There is a dark side to humanity that many people would rather not explore. However, there are those on the other side of the spectrum, folks with morbid curiosities.
We’ve collected the following images from this subreddit, which explores the “wildest, weirdest, and most unbelievable moments” in history. Some of them are so disturbing that they may make you curse under your breath in shock. But if you’re into this type of content, these photos may make you want to dig deeper.
Most of these photos were events or snippets of daily life from decades ago. Scroll through and see which ones you’re familiar with and which ones are brand new information.
#21 In 1979, 6-Year-Old Etan Patz Vanished On His Way To The Bus Stop In New York City. He Became The First Missing Child To Appear On A Milk Carton
He became the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The case stayed cold for decades. [Criminal] wasn’t caught until 2012.
He was just two blocks from home. The search went national. It took 33 years to find the man who did it.
He was just two blocks from home. The search went national. It took 33 years to find the man who did it.
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36points
#22 Brazil Launched A Campaign Called Blanqueamiento, Meaning To "Whiten" The Country
Between 1880 and 1930, over 4 million Europeans were brought in and interracial marriage was encouraged to reduce Black and Indigenous ancestry over time.
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34points
#23 In 1991-1993, Eight People Sealed Themselves Inside A Giant Glass-And-Steel “Closed World” In The Arizona Desert
[They wanted] to test whether humans could live in a self-sustaining habitat, often framed like a prototype for a Moon/Mars-style colony.
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32points
#24 In 1971, A Plane Disintegrated Mid-Air Above The Amazon Rainforest. Juliane Koepcke, A 17-Year-Old German Girl, Was The Only Survivor
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32points
#25 From The 10th To The 20th Centuries, China Had A Tradition Of Binding Women's Feet
This practice was painful and limited women's mobility and economic opportunities, leading to its abolition after a campaign by Chinese reformers and Christian missionaries.
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32points
#26 In 1992, 24-Year-Old Christopher McCandless Was Found By Moose Hunters Inside Fairbanks Bus 142, The “Magic Bus,” On Alaska’s Stampede Trail
He had survived alone for 113 days on plants and small animals. When discovered, he weighed only 67 pounds.
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31points
#27 In 1905, A 12-Year-Old Boy Living Outside Of Pittsburgh Intentionally Derailed A Train Because He Had Always Wanted To See What A Real Wreck Looked Like
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#28 Grigory Zass (1797–1883) Was An Officer In The Imperial Russian Army Who Was A Major Perpetrator Of The Circassian Genocide
He considered circassians to be a "lowly race" and had a collection of Circassian body parts. Zass is portrayed as the Devil or Satan in Circassian folklore.
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31points
#29 John Schneeberger Evaded Three DNA Tests By Surgically Implanting A Plastic Tube Filled With Another Man’s Blood Into His Arm And Directing Technicians To Draw From It
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30points
#30 In June 1844, On Eldey Island, Iceland, Two Men Strangled The Last Confirmed Breeding Pair Of Great Auks
Its only egg was then deliberately crushed under a hunter’s boot during the struggle.
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29points
#31 In 1978, A Reporter Was Assigned A Routine Obituary For Mary Doefour. Instead Of Closing The File, He Kept Digging And Built A Case She Was Anna Myrle Sizer
Her brother couldn’t accept it. That would mean admitting the family had left her in institutions for the criminally insane for 50 years.
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27points
#32 In 1982, Deborah Scaling Kiley Watched Sharks Eat Two Of Her Crewmates Alive After Their Yacht Sank. She Survived Five Days Adrift At Sea
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#33 This Composite Shows Andrew Gosden’s Last Cctv Frame Alongside An Age Progressed Image
The 14 year old, known for his quiet intelligence, bought a one way ticket to London in 2007, stepped into King’s Cross Station and disappeared from view.
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27points
#34 In 1980, Mark Defriest, An Autistic Savant, Was Sentenced To 4 Years For Taking Tools Left To Him In His Father's Will
That sentence turned into 34 years after 13 escape attempts, 7 successful. DeFriest could memorize key patterns and recreate them from almost anything.
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27points
#35 Tammy Lynn Leppert, The Actress Who Distracts Manny In Scarface, Vanished At 18 Soon After Filming And Was Never Found
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26points
#36 In 1848, Railroad Worker Phineas Gage Survived An Accident That Sent An Iron Rod Through His Skull
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26points
#37 As Late As 1964, This Was The "Literacy Test" Administered To Black Prospective Voters In Louisiana, With A Ten Minute Time Limit And Perfect Score Requirement
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26points
#38 Kelly Disney, 17, Vanished After Leaving A Party In Oregon. Ten Years Later, Her Skull Was Found In An Abandoned Car
The man who found it even took it home and washed it before realizing it was human.
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25points
#39 In 1820s Kentucky, An Isolated Family Began Having Children Born Visibly Blue As A Rare Blood Disorder Spread Through A Tiny Gene Pool
In 1820, Martin Fugate and his wife, Elizabeth Smith, settled near Hazard, Kentucky, along Troublesome Creek. Both carried a rare recessive trait, and several of their children were born with striking blue skin.
The family stayed in an isolated area with a tiny local dating pool, and the gene kept circulating through marriages within the same small community, including between relatives. Over generations, more descendants were born with the same blue tint, and locals began calling them the “Blue People of Kentucky.”.
The family stayed in an isolated area with a tiny local dating pool, and the gene kept circulating through marriages within the same small community, including between relatives. Over generations, more descendants were born with the same blue tint, and locals began calling them the “Blue People of Kentucky.”.
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#40 Kowloon Walled City Was An Extremely Densely Populated And Largely Lawless Enclave Of Kowloon City Of Hong Kong
Before it was demolished in 1994, it had 50,000 inhabitants on 26,000 m², and therefore a very high population density of 1,923,077/km².
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24points
