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Shadows of people vaporized when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.


Permanent shadows, also called “Nuclear Shadows” were formed during the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason behind the formation of these permanent shadows is what’s known as“thermal radiation "

The remains of a victim of spontaneous human combustion.

Spontaneous human combustion" refers to the death from a fire originating without an apparent external source of ignition; the fire is believed to start within the body of the victim.

The body of John Torrington.


In the 1840s, John Torrington and a crew of explorers attempted to find the fabled Northwest Passage that would allow for quicker travel between North America and Asia.
However, during the expedition, Torrington’s ship was damaged, and the crew was forced to trek back through Canada on foot.
No one made it back. Torrington’s body was buried along the way, perfectly preserved by the frigid temperatures.

NEPA nor gree give us light. My system shutting down soon. Make I run go buy fuel. More to come. Stay glued.....

The aftermath of a car accident in 1945.

The result of traveling at a high rate of speed without wearing a seat belt.

Omayra Sanchez, young victim of the Armero Tragedy in Colombia, 1985.


A victim of a Colombian volcano disaster. Omayra Sanchez was trapped in water and concrete for three days. This photo was taken shortly before she died.

Shell-shocked soldier in the trenches of the First World War.


Shell shock is a reaction to the intensity of the bombardment and fighting that produced a helplessness appearing variously as panic and being scared.

23-year-old Evelyn McHale’s body after leaping from the Empire State Building and landing on a United Nations limousine. Some call this picture “the world’s most beautiful suicide.”

A group of friends in Beirut, Lebanon, moments before a car bomb explosion, and then moments after. (The bomb was in the gold car you see in the first photo.)

This man is unable to get off the subway tracks in New York City with a train bearing down.


The New York Post’s controversial photo taken of 58-year-old Queens resident Ki Suk Han, seconds before being fatally struck by a train.
He was reportedly pushed onto the tracks at 12:30 pm by a panhandler.

A little Polish girl who grew up in a concentration camp drawing a picture of “home.”


A child in a residence for disturbed children was asked to draw a picture of home. It shows how the horrors of the concentration camp warped her mind.

This woman in this photo is actually dead. Her husband took it two days after she passed away. There’s no word on what her cause of death was.


Photographs of deceased loved ones were a normal part of American and European culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Aerial view of Jonestown


An American religious organization under the leadership of Jim Jones, in northwestern Guyana. A total of 909 Americans died in Jonestown, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, in an event termed “revolutionary suicide"

You’re going to find many of the scary pictures below downright disturbing and unbelievable.
Some were taken minutes before or after tragedies and on deathbeds.
These scary pictures made their way into news headlines and buzzed around the internet for their mysterious nature.
They’re morbid and will definitely freak you out. They include demons, ghosts, murders, and horrific car accidents.

Did the cartoonists of Johnny Bravo know?


An episode of Johnny Bravo that aired on Cartoon Network in April 2001 featured a movie poster with an image of a burning building with the label 'Coming Soon'. Five months later 9/11 happened.

A falling baby, saved twice by the same man


“In Detroit sometime in the 1930s, a young (if incredibly careless) mother must have been eternally grateful to a man named Joseph Figlock. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock.


The baby’s fall was broken and both man and baby were unharmed. A stroke of luck on its own, but a year later, the very same baby fell from the very same window onto poor, unsuspecting Joseph Figlock as he was again passing beneath. And again, they both survived the event.”

A bullet that reached its destiny years later


“Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide.


The girl’s brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself.
“But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man.


Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland’s head, killing him.”

Just like Edgar Allan Poe’s book


“In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe, wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym’. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker.


“Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew, killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

Mark Twain and Halley’s Comet


Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley’s Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910.
He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.”

Twins brothers, same heart attack


“John and Arthur Mowforth were twins who lived about 80 miles apart in Great Britain. On the evening of May 22, 1975, both fell severely ill from chest pains. The families of both men were completely unaware of the other’s illness. Both men were rushed to separate hospitals at approximately the same time. And both died of heart attacks shortly after arrival.”

Twin Boys, twin lives


“The stories of identical twins’ nearly identical lives are often astonishing, but perhaps none more so than those of identical twins born in Ohio.


The twin boys were separated at birth, being adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the boys James.


“And here the coincidences just begin. Both James grew up not even knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training, both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. They both had sons whom one named James Alan and the other named James Allan.


“The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women – both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy. Forty years after their childhood separation, the two men were reunited to share their amazingly similar lives.”

James Dean’s car curse


In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky. Here’s some reasons why:


When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs.


Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had James Dean’s drive shaft fitted to it.


When James Dean’s Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire.


Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it’s mount and broke a teenager’s hip.


In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it’s tow bar and smashed through the front of a shop.


Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports.

Creepy coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy


Both were president of America and were elected as 46th Representatives of the House. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 while John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Both person carry seven contain in their names. Interestingly duo were shot in the back of their head in the presence of their wives on Friday. Lincoln was shot in Ford’s theatre and
Kennedy was shot Ford made by Lincoln.

One of the first people who lost their life during the construction of the Hoover Dam was George Tierney, who died on December 20, 1922, when carrying out preparatory work. The last person to die during construction was Patrick Tierney — George’s son. He also died on December 20.

A “coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of events without apparent causal connection.” ~ Oxford Dictionary. Many of us come across multiple coincidences in our lives. There also happens to be coincidental incidents that make us question, “How?”. Well, some questions don’t get answers. Some consider coincidences to be a sign from God while others ignore the concurrence of events. Here’s a list of some astounding coincidences in history:

10. Without knowing it, Henrietta Lacks, a poor woman, donated her cells to science. Her cells became the first “immortal cells” to be kept alive for medical use and used for everything from creating the polio vaccine to cloning.

Henrietta, born to a poor family in Virginia, suffered from cervical cancer and sought medical attention at a hospital in Maryland. Without Henrietta’s knowledge, the medical staff took samples of her cancerous cells and used them for medical research. Henrietta’s cells, known as “HeLa,” reproduced rapidly and lasted a long time. Medical researchers used these cells to make new discoveries and advances in cancer, cloning, and gene mapping. Henrietta’s cells helped create the polio vaccine which saved thousands of lives. Scientists around the world sought after her cells. Henrietta’s cells were the first mass produced cells sold globally. The demand for her cells grew. Researchers took more samples from her body while it lay in the autopsy facility after her death in 1951. Without knowing it, Henrietta helped medical research and saved thousands of lives with her contribution to the polio vaccine.

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9. Aki Ra, a former child soldier in Cambodia, risked his life to destroy and remove landmines with no more than a knife, hoe, and stick. He saved thousands of lives and helped people regain valuable land. Aki also adopted children injured by landmines and those suffering from polio or HIV.

Aki Ra, an orphaned child, enlisted in the army at a young age. After serving in the military, Ra dedicated his life to clearing thousands of landmines in the area around his home in Cambodia. Small villages, overlooked by the UN, benefited from his services. The disarmed landmines uncovered filled Ra’s house which he turned into a museum and charged $1 for admission to help fund his project and help adopt the landmine’s young victims. While traveling to disarm landmines, Ra adopted and saved 29 young landmine victims which stayed in his small Cambodia Landmine Museum Relief Center. Ra’s efforts were halted in 2001 and 2006 when he was jailed for disarming landmines without a certification. This didn’t stop the young man and inspired him to travel to London where he gained his certification. Ra was then able to legally continue disarming landmines in Cambodia. In the first year of his certification, Ra helped put over 2,400 people back on their land.

8. Despite immense pressure from pharmaceutical companies, Dr. Frances Kelsey refused to approve thalidomide for morning sickness in the United States. Her disapproval saved a whole generation of children from death and deformities.

Dr. Kelsey, one of seven physicians reviewing drugs for the FDA, denied the approval of thalidomide. The drug caused unknown side effects, specifically to the nervous system. Kelsey required further studies into the side effects of the drug before any further thought of approval. Pharmaceutical companies pressured Kelsey. They stated pregnant women needed the drug for treatment of morning sickness. Other countries, such as Canada and select European countries, approved the drug. Pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. thought it would be an instant success. They finally accepted her decision when cases of defected children arose in Europe. Children were born with webbed fingers and feet, or missing arms and legs. Dr. Kelsey’s refusal to approve the drug saved a generation and thousands of children in America. She was the second woman to receive the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service.

7. Three men known as the Chernobyl “Suicide Squad” volunteered for a suicide mission days after the Chernobyl disaster. They waded through water underneath a leaking reactor to release the safety valves and prevent a chain reaction of nuclear explosions. They saved 50% of Europe from being wiped out.
Three plant workers, known as the Chernobyl “Suicide Squad,” volunteered to go beneath the reactors to release the valves. The molten reactor core was coming ever closer to the water source. The connection of the two would cause a chain reaction of reactor explosions destroying the entire power station. Suited up in minimal protection from radiation, the men waded through knee-high water and intense heat to open the valves. They saved 50% of Europe from being wiped out and from being rendered uninhabitable for 500,000 years.

6. Neerja Bhanot, a 22-year-old air hostess, helped hide 41 American passports aboard a hijacked plane. She helped passengers escape and died shielding three children from gunfire. Neerja was posthumously awarded bravery medals in India, Pakistan, and the United States.
Neerja was a young hostess for Pan American Flight 73 which was flying from India to the United States. She noticed hijackers aboard the plane and immediately alerted the cockpit crew. They escaped through a hatch while the terrorists remained aboard. The four terrorists targeted Americans aboard the plane and intended to fly to Cyprus to free their Palestinian brothers. Neerja secretly gathered the 41 Americans’ passports and hid them so the terrorists wouldn’t be able to tell the people apart. The terrorist’s first victim was an American man. They shot him in the head and tossed him out of the plane. Small bombs started going off and the terrorists shot at the other passengers. Neerja helped people escape through an exit hatch. Three children were about to exit the hatch when the terrorists noticed her. Neerja shielded the children and was shot dead while saving their lives. One of the children later went on and became a pilot because he admired her so much. Neerja was posthumously awarded bravery medals in Pakistan, India, and the United States. She became the first and youngest woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra Award in India for her bravery.