35 chilling photos (36 photos)

Context matters. Without it, seemingly innocuous images can go unnoticed. But when you know the backstory, your reaction changes completely. Today, we present you with a collection of scary pictures that are hard to forget.





1. An 18-year-old girl on the day of liberation from the Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945



2. Monson Motor Lodge manager James Brock pours hydrochloric acid into the pool to drive out black bathers, 1964



3. In 1907, a British sailor frees a man who had been chained for three years



4. Survivors from the 87th floor of the World Trade Center (North Tower) walk in the dust after the collapse of the South Tower, New York, September 11, 2001 year



5. Shadows of Hiroshima



6. British soldiers after liberation from Japanese captivity, Singapore, 1945



7. Beginning 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami



8. A capsule that allows the user to end their life



When a button is pressed, the space is filled with nitrogen, quickly reducing the oxygen level.

9. Children tied to a radiator in a mental hospital, Deir el-Qamar, Lebanon, 1982



10. A Chinese woman whose feet were tightly bound since childhood, late 1800s



11. Miners returning after a day of work, Belgium, 1900 year



12. Josie (6), Bertha (6), and Sophie (10) at work at Maggioni Canning Company



13. The last moments of the man who jumped into the tiger enclosure, 2014 year



14. The last photo before the tragedy at Dyatlov Pass



15. The death of Colombian soldiers at an air show



They were holding a Colombian flag that was attached to a rope suspended from a helicopter. The rope snapped, and the men fell to their deaths in front of hundreds of spectators.

16. Victim of acute radiation sickness after the Chernobyl accident, 1986



17. Serial killer Ted Bundy having fun with children



18. Shell-shocked soldier during World War I, 1916 year



19. Journalist Alison Parker killed during live broadcast in 2015



Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while working live on air. The killer was their former colleague.

20. Halloween, 1930s



21. Just before a huge wave crashed onto the shore during the devastating tsunami of 2004



22. A smoke bomb fired at point-blank range at a protester in Iraq



23. Circus performer Jean Libber, aka the "two-bodied man"



Jean was born with a parasitic twin in his abdomen.

24. Bison skulls at the Michigan Carbon Works in Rougeville, USA



They were intended for processing and use in the production of such products as bone glue, fertilizer, bone ash, bone charcoal.

25. A baseball team of prisoners whose execution was only stayed as long as they kept winning, 1910



26. Princess Diana, her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, and driver Henri Paul shortly before their fatal crash



27. Serial killer Richard Ramirez in court



28. Child's gas mask, USA, 1942



29. De Beers mine worker undergoes X-ray at the end of his shift before leaving the diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, October 1954 years



30. X-ray of Albert Fish's pelvis



The maniac liked to stick needles into himself.

31. Abandoned kindergarten in Pripyat



32. Young miner, USA, 1908



33. Magician Joe Burrus descends into a grave, preparing to perform trick



Burrus was confident he could get out, but his coffin broke under tons of dirt and cement.

34. Before and after photos of a man with schizophrenia undergoing a lobotomy



35. Last shots of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson entering his high school gym on January 10, 2013



His body was found in a rolled-up mat the next day.