Wikipedia was launched in 2001 and has been growing at different rates ever since. As of October 2025, its English version has over 7,080,000 articles. However, not all of them are safe for work.
Last week, Reddit user Herequeerandgreat asked people to share the most disturbing entries they’ve stumbled upon in the online encyclopedia. Whether it’s due to the Halloween season or some internal human morbid curiosity, the discussion has caught on.
We went through thousands of comments and hand-picked the controversial ones, on the off-chance you're looking for a topic for your next rabbit-hole deep dive. Proceed at your own risk.
#42
Armin Meiwes, went down this rabbit hole from the song "Mein Teil" from Rammstein. By far the most disturbing Wikipedia page I've read, similar feeling to coming across a 4chan post.
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5points
#44
Adolfo Constanzo is pretty tough. Basically did everything people imagined Satanists did.
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4points
#47
I was looking for Albert Fish and Junko Furuta and they were stated. Horrific reads embedded in my brain for all time. Not sure if stated yet, but the Hello Kitty case - Fan Man-Yee in Hong Kong.
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3points
#49
Tarrare.
This is nowhere near as bad and evil as most of the ones posted here, but it is disturbing in its own way. This man was basically a real-life ghoul.
This is nowhere near as bad and evil as most of the ones posted here, but it is disturbing in its own way. This man was basically a real-life ghoul.
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2points
