Normal history is already barbaric enough. Behind the wars, disease, and murders that everyone knows, are tales that find a way to be even more awful. Some of these terror-inspiring stories can only be compared to those in Halloween movies. But unlike horror movie monsters that can be defeated by saying “it’s just a movie,”

Not surprisingly, being the victim of theft can be deeply scarring. Burglary victims have been known to suffer sleeplessness and anxiety for months afterwards. Some street robbery victims still show the effects of their traumatic experience a full 9 months after an incident. SEE ALSO: 10 Heartwarming Stories To Restore Your Faith In Humanity That

Area 51 is probably one of the most mysterious man-made places in the world. Depending on which part of the Internet you’re in, conspiracies around the highly secretive military base can range from ‘they conduct human experiments there’ to ‘we’re living in a simulation run out of Area 51`. There’s no dearth of information (or

Prescriptions do not always lead to the pharmacy. These days, a doctor’s scribble can take you into virtual worlds and fake surgery. The homeless are also prescribed homes and addicts can pick up their heroin. Even those who bother their GPs too much run the risk of being carted off to Bingo or given Bollywood

As the saying goes “there’s a thin line between love and hate”. Most of us, at one time or another, have found ourselves obsessed with a certain celebrity. Whether it’s just a crush or admiration for their work, being a celebrity does have its downsides. From intrusions of privacy, unwanted attention and life’s more embarrassing

The field of robotics is advancing at a breakneck speed. Wonderful creations are announced almost daily but despite their best intentions, some robots are weird. A few are downright disturbing. There are inventions that teach themselves new things and even resist a human’s will. Astronauts struggle with emotional chatbots while scientists step on robotic roaches,

Snakes, spiders and bugs, oh my! Many things in nature have evolved, as a way to protect themselves or to hunt, that nasty, evil fluid we call venom. SEE ALSO: Top 10 Animals You didn’t know were Venomous Be it in their mouths, their butts, or their claws, so many creatures from invertebrates right up to

We live in a truly terrible world where children are preyed upon, abducted, raped, assaulted and murdered. SEE ALSO: 10 Absolutely Brutal Child Killers Thousands of child murders are never solved, and their killers never brought to justice. Police spend decades trying to bring closure to families. Parents die without ever knowing who was responsible

There’s no dearth of stories of the Internet being used for malintent. From scammers out to take your money to online harassment to those dark parts of the web we don’t speak of here, the worst of Internet somehow perfectly coincides with the worst of humanity. SEE ALSO: 10 Ways The Internet Is Destroying You

To many, radiation is a modern specter of death, an invisible killer that withers once-healthy victims down to nothing. This technological boogeyman has taken lives and rendered places uninhabitable for generations. Of course, we’re exposed to various forms of radiation every day, but, as is true of many things, too much of it is lethal,

Nature can be scary. Sometimes, more than rain, sun, fog, and snow fall out the sky. When the conditions are right, mother nature can throw storms at us that are straight out of the end times. SEE ALSO: 10 Natural Disasters That Created A More Beautiful World [PICS] Almost every miraculous wrath of god or

We may not realize it, but Google Maps has revolutionized our lives in more ways than one. Most of the apps we use wouldn’t be possible without their tech, we no longer have to rely on bystanders for navigation, and for the first time, we can actually see all the travel destinations we’d never be