What Scares You?
What if you could talk to God? Not through prayer, but through thought? Where you would be able to converse directly, and receive direct answers. One group of scientists believed it was possible and set out to do just that. They were going to open the gateway of the mind.
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Cryonics is the practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future. For Trygve Bauge, the death of his grandfather opened a door for him to pilot cryonics. Today, he is legendary, and oddly celebrated annually as “Frozen Dead Guy Days.”
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Poltergeist: A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around. In 1965, 11-year-old Maria Jose Ferreira found herself the playmate of a poltergeist.
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Cannibalism: The practice of eating the flesh of one’s own species. It’s an act carried out by both animals and humans, and while people are genetically “hard-wired” against it, there are always a few exceptions.
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On Friday, May 18, 1962, 23-year-old Alexandra Wiwcharuk disappeared. Her body was discovered 13 days later in a shallow grave on the riverbank of the South Saskatchewan river. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and buried alive. 60 years later, her murder remains unsolved.
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With shows like The Bachelor and Love is Blind, reality TV dating has never been more popular. Shows like these all date back to the very first dating show, The Dating Game, which premiered in 1965. After 13 years on the air, The Dating Game had their most controversial contestant ever – Rodney Alcala. A contestant who was later convicted of sex crimes as well as murder.
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Belladonna. In Italian it translates to “beautiful lady.” But even in Italy, belladonna is more than a beautiful word or description. It is dangerous; deadly. In fact, most people probably know it as deadly nightshade. A plant so toxic, it is known as the plant most used throughout history for stealth assassination.
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Have you seen the movie, Serial Mom? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a serial killer for a mom? I’m pretty sure we can guarantee it’s not like in the movies. Just ask the family of Michelle Knotek.
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The story of Vera Jo Reigle is a tragic one. Not only was an innocent woman murdered, her death brought to light the atrocities being committed by the people who were supposed to care for her. Acts so disturbing, that one could argue that if the law had been tougher on Cheri Lynne Brooks, Vera would still be alive today.
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Do you remember that scene in Breaking Bad, where Jesse Pinkman used acid to dissolve a body? Mythbusters actually did an episode where they tried to prove or disprove the science behind it. While they concluded that the acid/methods used in Breaking Bad did not quite get the job done, murderer John Haigh did use a method that worked. We know him as the Acid Bath Murderer.
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