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21 Creepy Facts Not For The Faint-Hearted, As Shared On This Instagram Page
While most of us are naturally curious and suffer from more or less pronounced FOMO, meaning we have to know, see and hear everything others do, it’s not always best for us.
Some things are better left unknown or at least not put in the nightmarishly dim light like the facts shared on the “Creepy.fact” Instagram account. Followed by 231k followers, the page calls itself “the scariest account on Instagram” so we are about to see if that’s true. We wrapped up some of the most interesting posts shared on this page, so pull your seat closer, as you may want to leave your lights on.
The truth is... nothing beats the enduring appeal of things that fall under the categories of horror, grotesque, and mystery. Just look at the recent craze around gothic and horror TV shows (I refuse to believe there exists a person who hasn’t yet watched Tim Burton’s Wednesday) and serial killer documentaries (Netflix’ spin on Dahmer, anyone?!).
So to find out more about what it is that makes us tick when it comes to horror, we spoke with Lauren McMenemy, a south London-based writer of gothic-influenced folk horror who is currently working on a novel set in the world of the Victorian occult. And she was happy to share some very interesting insights into the topic!
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“Humans are inherently morbid, whether they like to admit it or not,” Lauren McMenemy, a professional writer, journalist, and experienced writing mentor and coach told Bored Panda. “We are fascinated by death - by avoiding it, by cheating it, by embracing it, by understanding what comes next.”
“And I think the last bit is really why we love the creepy stuff; ghosts and skeletons and vampires and other creepy things help us to explore what comes after death. As for mysteries, well, who doesn't love a good mystery! As well as being morbid, we are also inherently curious creatures,” McMenemy explained.
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SydneyGirl 1 year ago
Bloody huntsman. Those dinner plate sized ones creeping out from behind a picture on the wall do tend to create stained undies.
McMenemy argues that it's what marks out humans and has helped us to grow and develop over generations and millennia. “We want to figure out the things we don't understand, and when we can't figure them out then some of us become obsessed by them.” McMenemy still remembers her own childhood obsession with the Bermuda Triangle, and who didn’t have one!
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Jessica Bertram 1 year ago
🤣it's a thing we share, scag$y. it isn't that i don't /appreciate/ experimental jazz, but its atonal qualities hurt my ears and make me jangle inside. weird. But more traditional jazz standards i love.
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Shelby Jackson 1 year ago
AHS Coven didn't just pull that storyline from their a** people. Lol.
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 1 year ago
I mean... that's ONE way to encourage people to step outside their comfort zone....
Penny Dell 1 year ago
He could have literally said that and he could walk into the dance hall where jazz was playing and kill everyone, which why they were dumb yet smart because they would never know if he was gonna do that or not. Lol
Mary Peace 1 year ago
"Hey Mildred, we've been dancing for 3 days solid, do you think it's safe to stop now?"
Triv 1 year ago (edited)
They actually played on this in American Horror Story: Coven. Witches did not play jazz music, and the axe-murder went into their house to kill them, but the witches got him instead. But because they used magic to kill him, his Spirit was able to linger. It was a plot point to a storyline they did.
SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 1 year ago
The facts of this case are truly horrifying. I read about it a couple of years ago, and it chilled me to the bone. Here’s a Smithsonian article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/axeman-new-orleans-preyed-italian-immigrants-180968037/
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
In jazz parlance, an 'axeman' is a guitarist. Maybe he just wanted a gig.
ikejennifer01 1 year ago
Or they would have simply just not played jazz in one house, he will go there to kill and the police would have caught him 🤷
Tenacious Squirrel 1 year ago
I wonder how he made this statement so public, without ever revealing his identity, yet people knew he was an axeman serial killer?
Shyla Bouche 1 year ago
It would have been a good time for anyone else to murder someone. The jazz guy would surely have been blamed.
Analyn Lahr 1 year ago
I heard about this! In True Terror, hosted by Robert Englund. At least I think it was that one. Anyway, one of those spooky shows on the Travel Channel.
Lyuben Petkov 1 year ago
Probably the police could arrange one club to play other music, where all the guests are undercover police members from other towns...
When asked whether horror as a genre is becoming more popular lately, McMenemy said that it definitely feels like it. “A large part of that is down to social media and the growth of self-publishing. The 'establishment' publishing houses still don't seem to like much in the way of horror - though serial killer fiction used to be considered horror, once upon a time! - but there is a huge online horror community, and they love to share discoveries,” the writer explained.
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Greta Kolding 1 year ago
If they saw the c**p their laughter is used for now they would be turning in their graves.
Moreover, “Self-publishing has made it easier for people to share their own stories, too. And then we have the visual medium, and streaming services making access to horror much easier. I think the appetite has always been there, but it's just easier to get hold of that ‘fix,’” McMenemy explained.
We were also eager to find out what makes a book or a film particularly creepy. The academic answer to what makes things creepy, McMenemy argues, lies in the concept of the "uncanny", or the psychological experience of something as mysterious and creepy in a strangely familiar way.
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Saint Thomas 1 year ago
Come on BP, that's at least the 3rd time in 2 weeks that you put this pic in a list...
“It's the strangeness of the ordinary, the field where we are unable to distinguish between pleasure and displeasure and so we become anxious. Creepiness is about the uncertainty of a threat; you think there's something to worry about, but the signals aren't clear enough to send you into action,” the writer told us.
Meanwhile, “in books and film, this often takes the form of things just outside of our vision, or of familiar signals such as old and dilapidated houses, cobwebs, the unkempt and unloved. It results in that tingling down your spine, the goosebumps on your arms - you can't quite figure out what's going on, but you are intrigued…” McMenemy concluded.
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CalicoKitty 1 year ago
Thanks to all the BP fact checkers ensuring I know when I'm recieving Net Zero Information
AwesomeLeoWife 1 year ago
They’ve been changing a lot of definitions lately actually.
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the big dipper ️ 1 year ago
is this stuff /trying/ to make me stay inside more than i already do
Ruth Hempsey 1 year ago
I really need to remember not to look at lists with headings like these.
Keyrara Sanchez Michael 1 year ago
This thread needs an update posting this does not mean it will happen.. w[hooo2023
TheAnimalLady 1 year ago
Seriously?!? Why the 🤬 is this listed under "Animals"?!? Only 6 of 21 are animal related!?! And the rest are so 🤬ed up!!! I'm really getting tired of being tricked into going to the non-animal junk!!!
CalicoKitty 1 year ago
Thanks to all the BP fact checkers ensuring I know when I'm recieving Net Zero Information
AwesomeLeoWife 1 year ago
They’ve been changing a lot of definitions lately actually.
Load More Replies... the big dipper ️ 1 year ago
is this stuff /trying/ to make me stay inside more than i already do
Ruth Hempsey 1 year ago
I really need to remember not to look at lists with headings like these.
Keyrara Sanchez Michael 1 year ago
This thread needs an update posting this does not mean it will happen.. w[hooo2023
TheAnimalLady 1 year ago
Seriously?!? Why the 🤬 is this listed under "Animals"?!? Only 6 of 21 are animal related!?! And the rest are so 🤬ed up!!! I'm really getting tired of being tricked into going to the non-animal junk!!!
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