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Travis (chimpanzee) - mauled and ate parts of his owner's friend. Wild animals are not pets. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 days ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 days ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Funeral rites of the Torajan people- includes the yearly exhumation and grooming of the deceased (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 days ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Killing of Henryk Siwiak - The last person killed in New York on 9/11 although not a victim of the terror attacks earlier that day (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 days ago by decadentrebel@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - torture and execution center established by the Khmer Rouge, now a museum (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 days ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Sodder children disappearance - Five of the nine children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, vanished during a house fire in 1945 (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Mummy brown- ground up mummies used as pigment (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Death of Cindy James - long term unsolved stalking case with an ugly ending (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Anatomical Machines- 18th c. models for the study of human anatomy (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Leonarda Cianciulli - butcher, baker, soapmaker (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Ortolan bunting - Songbird dish that is meant to be eaten with a towel draped over the diner’s head (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by decadentrebel@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Upright Jerker (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by idiomaddict@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Basically a reverse gallows with a horrible name

The upright jerker was an execution method and device intermittently used in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century. Intended to replace hangings, the upright jerker did not see widespread use and was withdrawn from use by the 1930s.

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Dried cat- good luck talisman for new buildings (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Collyer brothers - hoarders killed by their own house (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Maman (sculpture) - giant dang 30 foot spider (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Coffin birth- what it says on the box (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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ba-dum-tiss

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Anneliese Michel - exorcized to death (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Hydnellum peckii- the bleeding tooth fungus (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Little Albert experiment - traumatizing babies for Science! (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Alien hand syndrome- a hand with a mind of its own (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Redcap (folklore) - malevolent goblin-like creature (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Boozilla@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Karl Denke - the Cannibal of Münsterberg (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Ghost light (theatre) - light left burning on a theater stage overnight (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Boozilla@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Human extinction (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Behavioral sink - 'rat utopia' experiments that collapsed under overcrowding and social stress. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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Creepy Wikipedia

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