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Some people really enjoy the thrill that comes with fear. It makes them feel alive. Things like rollercoaster rides and horror movies are often associated with the release of adrenaline and endorphins, creating a unique and exhilarating sensation.
But there might be an even simpler way to explore your limits — a subreddit dedicated exclusively to interesting yet terrifying content. The pictures that its 670K members share allow everyone to do so from the safety of their screens.
So continue scrolling to check out the intense bed bug infestations, old torture masks, and other scary pieces this online community keeps in its collection.
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#1
Gavin Joseph Assaulted For Having Asperger’s And Adhd By Kids, Because They Heard He Was “Weird” And “Creepy”
SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago
Good guy, I think many of us would've pressed charges instead. Hopefully kids learnt their lesson well and good.
#2
Reiko Yamada Was 11 Years Old When The World’s First Atomic Bomb Fell On The Japanese City Of Hiroshima. This Extract From Her Recount Of The Bombing Is Truly Harrowing
#3
Black Children Watching As White Children Play In A Whites Only Park, 1956
#4
The Man Who Flooded A Town For Sex
In 1993, a man named James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party.
His actions flooded 14,000 acres of farmland, destroyed buildings, and closed a bridge. He was convicted of "intentionally causing a catastrophe" and is still in prison serving a life sentence.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago (edited)
He may be innocent of that since it was some odd thing in the trial, as one of the main whitnesses having a major financial interest in having the cause being vandalism and not natural. However, as he has commited several arsons and burglaries he does belong in jail.
#5
This Alert Me And My Family Received. Summer In Rural Australia
#6
Ex-Corrections Officer Kirk Martin Covered In Scratches From His Last Sexually Overpowered Victim
#7
Students Hiding During A Shooting At Charles University In Prague, Czech Republic
#8
What Was It
Agfox 10 months ago
This happened in April last year. A crocodile photographer & conservationist, Tom Chalmers Hayes, who went to the scene suggested it was a trophy hunter's killing. He posted a message on social media stating that there were "...very clear machete marks...on the body and around the neck area where the head has been removed."
#9
The Vulture And The Little Girl - Pulitzer Prize For Feature Photography Award In 1994
#10
Kisko “Loneliest Whale” Who Passed Away This Morning, Spent 35 Years As Captive Here And Tried To Harm Itself Many Times
#11
Found On R/Pics
#12
Description Of Victim In Allen, Texas
#13
Imagine Driving Late Night And Coming Across This
#14
A 30-Year-Old Syrian Man In Turkey (Şanlıurfa) Was Quarantined After Being Diagnosed With Rabies, And After Escaping From Said Quarantine He Was Caught By Teams In An Empty Field
#15
Imagine Being Alive Like This
#16
Meta
In February 2018, Kaylee Muthart ripped out her own eyes, and squished them with her hands during a meth induced psychotic episode.
#17
Pest Control Said It's The Worst Bed Bug Infestation They Have Ever Seen
#18
Ryker Webb After Being Lost For Two Days In Dangerous Wilderness
#19
Addicts Will Use Anything To Get High
#20
Not Only Were Timothy Treadwell And His Girlfriend Amie Eaten Alive By A Bear, But By A Very Old Bear With “Broken Canine Teeth, And Others Worn Down To The Gums”
#21
This Is Posted On Every Floor In My Building
#22
In A Freak Accident, A Construction Worker Named Ron Hunt, Was Impaled By This 18-Inch Long Drill After He Fell From A Ladder And Landed On The Drill Head First. He Thought He Was Going To Die But He Was Lucky He Just Lost An Eye
#23
21st Century Everyone
SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago
Hopefully someone shoves a burning stick in him up where the sun don't shine ! >:-(
#24
Had To Get Emergency Heart Surgery
#25
He Was Stuck Like This For 26 Hours Before Dying
#26
This Enormous Crocodile Was Pulled From The Water In Zimbabwe Back In 2010 After Cows & Other Vital Livestock Kept Vanishing
Ty Stratton-Quirk 10 months ago
Please tell me that's a camera trick; otherwise, that thing's gotta be close to thirty feet long.
#27
Can't Imagine The Pain
#28
Ariel Robinson Was An Ex Teacher And A Church Member. She Adopted 3 Children To Complete Her Family. She Portrayed Her Family As Happy And Diverse On Social Media. Then She Beat Up A Little Girl To Death And Smiled In The Court While Showing No Remorse
SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago
Ought to be beaten to death the same way she beat those poor kids. >:-(
#29
Couple Of Drawings I've Made In A Psychosis State During My Latest Mania In Bipolar . During That State I Was Not Sure What Was Real And What Is Not Inside My Head
#30
The Titanic Sub Has Officially Run Out Of Oxygen
#31
The Last Moments Of A Young Man Who Jumped Into A White Tiger Enclosure
#32
The Way This Crocodile Is Staring At The Camera
#33
Cameron Herrin Was Racing In A Car With His Friends And Accidentally Hit And Killed A Mother And Her Daughter. He Got 24 Years Behind Bars At The Age Of 18 Years Old
#34
This Tiny Creature Can Spread A Blood Infection (Lyme Disease) That Leaves You Miserably Ill For Months, And You May Never Catch The Culprit
Krista Peters 10 months ago
Me too and it still tears it’s ugly head several times a year with joint pain and stiffness.
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Remi (He/Him) 10 months ago
We get double "fun" with ticks. They carry both Lyme disease and Tick borne encephalitis. At least it's possible to get vaccinated against the second, but still.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
There is a vaccine, we where test subjects when it deveoped. Think it is final stages before release now.
WindySwede 10 months ago
Have high hopes for this! Have the TBE vaccine now. And this critters are running around outside both are needed! 🕷 (yes wrong emoji, but unf no tick emoji...)
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Robin Roper 10 months ago
My son is dealing with Chronic Tick Disease. He had only vague and odd symptoms until Lyme/Tick Disease was woken up by the COVID vaccine and no we don't blame the vaccine, at lease we learned what was going on. He never had the "bullseye" rash. He's in his 28th month of treatment of which next to none of the costs are covered by insurance - the CDC doesn't believe Chronic Tick Disease is real. This stuff is horrible.
My O My 10 months ago (edited)
May I ask how it is treated? I had the bullseye rash and fever for a couple of weeks and doctor just gave me antibioticts for six weeks and said "We'll find out later in life if this is sufficient. If you ever get joint problems remember the tick". I hope your son can fully recover!
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Wysteria_Rose 10 months ago
My husband developed lyme from a tick bite. He became horribly sick but it produced an even worse condition called trigeminal neuralgia after the lyme ate away the melanin sheath that protects the nerve in his face. It's horrific and incurable. Please take care to never get sick with this.
Achilles Heel 8 months ago
Yeah, I got a different disease from a tick, a permanent one. I can't eat a f*****g steak anymore.
Lsai Aeon 10 months ago
It can leave you ill for life. Many people who contract Lyme disease end up unable to process certain foods, mostly meat because the Lyme disease causes their bodies to stop producing the enzymes to break that food down in their stomachs. It also can cause a lifetime of arthritic-like symptoms in your joints. I know several people with both issues due to Lyme disease.
Star the Furry Therian! 6 months ago
...How ill? As in nausea? I... what If i have that? Ive been nauseous for over a month on end with no source to how it began. How ill does this bug make you? I'd like the name, if anyone can help me.
Nitka Tsar 7 months ago (edited)
We have Lyme in Germany too, aparently, but here FSME (Tick-borne encephalitis) is more common.
Anna Chandler 10 months ago
Lyme, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Anaplasmosis... I really, really, really hate ticks.
Magnifico Giganticus (it) 10 months ago
That thing is tiny. I found a tick while showering after disc golf and it was huge compared to that.
Jaguarundi 10 months ago
I was bitten at 9 YO, before Lyme was discovered and finally diagnosed at 25 YO. That was too late for treatment for me. Everything written about Lyme is true and even worse to live with.
Joshua David 10 months ago
Omg. So I lived in a heavily wooded area and I was outside doing some errands and while in the shower I noticed some black fuzz on the head of you know what. Brushed it off, it didn't move. I was freakingggggg out. So I get it between my nails and remove. I immediately bring it to where I can see it and I saw its legs kick. I dropped it down the drain and prayed. I was very lucky.
Ansi 10 months ago
Get an outdoor cat and you will find these in different places inside where the cat has been sleeping. 😬
#35
The Final Photo Of Pavel Kashin, A Free Runner And Parkour Enthusiast Who Passed Away When He Was Trying To Back Flip On Top Of A Building And Lost His Balance. He Fell 16 Stories
#36
This Terrifying Photo Reveals The Moment A Woman Climbed Onto Her Roof To Hide From Home Intruder Only For Him To Appear Behind Her
#37
New Fear Unlocked. Nope
#38
The Face Of Pure Evil. Lucy Letby, A Neonatal Nurse, Found Guilty Of Murdering 7 Babies . She Is Britain’s Most Prolific Child-Killer
#39
An Apple Pie I Made For A Co-Worker
#40
Scratch Marks From 23,000 Pigs Trying To Escape Every Day. In A Holding Pen En Route To Gas Chambers. Ontario Slaughterhouse
Bernd Herbert 10 months ago
Pictures like that are the reason I have reduced my meat intake significantly
#41
The “Soyjack” Torment Veil
#42
Wax Figure Display In Lahore, About How British Used To Execute People When They Ruled Over The Indian Subcontinent
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
Now do one on the amputated and boiled children during King Leopold IIs ockupation of Congo!
#43
Possible New Fetal Syndrome
Ansi 10 months ago
It's not just illegal drugs that can do this unfortunately. "Thalidomide was a widely used drug in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the treatment of nausea in pregnant women. It became apparent in the 1960s that thalidomide treatment resulted in severe birth defects in thousands of children."
#44
A Still From A Video Of A Huge Wolf Wandering Around Yellowstone National Park, 2017
#45
Comparison Of Nuclear Explosions
Jan Rosier 10 months ago (edited)
Is it just me, or are there clown's faces in the mushroomclouds?
#46
Kowloon Walled City, Once The Most Densely Populated Place On Earth, With 33000 People Living In A 6.4 Acre Block In Hong Kong
#47
I Suffer From Hypnagogic Hallucinations. Here, I Recreated A Night Where I Saw These Dudes Staring Into My Bedroom
#48
This Is An Illustration Of A "Bible Accurate Angel"
Bernd Herbert 10 months ago
Does anyone know where the usual depiction of "angels" comes from, you know, the white dudes with a pair of wings?
#49
Glue Trap From Under My Mom's Basement Staircase
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Boootifull Unicorn 10 months ago
this is a pic of a puppy. It didn't kill anyone, didn't get harmed in any way, hasn't gotten sick and is still around with it's owner who takes care of it. It's just a beautiful puppy that you should look at because this list was frankly, traumatizing. Screenshot...79-png.jpg 
T'Mar of Vulcan 10 months ago
I don't mind this kind of "creepy but fascinating" content. I DO mind that when I click on an article showing wildlife photography, I'm greeted with pictures of dead animals. Now I just don't click on wildlife photography pictures. I can still see that poor dead owl in my mind. :(
8Yorkies-and-33cats 9 months ago
For anyone who needs an eye bleach from all this, please know we rescued six cats from an abandoned house last night, we cleaned and dewormed them, they had a full meal, and are now happily sleeping in their warm new beds.
Alison Marchand 10 months ago
I was thinking these would be more "spooky" and "creepy" disturbing than "actually tragic" disturbing 😓
Frank Hassler 10 months ago
Some of these are interesting but I can’t handle this s**t about violence against children. Cancel this s**t.
Mocha the Lion 10 months ago (edited)
WE DONT WANT REDDIT COPY PASTES! THESE ARTICLES ARE COOL AND INTERESTING! NO MORE AITA FROM REDDIT ITS BORING
Cinnamon_Roll 10 months ago
I can't be the only who feels like there has to be some warning in these cause the rabies one is actually traumatising (for me at least it's now in my top 3 fears)
InvisibleQuokka 9 months ago
When I clicked on this, I was hoping to feel better about my life and how lucky I am, but now I feel worse and sad
Boootifull Unicorn 10 months ago
this is a pic of a puppy. It didn't kill anyone, didn't get harmed in any way, hasn't gotten sick and is still around with it's owner who takes care of it. It's just a beautiful puppy that you should look at because this list was frankly, traumatizing. Screenshot...79-png.jpg
T'Mar of Vulcan 10 months ago
I don't mind this kind of "creepy but fascinating" content. I DO mind that when I click on an article showing wildlife photography, I'm greeted with pictures of dead animals. Now I just don't click on wildlife photography pictures. I can still see that poor dead owl in my mind. :(
8Yorkies-and-33cats 9 months ago
For anyone who needs an eye bleach from all this, please know we rescued six cats from an abandoned house last night, we cleaned and dewormed them, they had a full meal, and are now happily sleeping in their warm new beds.
Alison Marchand 10 months ago
I was thinking these would be more "spooky" and "creepy" disturbing than "actually tragic" disturbing 😓
Frank Hassler 10 months ago
Some of these are interesting but I can’t handle this s**t about violence against children. Cancel this s**t.
Mocha the Lion 10 months ago (edited)
WE DONT WANT REDDIT COPY PASTES! THESE ARTICLES ARE COOL AND INTERESTING! NO MORE AITA FROM REDDIT ITS BORING
Cinnamon_Roll 10 months ago
I can't be the only who feels like there has to be some warning in these cause the rabies one is actually traumatising (for me at least it's now in my top 3 fears)
InvisibleQuokka 9 months ago
When I clicked on this, I was hoping to feel better about my life and how lucky I am, but now I feel worse and sad
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