Welcome back everyone, they say a picture says a thousand words, well how about 10 pictures
and a few thousand words about them.
Thats gotta be worth something.
Today were looking at creepy pictures with even creepier back stories.
If you like the sound of that then leave a like so I know to keep going.
If youre quite ready, lets get into this - I am Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Scary
Pictures That Should Have Stayed Secret.
Starting off at number 10 now we have The Visitor.
This one comes from a Reddit User called Fan N Depressed.
They posted this picture with the caption -Got a notification from my smart home app
in the middle of the night saying -your doorbell detected a visitor-- … thats all he put
- and thats all that was needed.
He posted it to the Creepy subreddit where it has gained over 34 thousand upvotes.
One of the top comments was said -Why are you doing this?
Because you were home.
… thats a quote from the movie strangers where some twisted home invaders give their
reason for terrorising a woman - its a great a movie and yeah, it reminds me of this.
Imagine how terrifying it would be to see this at on your phone app in the middle of
the night?
There was no follow up story to this - I just home they were alright …
Next up at number 9 we have Mummified Captain.
This is the disturbing story of Manfred Fritz Bajorat - a German man who was found in his
boat by two fishermen off the coast of the Philippines.
He was dead.
His corpse had been preserved by dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and the salty sea
air.
It could not be determined how long he had been dead for but he had not been seen for
7 years.
He had been sailing the world on his yacht for 20 years.
Its thought that from the way he was sitting, death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart
attack.
The police said there was no evidence of a second person aboard and no weapon was found
on the yacht.
Moving on to number 8 we have Home.
This is a 1948 picture of a girl who grew up in a Nazi concentration camp.
She was asked to draw home and this is what she drew.
The photograph was taken by David Seymour in a home for emotionally disturbed children
located in Warsaw.
Not much is known about the girl other than her name - Teresa.
The swirling lines are a stark reminder of the horrors of the holocaust.
More than 1.5 million Jewish children were killed in the holocaust, those that survived
often ended up like Teresa - lost, shocked and unable to grasp the concept of home …
Moving on to number 7 we have Obsession.
Georg Karl Tanzler was a radiology technician from Germany.
He moved to Florida where he married Maria de Hoyos, a local Cuban American woman.
She died of tuberculosis 5 years later, despite his best efforts to save her.
He wouldnt accept her death though.
After her funeral, Georg dug up Marias body and took to his home.
He attempted to preserve her.
This is the picture of his efforts.
He attached her bones together with wire and coat hangers and fitted her face with glass
eyes.
He replaced her skin with silk cloth soaked in wax.
He gave her a wig and filled her inside with rags.
He covered her in jewelry and the smell was covered up with copious amounts of perfume.
Her body was eventually discovered by authorities a full 9 years after he first removed her
from her resting place …
Next up at number 6 we have The Catacombs.
This is a very disturbing picture, please look away now if youre sensitive to that kind
of thing.
This is the story of Masha, a Ukrainian woman who went out with a large group of friends
in to celebrate New Years Eve in 2005.
In was foggy with temperatures around freezing.
The group stumbled into the Odessa Catacombs, an ancient tunnel and cave system that spans
for 1,550 miles.
Somehow, Masha became separated from her group and got lost in the dark.
She seems to have wandered for days with no food or water before slipping into a coma
and then death.
Her body wasnt discovered for months until this picture was taken by some local boys
who found her.
Still, she wasnt retrieved by authorities for a further 2 years.
When the story was shared on Reddit, people tried to imagine how terrifying it must be
to be lost in the dark like that - pitch black darkness - unable to see a difference between
your eyes being closed and open - and totally alone …
Moving on to number 5 now we have Shell Shocked.
In WW1, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers who got shell shock - a type of PTSD
brought on from the endless bombardement they had to endure.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were treated for the disorder.
Victims has a thousand yard stare, looking into the distance as their mind went blank.
Here is a famous picture from a soldier during the Battle of the Somme, a battle which killed
3 million men.
This man appears to be suffering from shell shock.
He has a crazed look in his eyes that was often associated with those who had shell
shock.
Its an image that has become increasingly associated with war, especially the hell that
was World War 1.
Next up at number 4 we have The Subway.
In 2012, the New York Post ran a story with this picture.
It was of Ki Suk Han, a 58 year old man who was pushed onto the track by a stranger.
He was was fatally struck the train seconds later.
The suspect was 30 year old Naeem Davis who confessed to pushing the innocent man onto
the tracks.
The picture shocked New Yorkers and people around the world.
Why was someone taking a picture instead of trying to help?
Should the New York Post have ran that story?
What do you guys think …
Next up at number 3 we have Madam Violet.
This is a picture of Violet Spears, otherwise known as Madam Violet.
She was the leader of a group of real life vampires in Edinborough in the late 19th century.
They were called the hive.
They became known as lovely but dangerous partiers, seducing men and women with drugs
and alchol, and then making them donate their blood to them.
Some of the victims even joined the Hive and she became their leader too.
In 1882 and 1884, she was apparently voted the scariest woman in England, even though
she lived in Scotland - thats how scary she is.
She scared another country she didnt even live in.
Moving on to number 2 now we have The Vulture and the Little Girl.
In March 26th 1993, The New York Times shared a picture known as Struggling Girl.
It showed a famine stricken boy, initially believed to be a girl who had collapsed from
malnutrition during a famine in South Suda.
In the background, a vulture waits patiently.
These birds birds have a keen sense of death and this one has its eyes on the boy.
The picture shocked the world.
The photographer, Kevin Carter, was awarded he Pulitzer Price for his photography.
He killed himself 4 months later, the reasons are largely unknown - but many speculate that
pictures like this can drive anyone down a dark path …
And finally at number 1 now we have the Hiroshima Shadows.
When the US dropped a bomb on Japans Hiroshima, over 100,000 people were killed.
Some of them who were close enough were literally vaporised into thin air.
The intense heat of the explosion caused whats now called -Nuclear shadows- … the blast
forever changed surfaces because of the UV radiation.
Surfaces that were blocked by people looked different to its surroundings, leaving a permanent
shadow of the person who was vaporised.
This is one of the most striking images for me - what appears to be an old person stood
at the bottom of the steps - you can even see the cane in their hand.
Its a shocking reminder of how destructive weapons of war have become, and how quickly
life can be snuffed out in an instant, leaving only a shadow behind …
I tried to make the end of that one less dark but I clearly failed.
We were always gonna have a pretty dark ending to a video like this - but if you made it
this far, you probably don't mind that.
Would you like a part 2 though?
Let me know - go and watch some kitten videos now - thanks for watching as always, my name
is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!