facts verse presents scary historical
photos from the past number one the iron
lung ward before a vaccination for polio
became available it caused the death of
millions of children in the 1930s
children with polio had to be treated in
an iron lung this is a photo of an iron
lung ward in a hospital based on the
number of children in the ward and the
fact that there were thousands like it
all over the United States this photo
shows you how scary and horrifying the
epidemic really was number two the demon
family this is one of the most scary
historical photos from the past people
have been taking family photos for
centuries
most people who have vintage photos of
their great-great grandparents hold on
to these photos not only because they
are a great piece of family history but
also because the photos are amazing this
family photo is the exception it is the
picture of a mother father and their
child the family in the photo doesn't
even look on live the parents look like
the undead and the child looks like some
sort of ghost this is one family photo
that should either be destroyed or kept
buried in a drawer very deep number
three
fire victims many people who have seen
this photo think it is the aftermath of
a disaster you can see people who are
burned dead and are even decapitated
heads on the ground it took a bit of
investigation and the cause of the
disaster was finally uncovered there was
a fire in the building but it wasn't
really a disaster the bodies in the
photo are just mannequins that were in
the building when the fire broke out
fortunately nobody perished in the fire
and the only victims were the mannequins
in the shop number four ghouls in the
night
taken out of context this is a really
frightening picture it looks almost as
though the photographer found proof that
ghosts ghouls and the undead actually
exist this is not the case this is
actually a still photo from the 1922
horror film Nosferatu it is one of the
first full-length horror movies and the
graphics likely weren't what they are
today however if you don't know the
backstory of this picture it can still
be incredibly frightening number 5 bird
headed people this picture is very
frightening at first glance it looks
like two bird headed people having a
conversation maybe they are witches
maybe they're part of some sort of coven
that is responsible for eating human
hearts in reality this is a photo of two
friends wearing masks there isn't really
anything scary about it without the
backstory though it's possible to make
up a variety of very frightening
scenarios number six an actual photo of
Hell this looks like a photo of a group
of people in the waiting room to hell
the ghouls and the monsters on the walls
look as though they are looking over the
people making sure that they stay seated
until it is their turn to take that long
walk downstairs since most of the people
in the photo are smiling it obviously is
not hell
also since nobody has ever gone to hell
and come back there has to be another
explanation for this photo it is
actually a picture of a famous
restaurant in Paris called hell's cafe
this photo was taken in the 1890s and
sadly it is not open today
number seven Halloween costumes in the
olden days when you see kids go out for
Halloween today you'll see them dressed
as ninjas superheroes princesses babies
and the occasional ghost or zombie for
the most part Halloween costumes today
are not the least bit scary years ago
however the whole point of dressing up
for Halloween was to be as scary as
possible the woman in this picture under
stood the point of Halloween and came up
with a pretty freaky costume it's hard
to know what she's supposed to be but if
the goal was to be scary she hit it on
the mark why she's wearing roller skates
is a mystery number eight futuristic
robots this picture looks pretty crazy
if you don't know what is going on no
it's not a picture of two men trying to
create a robot that's capable of taking
over the world it's actually two Disney
engineers these two Tech's are trying to
repair an animatronic figure that is
meant to entertain visitors of disney
world number nine
Mickey Mouse gas masks in the middle of
the Cold War people were terrified they
believed that at any second a nuclear
bomb would wipe out the entire world
those who managed to survive the blast
were expected to die soon after from the
nuclear fallout people were so scared
that the US Army chemical Corps started
handing out gas masks to the citizens of
the United States to keep children from
being scared they created Mickey Mouse
gas masks for them it was a very scary
time to be an American
number 10 a person's worst nightmare
this photo looks like something from a
person's worst nightmare in the photo is
a little girl a sad-looking Santa Claus
and two of the scariest looking clowns
you could ever see this is not a scene
out of a horror movie it is actually how
they cheered up children in the hospital
back in the day if these characters
walked into a child's hospital room
today it would be utter panic number 11
the creepy practical joke it's not
uncommon to see photos online today
where the photographer used Photoshop to
create creepy pictures
that's not something new this is
something that people have been doing
for decades the little girls in this
photo took a picture that would have
gone viral had the internet been
invented back then one of the girls is
laying on the picnic table with her head
hidden the other is popping her head up
to make it look
it's one child whose head was cut off
who needs Photoshop number 12 United
States soldiers in 1917 United States
soldiers today typically wear
bulletproof vests and helmets to protect
themselves during combat that was not
the case in 1917 back then soldiers wore
full-body high-tech body armor this
armor must not have been very effective
since you will never see a soldier today
dressed this way number 13 a real deep
thinker years ago people believed that
they needed to work in complete silence
with complete concentration if they were
going to solve problems this is a photo
of a man wearing an isolator when people
wore these they couldn't hear anything
around them they could only see what was
in front of them it was developed by
Hugo Gernsback
but it didn't last long today if someone
wants to concentrate they turn off the
television and closed the door number 14
more creepy Halloween costumes years ago
it wasn't just adults who tried to look
as scary as possible on Halloween kids
got in on the act as well kids back then
believed that the scarier their costumes
were the more treats they would get when
they went door to door kids dressed like
this would go knocking at doors on
Halloween looking for candy if these
kids went trick-or-treating based on how
creepy they looked they would likely get
an awful lot of candy today people would
likely lock the doors and turn off the
lights if they saw these three coming up
the driveway number 15 the scariest
Santa ever kids line up around the
corner to sit on Santa's lap today he's
usually sitting on a big chair wearing a
red suit with a white beard and he looks
friendly and happy this was not always
the case
years ago Santa was pretty scary the
little girl in this photo must be used
to Santa of those days because she looks
pretty happy
if the Santa showed up at a mall today
people would run screaming number 16 the
creepiest collection ever the man in
this photo is a British Army officer and
the artist named Horatio Gordon Robley
the photo was taken in 1895 and he had
it taken to show off his collection of
the McCobb he didn't have anything to do
with severing all of these heads but he
did collect them they were all heads
taken from New Zealand's Maori people
today you would be arrested for having a
collection like this number 17
killers butchers what this picture looks
pretty scary if you don't know the
backstory it was taken a 1901 of four
students in an anatomy class they posed
with a cadaver that they were studying
they added a quote to the bottom of the
picture that is incredibly fitting and
respectful the quote reads man's
usefulness ends not in death the man
wanted to give respect to the person who
donated their body to science for the
students to study number 18 a real-life
werewolf this photo makes you think that
someone actually got documented proof
that werewolves actually do exist
actually it is a person who suffers from
Paula trachea also known as excessive
hairiness number 19 the creepiest
dummy's then shrila quests are pretty
popular today in fact the most recent
winner of the hit show America's Got
Talent is a 12 year old ventriloquist
her puppets were adorable that was not
always the case with ventriloquist's in
the 1800s the dummies could be scary the
one in this photo looks like it was
stitched together using human skin if a
ventriloquist came onstage with a dummy
like this the audience would likely go
running for the door number 20 a
possessed audience this isn't a
possessed audience or an audience of
ghosts or serial killers it was actually
the audience about to watch a live
taping of the Mickey Mouse Club in the
1930s
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