CuriositiesMAR 18, 2023

“You Are Hearing Dead People Laugh”: 50 Disturbing Facts That May Leave You Feeling Unsettled

Mantas Kačerauskas and Adelaide May Ross

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According to ABC News, the most common ‘biggest fears’ people have are social phobias, the fear of open spaces, the fear of heights, the fear of flying, claustrophobia, the fear of insects, and the fear of snakes. And while you might be feeling calm and collected if none of those particular phobias afflict you, just keep reading, because something on this list is bound to freak you out…

Below, you'll find some of the most unsettling and disturbing facts that Reddit users have shared, as well as an interview between Bored Panda and Steffany Strange of the Something Scary Podcast, to remind you pandas that spooky season can be year round if you want it to be. Be sure to upvote the facts that unlock new fears within you, and if you start getting uneasy, just remember that all of these facts were true long before you read them. Oops, did that make you even more scared?

#1

Why am I reading these I already have crippling anxiety, depression and paranoia

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“You Are Hearing Dead People Laugh”: 50 Disturbing Facts That May Leave You Feeling Unsettled

Chiropractors kill more people per year than sharks

Nvucovich, Ryutaro Tsukata

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To learn more about the topic of frightening facts, we reached out to an expert on all things spooky, Steffany Strange, host of the Something Scary Podcast. Steffany was kind enough to have a chat with us about what she loves most about diving into the world of scary. "I think for most of us we can relate and say scary stories help us tap into the unknown or the supernatural," she told Bored Panda. "But additionally, we as humans have a natural tendency to seek out information in the world/society we live in."

"I love that folklore, scary stories (especially ghost stories) bring in cultural and historical elements to better understand our emotions and the essence of being human," Steffany continued. "This makes me think of my grandfather and aunt telling me Salvadorian ghost stories, and it helped me tap into the unknown elements of the supernatural while understanding my own Salvadorian culture."

#3

**Someone you love will probably get dementia, and it will f*****g suck.**

The human brain is a machine, and like any machine it inevitably breaks down. Imagine a person you love. Imagine their mind starts dying before their body. They cease to be the person you knew, a little bit at a time. They lose their memories - the cherished and the mundane. Then they start looking at their loved ones in terror because nothing makes sense and everyone seems like a stranger. It's nature at its most cruel.

F**k dementia.

Fresh__Basil, Kindel Media

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#4

A good portion of spiders shed their exoskeletons occasionally so when you happen to come across a "dead" spider, there's a good chance that it's just an empty husk and there is another, slightly bigger spider nearby.

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We were also curious what sorts of scary things freak Steffany out the most. "The darkness!" she shared. "Your imagination runs wild when the lights go out, and the darkness creeps in. We hallucinate in pure darkness because our brains are biologically wired to fear darkness, amongst other things our brain just does for survival, which I guess brings me to exorcist movies and topics. I think it hits close to home not being able to have control of one's own body."

And as far as unsettling facts you pandas are likely to never forget, Steffany has informed us that glitter can cut your eyes. "And we have so much glitter in makeup, so I'm always weary even if it is safe," she added.

#5

With enough stressors you can trigger a psychotic episode and never be mentally healthy again.

just_annonymous, Andrea Piacquadio

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#6

Most laugh tracks were recorded in the 1950's. You are hearing dead people laugh.

wootmootLVL100, Denis Agati

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Steffany also says it's "very healthy to be able to experience some form of safe scares within a form of horror entertainment because it can release us from our everyday reality of tragedy, fears, and anxieties better yet help us cope."

"I think there's something about watching scary things or listening to ghost stories and coming out of it much braver and reassessing 'what would you do'? Or 'how would you reassess it'? Fear is survival, and that means coming out more courageous and letting go of unnecessary fears," the host added.

#7

Human a******s can stretch out to 7 inches without tearing and a raccoon can fit in a hole as tight as 4 inches.
You’re welcome

ThatDudeCraig, Marieke Tacken

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#8

You have walked past someone who was spending their last day alive.

Ricjack99, Brett Sayles

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"There's always something about horror and ghost stories that bring us together through culture and I'm so excited to see what this generation brings as I continue to see more diversity and different voices that bring in new perspectives," Steffany says. "Including myself, being able to be part of something where we can share each other's cultures and bond over our fears is beautiful underneath the facade of just horror."

If you'd like to hear more from Steffany about all things horrific and spooky, be sure to check out the Something Scary Podcast. You can listen to the show right here and find their YouTube channel where they release weekly animated videos, alongside the podcast, right here!

#9

Some of your friends might just pretend to like you because you are useful to them and you don't realize it because they're just great at hiding it!

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#10

Lake Superior has dead bodies from the 1920s.

With freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen, bodies don't decompose at the rate they would under normal conditions. Sure, they don't look as "fresh" as the day they died (in fact they're covered in bodily fat from saponification), but they can be recognized as human remains.

In fact, there's been this ongoing debate because of the ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald that sank in the 70s, because scuba divers wanted to explore it but the families of the deceased were upset because this is basically a mass grave.

There's a YouTube channel called Ask a Mortician that just did an episode on this, and I really recommend it. She goes a lot more in-depth about the facts, and even went out there to talk with a surviving Fitzgerald relative.

HumanityIsACesspool, Chaz McGregor

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#11

An aneurysm can happen at any time to anyone for any reason

IDoPokeSmot, Valentin Angel Fernandez

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#12

Youve probably walked past a murderer

Delphox66, Nikita Broutman

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#13

Sleep helps your immune system fight off those cancer cells, just think of that when you're up at 4AM.

feedayeen, Ivan Oboleninov

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#14

Not exactly useless, but there have been quite a few men who have died at the Grand Canyon because they thought it would be cool to take p**s over a ledge, only to lose their balance.

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#15

Your body produces a cancerous cell about once every thirty minutes.

Your immune system is usually very, very efficient at finding and immediately neutralizing them.

But it's very possible that thirty minutes from now will be the time your immune system slips up and allows it to reproduce.

GeraltofOuterHeavia, National Cancer Institute

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#16

You may already be dying, many fatal diseases have no symptoms until it's too late. You're welcome.

zerbey, Adrian Swancar

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#17

By you winning the lottery you increase your chances of being murdered by a family member or any other person close to you.

Miakaiana, Peaton Hugo

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#18

you know nobody fully. you only see the sides they choose to show you. the only person you really, truly know is you, and even then, there's your subconscious.

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#19

How much do you know about your great grandparents?

Because in 50-100 years, that will be how much the world knows about you.

Edit: for those of you stating that information storage and accessibility will allow everyone to easily look back into the past, I challenge you to run a game designed for Windows 95.

Point being, information storage is not a ubiquitous system and as the architecture of software and hardware changes there is certainly a possibility that some systems will require specialised tools and equipment to acess.

Furthermore, social media is the highlight reel of history, not the story. Very few people show their true selves in their twitter or Facebook feed.

Also a number

GolfSierraMike, Laura Fuhrman

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#20

Years ago I saw an episode of *Monsters Inside Me* where this guy was doing something outside and a fly flew into his eye. It only made contact for about a microsecond, but it was enough time for it to lay eggs. After they hatched they started eating his eye from the inside and he was starting to go blind until a doctor figured out what was wrong.

Ever since then I get super paranoid whenever a fly goes anywhere near my face because of the scary fact that something like this could possibly happen to me.

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