beautiful but annoying. Not sure if they're trying to fight their own reflection or they're just weird.
We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes... Gobbles, gobbles in the deep. We cannot get out. The shadows move in the dark. They are coming. The thanksgivening has begun....... **peck peck **
Wild turkeys can be complete a-holes, even if still adorable, lol. They like to tear things up too, we have them all over. I bet it's a shake down for more food (that one's a bit plump for a wild'n).
I feed them at my place. 1 quart of cracked corn/day. They wait for me and occasionally come up on the patio and look through the sliding glass door. I don't have a single snail or slug in my garden!
Load More Replies...Bored Panda’s previous article also mentioned a Washington Post interview with director Mathias Clasen. He classified horror fans into three types: adrenaline junkies, dark copers, and white knucklers.
Psychology professors Haiyang Yang and Kuangjie Zhang identified another personality type: someone who lacks empathy. Here’s an excerpt of their piece for Harvard Business Review in 2021.
“Those who are not so empathic can enjoy horror more. This is because those with a higher level of empathy tend to feel more negatively about the distress situations others experience, like people being tormented by a devious murderer in a film.”
Statue Of A Child At The Bottom Of This Pond
This comment is more terrifying than the picture.
Load More Replies...Y'all ever just wanna sit under the water like this with the fishes around? Seems like it'd be nice for about a minute.
It's extremely relaxing and beautiful especially if you're fortunate enough to have an air tank so no rushing.
Load More Replies...Just How Deep Oil Rigs Are Scares The Living Shit Out Of Me
That's the Troll A platform. The tallest and heaviest structure ever moved. They towed it 120 miles or so.
I'm so afraid of the ocean and seeing stuff like this just freaks me out so much!
Yep. If I can't see the bottom of it, I ain't swimming in it!
Load More Replies...I once saw a ship that was built to transport those - huge doesn't quite fit as description
Just watched Deepwater Horizon (a mere 14 years after it came out). Quite terrifying.
My Dad and 2 Uncles started working on Land and Offshore rigs in the 60's and 2 of my Brothers started in the 70's when they were old enough. Those same 2 Brothers went back to the rigs in the 90's and stayed until they retired in 2010 and 2013 when one of my Brothers died.
Took A Couple Dozen Photos Of This Girl Outside My House And This Was One Of Them
If you live in a place where a lot of woofs are, you can shine a light over your yard. All those tiny little stars in your grass are spiders! They're everywhere! Thousands of them!
I had one drop that egg sack in my bed when I was a kid. I thought I was being attacked by fleas until I saw all the babies the next morning.
These "Sunglasses"
I would think the humidity from the breath would cause an issue. Also, breathing would be unpleasant.
She looks one of the zombified crew members from the 1979 film "The Back Hole". the-myster...ba6acb.jpg
I was about to say! Stupid movie, but it has its moments.
Load More Replies...I’d love it for that, but I’d need some air holes
Load More Replies...The Great Gorge Ruth Glacier In Alaska Is The Deepest At 3700 Feet
Especially as they are stood on ice, which is, notoriously, quite slippery.
Load More Replies...Oh, I'm experiencing exactly what you're describing. Probably the worst I've ever felt it actually because this one you can slide into!
Load More Replies...It is full of water. So more of a jump in after the hot sauna.
Scientists Grew 'Mini-Brains From Stem Cells. Then The Brains Sort Of Developed Eyes
Probably just photoreceptors, nothing more than cells to differentiate between light and darkness
Load More Replies...Nah, these mini-brains are more intelligent than influencers. XD
Load More Replies...We could do so much with stem cells. Then we're out here making mini brains with micro-mini eyes.
Stem cells can be harvested ethically from living donors. I'm on a bone marrow donor list and after 30 years they found a match last year. Due to having had several concussions I wasn't a good candidate for general anesthesia and actual bone marrow removal. They sent me a kit to boost my natural stem cell production and a week later they extracted them in a manner similar to donating blood plasma. The goal was 4 million units and they were able to extract 6 million units
Load More Replies...My Lemon Tree Grew One Huge Mutant Leaf To Better Absorb TV Radiation
There is nothing from a tv that a plant can use, so it clearly doesn't usually sit there. However, that window plant mess in the reflection makes the high up extra large leaf make sense - how else is it going to get sun in there?
Ummm....that's an OLED TV....ain't any radiation coming from that puppy.
It's blocking inappropriate content. Like anything in the top left corner of the screen. Faces, signs, background, dust etc etc.
Needs better fertilizing this is why there are so many convolutions in the leaf. Get some organic fertilizer on it
Kidney Stone....i Passed Out
Has to be a 6.5 to 7mm stone. I passed a 6.3 and it was absolutely excruciating. When I knew it was about to pass I started drinking beer early that morning into the afternoon. The alcohol relaxes your urinary tract and makes you pee more. Probably not the best treatment but it works
Several people have told me their urologists told them to drink a six pack every day. There must be something to it. (I guess diuretics are waaay less fun.) (If you like beer, I mean.)
Load More Replies...My mom said they are worse then childbirth. She had three kids no medication.
Load More Replies...That must have hurt like hell! It must have been taken out surgically, right?
Woke Up This Morning To These Prints On My Back Yard Deck Came Right Up To My Glass Door
At least there’s clearly prints of them walking away too. Imagine if there were only prints TO your house
Villisca axe murder house didnt have prints going away EDIT nope, wrong murder house, meant the hinterkaifeck murders, the two are oddly similar
Load More Replies...It could be someone who left the house and came back, rather than someone who came to the house and then left.
Back when I had a stalker I woke up to something similar in the snow. Except it was a circle around my yard, under the windows, and then up into my backyard deck. I took pics, told the popo, they didn't do anything. But freaky AF. Still have those photos somewhere
What is with the superimposed barefoot on another carpet? Do you see it?
Author G Neil Martin, an Honorary Professor of Psychology at Regent’s University of London, supported the “lack of empathy” theory. He published an article in 2019 entitled “(Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Responses to Horror Films.” Here’s an excerpt:
“Low empathy and fearfulness are associated with more enjoyment and desire to watch horror films but … specific dimensions of empathy are better predictors of people’s responses than are others.”
Final Self Photo Of Kayaker Andrew Mccauley Recovered From His Memory Stick After His Disappearance. Credit : Jamesishere
Sad but preventable. He rushed into the adventure despite a known equipment fault: part of the protection shell for sleeping arrangement prevented the kayak self-righting capability and made nearly impossible to re-board the craft if thrown out. Drinking water storage in the boat was on deck, high above the center of gravity, adding instability to the setup. His choice of equipment was debatable: radio equipment was under-powered, lacked hand-free trigger and was tied to the kayak. Touchbase reporting procedures were shoddy; his emergency beacon was not firmly tethered to his floatvest, that was inflatable instead of a buoyant one for better comfort, meaning less readiness in case of emergency. His GPS beacon was not waterproof, and had to be operated manually in short daily windows to account for the lack of battery capacity, allowing large drift error. Ultimately, he cheaped out on organization, foregoing arranging a support ship following close as is common in those efforts.
Reminds me of the guy from Into the Wild. Same hubris about their capabilities.
Load More Replies...I have no empathy whatsoever for people who set out on expeditions like this. Egotistical, self absorbed idiots desperate for attention. They always end up putting other people in danger having to rescue or save them. And people are there for it.
A friend was sailing back from Santa Catalina Island when he fell overboard. Boat sailed on without him. He liked to drink.
Not our clown, not our circus. He was Australian.
Load More Replies...Apparently, This Was Someone's Wisdom Tooth:
This is not a real tooth. It's missing some important anatomical markers that an actual tooth would have. There's no CEJ, it looks like it's completely covered with enamel (no cementum), the roots of the tooth wouldn't be so shiny. Every time this photo pops up people fall for it.
If it's an unerupted wisdom tooth (or other supernumerary tooth) then yes, it can look like this. I had 7 wisdom teeth and one had "octopus roots" like this one. The dentist (gleefully) showed it to me after surgery. It wasn't this shiny, as it was still bloody, and it didn't have THIS many roots, but yes, it looked similar. Unless you've got concrete proof that this is a fake tooth, then it's entirely possible that it's real.
Load More Replies...Don't know if it looks like that, but I had to get 8 root canals in one tooth. Three is normal for a molar. That looks like six, maybe a couple more aren't visible.
King Cobra Loose In My Neighborhood
In a lot of places, owning an exotic animal is illegal. I imagine that a Kkng Cobra would be especially illegal, considering that they would be a danger to the public if it escapes.
Load More Replies..."My liege, would your Royal Highness be so good as to wiggle his grandiose scaled person back to the terrarium?"
Load More Replies...I wouldn't insult the cobra anyways, if push comes to shove the cobra wins to be honest.
As much as I understand peoples' bonds with their pets, this is one search and rescue I would not assist with.
Passengers Boarding A British Airship For Its Last Voyage Killing 48 Of 53 On Board
In October of 1930, the R101 crashed, killing 48 people. The loss of hydrogen buoyancy combined with added weight of the rain-soaked nose section caused R101 to pitch down at an angle of 18 degrees for up to 90 seconds. The crew pulled hard up, but was barely able to achieve a positive angle of 3 degrees above the horizon. Proximate Cause: • Loss of forward buoyancy, due to weather-induced damage, causing the nose to pitch down violently • Hot engine contacting extremely combustible hydrogen gas leaking from airship Underlying Issues: • Time and development pressures • Off-nominal weather conditions • Ignored stand down call • Fundamental buoyancy and control issues (edit: sorry for the awkward formatting, BP’s comment section is stuck in 2012 apparently lol)
Load More Replies...I seem to remember that the spire on the Empire State Building was planned as an airship mooring and passenger loading place. True?
That's a higher death ratio than the Hindenburg had (36,08% compared to 90,57%)
I'm pretty sure most airship disasters were worse than the Hindenburg. The latter was just captured on film and became famous. Airship tech is extremely safe nowadays though
Load More Replies...I am a nervous flyer, despite rationally knowing it's very safe and thousands of planes take off and land every day. This think look sketchy as hell.
Workers Polishing The Gateway Arch 630 Feet Above The Ground In Saint Louis, Mo 1965
Not really, guys are wearing helmets. Should protect them in case of falling.
Load More Replies...Perhaps it's just the photo size but I don't see any safety harness. I like heights and that would be a thrill for me but I wouldn't do it without an anchor line. At that height seems like you could get a gust of wind.
Are they really wearing hard hats? What is that supposed to protect them from? What is falling onto their heads at that height? Don’t think that will offer much protection in a fall in that particular structure.
i think my biggest question here is why the top of the gateway needs to be polished
The Hands Of German Serial Killer Fritz Honka
You mean he didn't club his victims to death with his fingers?
Load More Replies...There’s a book and a movie called the same as his day to day Bar in Hamburgs red light district - „Der Goldene Handschuh“. There he picked up girls, murdered them and kept their bodies in his apartment until he got caught. Yup, thats disgusting. However, this bar still exists. It’s a classic in Hamburg today.
He was a homely man with a deformed nose from an auto accident. After serving time, he was admitted to a nursing home under the name Peter Jensen, and died in a Hamburg hospital in 1998 at the age of 63. Years of alcoholism depleted his physical health, but no definitive cause of death is listed that I could find.
Foot fingers. At first I thought it looked like someone photoshopped someone’s big toenail on to the end of each finger.
Gender also plays a role in the fascination for anything morbid. As Martin noted in his article, men are more likely to get a kick out of horror films than women, and here’s his explanation:
“Men and boys prefer to watch, enjoy, and seek our horror more than do women and girls. Women are more prone to disgust sensitivity or anxiety than are men, and this may mediate the sex difference in the enjoyment of horror.”
This Photo In My Doctor's Office
I love that movie! Best part was the Dr Mario scene.
Load More Replies...This is a drawing of two people, possibly entertainers, enjoying themselves at a fair. Not my cup of tea, but it sure is different from the hotel art most med facilities display.
A Bacteria Colony In A Snow Globe That Wasn't Properly Sterilized
Dragon is wearing a wig. I can tell that's not his real hair.
That's actually pretty cool. If it could be replicated it could be the new Chia Pet.
Oh my god I was thinking the exact same kinda thing! Whole new little universe
Load More Replies...As a kid, I rinsed and cleaned a bottle of Maggi's "Texicana Salsa", filled with tap water and placed on th windowsill. After a few days, green dots appeared, floating around, later accompanied by strings, and its crystal-clearity got compromised each day a tad more. After a week, a green corkscrew of rougly 2 mm length had appeared and it smelled like Grandma's plantrottery, where she let the bacteria make the most fertile soil ever to be known... And I threw it out - ew, didn't really wanna try it, although a friend offered me 5 DM if I drank it. No, I said, below 50, I wouldn't even try a sip, and double it for not spitting out. Nobody chimed in, and that was a relief - I wouldn't wanna have, and likely, not drinking one drop of it already was among the wisest decision related to my marine greenhouse...
The Crime Scene On The Night Of Nov. 11, 1974, That Inspired The Amityville Horror
Fun fact: The Amityville Horror (1979) and Amityville II (1982) were filmed at a similar house in New Jersey, that was modified to look exactly like the real house (pictured above), which is in New York. Another fun fact: the real house still exists, but has itself been modified to deter film buffs, true crime buffs, and tourists from disturbing the owners.
And it was given a new street number. 112 Ocean Avenue no longer exists.
Load More Replies...The house I grew up in had the same kind of roof and 1/4 circle attic windows. :-|
The killings were thought to have happened during the night of November 13th, so this photo was most likely from after dark on the night of the14th.
A guy killed his entire family. The voices told him to do it. The lutz’ family moved in a year later, and left 28 days after they moved in, the house was haunted
Load More Replies...The Surface Of Comet 67p, A Jupiter-Family Comet Originally From The Kuiper Belt. Filmed By The Rosetta Space Probe
How is that terrifying? We did a ghetto fly-by of two planets, two asteroid, a comet; dropped a hundred-kilo robot into said comet, all while cruising at 3,000 km/h. Took some holiday snaps (because "pics or didn't happen"), beamed them back home through 250 million miles of interplanetary void. Made nerds back home happy by running a bunch of scientific experiments. Basked in glory for a few days and then dropped the mic and logged out. This is not terrifying, this is fcking BADASS.
Some really smart people did that and we still have idiots that claim the earth is flat, climate change is a hoax and that this sort of thing is a waste of money because it doesn’t directly benefit them. Those people shouldn’t be allowed to drive let alone vote.
Load More Replies...Portrait Of A Man Affected With What Is Now Believed To Have Been Congenital Syphilis C. 1820
Congenital syphilis does not have a high incidence of the eventual neurological issues that occur with primary syphilis. Sometimes babies born with congenital syphilis will have cerebral palsy or other neurological issues, but true neurosyphilis has only a ~20% or so incidence rate in people born with congenital syphilis. Congenital syphilis is an infection passed on to babies from their infected, untreated mothers - it is not exactly the same as the the "normal" sexually-transmitted infection.
Load More Replies...What happens when there are no antibiotics. This is our future if we don't stop overusing them.
Congenital means they were born with Syphilis. What a very sad and painful life they must have had.
Terrible disease and a terrible curse for an unborn child or infant....
Who commissioned that picture? If it was a relative of mine, I'd ask the artist not to be too realistic...
A parent, spouse, or other relative may have wanted a permanent image of their loved one, despite his flaws and deformities. I myself would not want a "false" spruced-up painting (or photo) of one of my loved ones, no matter their deformities/scars/etc.
Load More Replies...Congenital? Does that mean his mom passed it along to him as he was born? Or did he catch it in the uterus? However it happened, it’s an awful shame. Things like this make me think I’ve had an easy life.
Staircase To Nowhere In The Woods
Not a single one of you is allowed to bring up the staircases as if the creepypasta is reality. Yes, stairs in woods exist and, yes, you should not get on them (they are likely to crumble and you will get hurt). They are not paranormal.
The explanation is quite simple: Staircases are often one of if not the most sturdy part of a building. Thats why they often remain even if the rest of the building is gone.
Uh...don't go up. I heard bad things happen when you take staircases in the woods.
They're so old they'll break apart and you'll fall and get hurt to a greater or lesser extent. Bad things happen because of your stupid decision, not anything supernatural.
Load More Replies...Stairway to another dimension, the rest of it is on the other side of the portal.
I read the stories of the stairs in the woods and watched the tiktok which was very entertaining. The stories I found online were actually terrifying.
In his article, Martin also pointed out that children handle scary moments better. He wrote, “Physical coping strategies are more successful in younger children; priming with information about the feared object reduces fear and increases children’s enjoyment of frightening television and film.”
This rings true with eight-year-old Aubriella Lopez and her younger brother, six-year-old Dominic. Both are fans of the Michael Myers character from Halloween. Their mother, Kayla, spoke to CNN, saying, “I don’t really know of anybody that likes horror as much as them, honestly.”
Stairway In Hotel Goes Forward 13 Floors Without Any Switchbacks
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. But he had a lousy summer.
Load More Replies...i want to see some one run up those steps, and when they are at the top, raise their arms and yell, "YO ADRIAN! I DID IT!"
I looked at it again and I can see what you mean- it’s like a visual illusion
Load More Replies...I so want to see what happens when an orange fat guys trips on the top step...
Oddly Unreal Looking Side Of The Road
What's so unreal? A retaining wall prevents the hillside from slumping into the road, and a trough collects the rainwater from deteriorating the wall.
I Am Pink Underneath
Back when I was in primary school in the 80's, there was an african child who was the only person of colour in the school at the time. Her parents had to come into school because the poor girl was coming home covered in scratch marks and wanted to know why. It turned out that that the other kids (mostly 6-7yr olds), who were white, didn't understand why her skin was black and were trying to peel the black skin off. Where I grew up it was basically 99% white everywhere at the time so they had never seen a person of colour before. There was no inherent racism. It was simply because the kids hadn't experienced someone different before. Poor kid.
Doesn't say much for the parenting skills of parents of offending kids. Instead of Poor Kid -- it is truly poor kids if they are left to go through life believing white is the only approved skin color
Load More Replies...They comment "Was outside during g the polar vortex for too long and didn’t have gloves at the time. Think it was 10-20 min in sub zero temps"
Load More Replies...My Mom's Boyfriend Has These In His Hallway. Says There His Ex-Wives. Idk Why He Still Has Them
Never forget that the actual Annabelle doll (that the film of the same same is based on) was a Raggedy Ann doll.
They're his ex-wife's or they're his ex-wives? Big difference...
A child, of course, processes fear differently than an adult. And in the case of gravitating toward horror films, it could be more about proving something to themselves. This is according to Purdue University professor Glenn Sparks, who also spoke with CNN.
“Some children may be more willing to expose themselves to potentially scary things, perhaps because of the gratification they think they will experience from being able to conquer those things."
The Gun That Started Ww1
It was a cause for ww1 not the cause the others were mainly modern imperialism, militarism, nationalism, the arms race, and the French german war of 1872 I had to learn this for my history exam
Europe was a tinderbox waiting to explode. It could have been anything but the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (the Crown Prince not the band) was the trigger. Sorry couldn't resist the pun.
Load More Replies...Exactly. Several European countries had gotten set for war.
Load More Replies...Instead of prison, Punishment should've been serving at a front line hospital
Load More Replies...What’s funny about Gavrilo Princip is that he had a phobia of loud noises. What’s horrible about Gavrilo Princip is that in 1917, a prison guard came into his room showing him newspapers showing the death and destruction of the big battles of Paschendale, asking him if he had any regrets of what he’d started. Princip replied with a defiant “No”.
The Royal Armouries in my home town, Leeds UK......this was when it was on loan.
it would not have caused anything if a PERSON had not fired it... just say'n
Today My Car Was Marked With Duct Tape On The Windshield And Handle. No Idea Why
isn't it some kind of markings from thiefs? where did I read something like that?
It could also mark someone who has been parking for longer than allowed on some streets.
Load More Replies...Not seen that one before, but one tactic that thieves have been know to use is to put something under the rear wiper, which you only notice when you are about to reverse out of your parking space, and quite often I suspect get out to remove it leaving the keys in the ignition.
same with a plastic water bottle behind the passenger rear tire. Backup ... bang ... get out of the car to look ... someone else jumps in
Load More Replies...Did some digging. Could be a few things. 1.d***s. Police in Atlantic County are warning the public not to touch anything that looks suspicious or out of place after two women went to the hospital after touching painter’s tape left on one of their vehicles. A woman told a Linwood Police Department officer on May 19 that she found a blue piece of painter’s tape on the rear window of her vehicle, officials said. 2)In some reported cases, tape or other objects on car handles have been used to cover scratches or damages inflicted on the vehicle. And the 3) However, it’s essential to be aware of the implications the tape might have, such as it being a marker for potential thieves or a trick to distract you while someone attempts to steal from your vehicle. Apparently d***s on the tape. Tape to hide damage. Or rarely to distract you while robbing vehicle. Hmm. Not sure if any of those make sense to me, but maybe this helps?
But how are you supposed to react then? I can’t see the police coming to your aid if you call them and say, "Someone put a small piece of duct tape on my car."
Load More Replies...One more reason I drive a car crappy enough that no self-respecting car thief would bother with it.
In my area, any markings on cars, tape, stickers, zip ties are marking for thefts, kidnapping s and or human trafficking. If you see this on your car go back inside and call the police immediately. I live in central Ontario and if you see this in a small town you have been targeted please call the police and seek safe shelter then let the police document it all.
Based on @Rosemary Cameron's comment, I'd say it's to get you to stop and deal with the tape so they can attack. If you're just walking up and getting in your car, they don't have time. But if you stop to take the tape off, that gives them an extra minute or two.
Never heard of parking officers putting duct tape on duco!
Load More Replies...It’s a thing criminals do to make you get out of the car and then they hop in and steal it
I Had To Stop For Gas Around 1 Am
OK, so it's a photo of a totally normal gas station taken with night vision. Not scary at all.
Normal? Where’s the gas pump? Don’t you have gas pumps at stations in your area? ETA: Wait: Is that the pump on the left? I thought that was the store, and the hole in the ground is where the pump used to be. Now I’m REALLY confused, as I have NO idea what I’m looking at. 😕
Load More Replies...It almost looks like someone is standing out in the distance facing the gas station. Zooming in doesn’t clarify what it is either. I can only assume it’s Slenderman.
What Looks Like A Locked Cage Under My Hotel Shower. View From The Toilet, At My Most Vulnerable
The plumbing access door would be the least of my concerns, that whole room is so gross!!
Just my thought, *that* was what was concerning you...?
Load More Replies...Looks like it is missing part of the actual cover. This bathroom is disgusting! It's even missing floor tiles, it appears to me.
Load More Replies...Maybe don't choose the cheapest hotel next time. That's just an access door for plumbing.
Do you know money doesn't grow on trees? I'll tell you a secret: most people "choose" the cheapest hotel/car/flat/whatever because that's all they can afford. Even hard-working people can't afford a decent standard of living nowadays. Maybe don't show your obnoxious privilege next time.
Load More Replies...However, watching horror films doesn’t always sow terror in a person’s psyche. Sometimes, it may bring two people closer together to spark a romance. This is according to NYU professor John Montgomery, PhD, who published an article on Psychology Today.
According to Dr. Montgomery, it’s the anxiety that draws attraction. He wrote, “Something about the state of fear or anxiety, in other words, appears to make many of us more likely to experience feelings of sexual attraction towards other people.
“Such a tendency may have originally evolved to encourage us to connect with or attach to other people when our survival is at risk.”
Cervix Dilation During Childbirth Illustrated Through Carved Pumpkins. Fyi The Cervix Is Inside The Vagina And The Opening Is Normally Closed, Like Much Smaller Than 1cm
You don't have to see everything to trust that it works, I think. And it's not like the cervix remains wide open after the passage of the baby, btw.
Cave Lion Skull Found In The Alaskan Permafrost
They probably got startled and farted right as they took the picture. A fartle if you will.
Load More Replies...Cave Lion snorkel. Allows them to wade water deeper than the nose.
Load More Replies...Baby Cages Used To Ensure That Children Get Enough Sunlight And Fresh Air When Living In An Apartment Building, 1937
I personally would benefit from a cage like this. But I don't think it would hold me, so I guess I have to just...go outside and walk or something. Literally touch grass.
Honestly I would love an adult-sized cage like this. I have a patio but it’s not as cozy-looking
Load More Replies...Part of me thinks they should bring this practice back, but i'm also aware of the fact that it would have the unfortunate side effect of making the children more audible to others.
Just so long as the upstairs neighbors don’t also have a baby, with diarrhea
Check out this one! https://www.sentinelsource.com/elf/it-s-simply-all-the-rage-put-your-baby-in-a-cage/article_83d7da52-3757-11ec-a19a-fbd14811f98a.html
This Toilet Threatening To Cut My Fingers Off
Can honestly say if the toilet was clogged, the last thing I'd put in there would be my hand.
"Who'd put their hands in a TOILET?" - comments from people who've never dropped their phone in the dunny. Neither have I, I managed to catch it but even so.
Whaaaat? you don't? Am I the only one? I thought we were supposed to wash our hands afterwards. Where do you wash your hands then ?
Load More Replies...Why would any sane person think, “Hmm. Good day to put my fingers into the toilet for some CR@PPY ASMR!” Pun intended.
It's a macerating toilet, it chops all the solids up before they go into the pipes.
Load More Replies...Someone Brined A Turkey In A Metal Pan And This Was The Result… And I Am Oddly Terrified
Don't brine things in metal. The brine leeches the metal into the food.
Chemical reaction; use stainless steel or food grade plastic and not aluminum for these tasks.
After The Attack On Pearl Harbor In 1941, Some Sailors Were Trapped On The Uss West Virginia And The Uss Oklahoma. One Group Of Men Survived 16 Days, Which They Tallied On The Wall Of The Storeroom Where They Were Trapped. No One Wanted Guard Duty Because Of The Incessant Banging And Screaming
Wait, they knew they were there and just left them without even attempting to help??
They tried, but the damage was too severe and they couldn't reach them on time.
Load More Replies...😳 Bonus Gift For Being The First Customer
On the surface that's gross AF. I also suspect some sort of neo-pagan witchcraft may factor in too though.
Uuuh, pieces of your person are highly valuable and is not something one would just give out plain like that. Using part of oneself is considered by many to make a spell more powerful and usually would be mixed/made with something else, not just w***y nilly in a bag.
Load More Replies...Return the bag to them full of pubes. With a note "how you like it?"
That's a single strand of hair? It must be 5 meters long, or 30 bananas.
Well, it does say "from each of the owners," so there's likely more than one hair shared between them...
Load More Replies...This Morning, I Got An Image From My Sister
Your terrier sees someone else in there that can't be seen on camera.
There's literally the head of some dude with a muatache peaking out from the boxes. 🤦🏾♀️
Load More Replies...Apparently that is his sister in the picture, pulling a joke 😂
Load More Replies...This Envelope Full Of Candy I Found On My Chair At Work
Ask around if anyone knows who put it there. It might be a gift from a friend. Why always expect that it is an attempt to hurt someone?
I found a box of eggs in my pantry this morning, after having been sway for a couple of days. My assumption is, that a friend, who is usually distraught and trying to do ten things at once, was here to feed the horses (as agreed), needed the loo, used the spare key in the stable to let her in, she placed it in the pantry on the way to the loo.
It's A What? You're All What?
Someone doesn't know enough English to make the message understandable.
This Australian Children’s Cartoon Called ‘Dirtgirlworld’
Yeah! So good. Way better than the real life version. Quite the opposite of Bananas in pyjamas which was better in real life.
haha i watched this when i was like 7. the graphics and sh*tty animation always pissed me off
DIRT GIRL WORLD!!! Yeah I watched this is like 76 times during my childhood
Was Delivering Drywall On A Flatbed And This Was Next To My Truck During Unload. Receivers Had No Explanation As To Why It Was There
Keep an eye on it just in case it's a Weeping Angel situation
French Diners Eating Tiny Birds Whole (From R/Interestingasfuck)
Those poor birds. If you're so worried that what you're doing is a sin against God, maybe you shouldn't do it in the first place. Honestly, guys! 🙄
Someone all powerful, omnipotent, and all that can't figure out what's going on? And why is it a sin?
Firstly an Ortolan is a Bunting and not a Sparrow, huge difference. As sort of mentioned several times it is served in restaurants but on the proviso your face is covered as technically it is Illegal. It's an old law though that probably wouldn't be prosecuted so it's more of a gimmick these days. Nothing to do with God at all as I'm pretty sure if He actually wanted to He could see through a napkin.
No, it is supposed yo keep the aroma concentrated around the eater. Nothing to do with sin. And it is illegal to hunt and eat them now, they are a protected specie.
the fact that I know eating these is illegal in the us is all cause of Brooklyn Nine Nine
Unused Venom Design For Spider-Man 3
Never thought I'd disapprove of anything Venom. Apparently Venom with human teeth is my line.
Abandoned House And Jeep Found On A Hill/Mountain. Eery To Look At
Thank you., apparently all 4x4s and SUVs are Jeeps. Like every console is a "Nintendo" to some parents...
Load More Replies...If you happen to find a weird book with a face on its cover... leave immediately!
Or just read it. Out loud. And hope there's a shotgun and a chainsaw nearby.
Load More Replies...I'd take the house and fix up the nissan! That's like my dream!
Cancer Warning On Rice??!!
Apparently that warning is for anything that can not prove beyond a doubt their product does not cause cancer. And to pay for that testing is too expensive so everyone just slaps the warning stating they have not proven that it does not cause cancer… ergo … California
Looked it up. The concern for this rice is Arsenic. Some plant crops, including rice grown in soil with elevated arsenic levels, which can absorb arsenic. From the ca prop 65 website, "Arsenic (inorganic arsenic compounds) is on the Proposition 65 list because it can cause cancer. Exposure to inorganic arsenic compounds can cause cancer of the lung, bladder, and skin. This exposure may also cause cancer of the liver, prostate, and kidneys. Arsenic (inorganic oxides) is on the Proposition 65 list because it can cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Exposure to inorganic arsenic oxides during pregnancy may affect the development of the child. Proposition 65 requires businesses to determine if they must provide a warning about exposure to listed chemicals." So they knew the rice has arsenic and labeled it as such
Note that the rice was grown in Thailand by Korean Farm, Inc. The corporations may be out of California, but there were quite a few dangerous chemicals dumped all over Thailand during a nasty little skirmish there a few years back.
Actually, the companies do so to preclude citizen lawsuits designed to "win the lottery."
Load More Replies...Well the only way you can get cancer is if you are alive and you need to eat to live soooo...
Rhee bros inc, importers is actually less than a mile from the house I own in Maryland. I've actually never seen their products for sale anywhere.
Still Figuring Out The Dropzone Location
It is, but it would likely splash and create an even bigger mess. We don't have nearly as much stream or even flow control as men (or as some women claim to have, lol). There isn't enough depth to the extension to prevent overflow/splash back. You'd have to pee VERY slowly and still hope for the best.
Load More Replies...This is what I found. "The photograph was authentic and it depicted a real object. However, the urinal was part of an art installation. There's no evidence of it being installed somewhere for actual use."
Hey Mike, remember when you said you wanted to do an art exhibition protest? Found the perfect one. And you don't need to bring paint.
Load More Replies...Message Is Clear Girlfriend. Going To Lowe's First Thing In The Morning
My Parents Came Back Home To This. Almost Burned Their House Down With This Concave Mirror
This Old Well (I’m Assuming) Covered Under My House
Climbing out of this well on a regular basis would be such a pain for Sadako...
I Got My Mom A New Mattress For Her Hospital Bed. It Came With A Booklet Of Bed Rail Risks. This Is The First Page
Not a question of intelligence. People move around in their sleep. And when they're sick with a fever or in pain their movements can be very haphazard and unpredictable. Someone may be dreaming of trying to escape the heat (of their fever), etc. and get themselves twisted around.
Load More Replies...This Creepy Child’s Book My Mom Got My 1 Year Old- She Hates It
If this disturbs you, don't even go near "Big Cat Pepper." Scarred me for life, and I read it as an adult.
The Sink At This Restroom
That is not that hot. Here it is a requirement in all commercial premises that hot water systems operate at 60 degrees centigrade and deliver water to the taps at 50 degrees or 55 degrees in a healthcare setting. This is to prevent bacteria growth that causes things like Legionnaires Disease.
World’s Largest Pitbull
Looks like it's not purebred, maybe part Caucasian Mountain Dog (or some other HUGE dog breed), mixed with a pittie.
IS that a pitbull? Looks like it's got more than half Cane Corso with that stature, even IF the size is just a trick of camera perspective.
No, it's definitely not a pitbull (because that's not technically a breed anyway).
Load More Replies...The Image Generated By My Teacher During A Demo To Show How A Bad Agent Might Try To Extract The Training Data From A Neural Network
"Oh my God where are your parents!? You shouldn't be on Bored Panda!"
Load More Replies...Ok, found the info needed - TL;DR version is (as far as I can understand, please do correct me) 'lazy input for AI generation" The underlying technology behind basically all of this AI hype you might have heard about is something called neural networks. In particular really deep ones where inputs (images, text, etc) are passed through many layers of calculations using learned parameters (“weights”) in order to produce an output prediction about the input. (E.g. “this picture is a cat”) These weights are learned from training the neural network on many thousands of known example inputs and iteratively tweaking the parameters using some clever calculus so that eventually useful patterns are encoded into the parameters that allow the network to make correct predictions. The encoded patterns in the trained parameters are not interpretable to humans. So it might be assumed that given a trained neural network on its own you would only be able to feed it new inputs and make predictions but
But WHAT? They got you, didn't they? The creepy people from the image got you!
Load More Replies...This Nikocado Avocado Thumbnail I Came Across
Yup, that's the sad clown who's killing himself slowly for some Youtube clout...
Are the Takis actually in the picture or photoshopped in? Also look at how purple this person's lips are 😢 one of my nieces was born with a heart condition and had those colour lips for the first 4 years of her life. After her (hopefully) final corrective surgery, they became the beautiful rosy pink they were always meant to be.
Size Of Grizzly Bear Paw
We saw this entry last week and I believe we were all collectively upset about the fact that the bear is dead.
Yeah, that a*****e is wearing camo and appears to have blood on at least one of his hands. I'd love to smack that smug look off his face.
Load More Replies...That is actually terrifying. I ran into black bears a couple of times. I’ll take those any day over a grizzly
Now, it’s your turn, pandas. What are your experiences with the creepy and morbid? Do you share the same fascination? Or do you look away? Comment below!
