Creepy history

Some of what passed for everyday life 75 or 100 years ago would send you running screaming in the other direction today. And when those scenes are captured on grainy old-school film, you get the stuff of nightmares.

If it's true that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it, then for the love of God, please pay very close attention.

Sending her letter after letter, the actress lived in fear for her life. He would write that if it wasn’t him, he had friends that could kill her, and that upon his release he promised he would fin…

A human body could be skeletonized in less than four days in highly oxygenated deeper water.

Over on Reddit, deep sea enthusiasts, sailors, and former Navy folks are sharing scary stories of deep sea terrors. From giant beasts in watery depths to bizarre finds in the great, wide ocean, here are a few creepy stories about the sea to keep you on dry land for a long, long time. #oceanterrors #seafarerstories #deepseamysteries #sailortales #marinehorror #creepysea #underwaterunknowns #nauticalnightmares

While most of us are naturally curious and suffer from more or less pronounced FOMO, meaning we have to know, see and hear everything others do, it’s not always best for us.

1. In 289 B.C., Agathocles, a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, was murdered by a poisoned toothpick.

1. In the late 1800's you could buy a mummy from street vendors in Egypt and Victorian era parties that were the highlight of the social season were called “A Mummy Unwrapping Party!”

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Stories from history come in all shapes and sizes. Some are feel-good tales and may make you smile. Others are literal tear-jerkers, while still others simply expand your pool of knowledge with little to no reaction. Then there are terrifying stories about historical events and people that are so awful, they don't even seem like they could be real. For the st... #historyhorrors #terrifyingtales #chillingtruestories #bizarrehistory #unnervingevents #historicalnightmares #reallifefears…