Exploring abandoned homes and buildings can be one of the creepiest things that you ever do with your time. There is just something about a building that was once full of life, now reduced to dark nothingness, that draws people in. That feeling only amplifies if you happen to be exploring a place with a…
Bobbit worms are one of the biggest nopes of the ocean. The large worms dig themselves burrows on the ocean floor and then wait for prey to swim by. When they sense something good to eat is near, they strike lightning fast with sharp teeth and deadly venom. While humans are rarely their prey, the…
Jellyfish are right up there with wasps on the list of creatures that pretty much everyone hates. The difference with jellyfish, though, is that there are some subspecies whose stings can kill you almost instantly. (With a wasp sting, the only way one will kill you is if you’re deathly allergic.) So, just how much…
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); If you think that something called a corpse flower couldn’t possibly be pleasant to be around, you would be correct. If not, you might just think that its name is so absurd that it couldn’t possibly be a real thing. Well, I’m here to tell you that it is a real…
When someone says leprosy, what’s is your gut reaction to the word? For centuries, those with leprosy have been ostracized and vilified by societies all over the world. This reaction comes from the perception that leprosy is a highly contagious and permanent condition. Luckily, leprosy is relatively easy to treat in the West. Still, you…
As most of us go through life, we tend to avoid the things that scare us. For many people, snakes would fall under that category of terrifying things. However, there are some out there who have…shall we say, an obsession with the reptiles. YouTuber Amy Siewe is one of those people. Back in 2011, she…
For a lot of people, there is nothing scarier than a tornado. There’s really no defense against the massive storms except maybe top-notch civil engineering and evacuation. Depending on its power, a tornado will destroy everything in its path. In case you haven’t realized by now, it’s a very bad idea to run towards a…
Despite society’s complete fascination with zombies, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who actually believes that zombies are real. But what if I told you that there’s a story out there that might just prove the existence of zombies after all? Universe, meet Clairvius Narcisse. Narcisse lived on the island of Haiti in the…
When it comes to vintage crime noir movies, nothing is more iconic than the threat of giving someone a pair of cement shoes. That is, encasing a person’s feet in concrete and dropping them into a body of water. While Hollywood co-opted this extreme form of mafia justice on the silver screen, it’s unclear exactly…
Earth’s oceans might be humanity’s most precious resources. They also happen to be some of the most abused natural resources of all time. As such, mass deaths and intense stretches of polluted water are commons sights. Still, nothing quite heralds an environmental disaster quite like thousands of dead fish washing ashore. But that’s exactly what…