History NightmareFuel / FalloutNewvegas

* In Goodsprings Cemetery it's possible to hear ghostly whispers. It seems like that would be the only place to hear them, but no. The whispers can be heard anywhere in the game. Either it's because of the tortured souls who died from the bombs, or thanks to the Courier's near-death experience. Since whatever horrors in Dunwich locations exist in the ''Fallout'' universe, then ghosts probably exist as well.

* In various spots in the game, one in Michael Angelo's workshop, you can see framed portraits of scenes or people from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'s Tranquility Lane''. It was probably just thrown in as an EasterEgg, but still....why are there scenes and people ''from a simulation'' framed on walls?

** They are even worse as you play on Hardcore. Imagine bringing companions along, and having to sit and watch your companions slowly succumb to the poison, completely helpless, because for some reason they're incapable of using antivenom. Thankfully, the datura antivenom from the above ''Honest Hearts'' can be used by companions, but still..

* A lot of Randall Clark's journal entries are [[{{Tearjerker}} quite sad]]. A few of them though are downright chilling. One in particular:

* Related to the above; the player has the chance to [[KickTheSonOfABitch turn the tables]] on Elijah and seal him in the vault. The Courier can then listen in on his radio as [[VillainousBreakdown Elijah goes from desperate pleading to furious threats]], before the vault starts to lose power, leaving him [[BuriedAlive trapped in the dark.]] Finally, his broadcast begins to loop on one last chilling line.

[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Lastly]], waging war against good people [[BeingEvilSucks is bad for the soul]]. [[LampshadeHanging This may not seem important to you now]], but it's the most important thing I've said."

[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Lastly, waging war against good people is bad for the soul]]. [[LampshadeHanging This may not seem important to you now]], but it's the most important thing I've said."

** To be clear, the survivors refused to offer anyone for sacrifice, and were driven to suicide after finding out the truth. Just imagine the years of stress, drama, and psychological torture they endured, culminating in an outright violent riot, just to find out that ''absolutely none of it was necessary.''

* Did you think the original [[DemonicSpider Deathclaws]] were tough? New Vegas has new, even stronger, Mother and Alpha types... and let's not even get started on the [[OhCrap Legendary]] [[BonusBoss Deathclaw]]. The addition of the Damage Threshold mechanic means that their hide is as effective as a suit of basic military-grade ''Combat Armor'', if you don't have [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor-piercing ammo]] or a {{BFG}}, you are ''screwed'', because those things [[LightningBruiser run fast]].

** Speaking of Cachino, the sidequest involving Joana reveals he's brutally beaten and raped her several times. And this is the guy you have to work with for the ''good'' outcome when dealing with the Omertas, making him the TokenGoodTeammate by default. Really, the only way to feel clean afterwards is to help him wipe out the Omerta bosses, then with your alliance now over, wait until his back is turned before putting [[DoubleTap two bullets]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil in the back of his head]].

* "Honest Hearts" is [[IncrediblyLamePun honestly the most light-hearted]] of the [=DLC=]... this doesn't keep it from being utterly terrifying on occasion. It all starts simply enough. The Courier gets a message telling them about an expedition to Zion Canyon. Enticed, they head out to meet with the people they will accompany. After a few minutes of chatting and getting to know your new companions, you all set out. Then everything goes to hell. As soon as you arrive, the White Legs ambush you and begin killing your allies one by one as they scream in fear. Because this is a scripted event, they all die, leaving you to face the White Legs alone. Oh, and due to a rule the leader of the expedition had, you were only able to bring 100 lbs (maximum) of equipment with you.

** About halfway through The Divide, the Courier must travel underground on a funicular car to proceed. During the whole ride, explosions are going off all around you and making the player worry that the car might crash. Then, as if nothing could get any worse, swarms of these bastards start climbing up the sides of the car and begin attacking you. When the ride is finally over, you then have to make your way back above ground by going through a destroyed hotel filled with even ''more'' Tunnelers. [[IncrediblyLamePun It's the least fun funicular ever.]]
* The name of some areas alone is nightmare fuel. The Cave of the Abaddon in particular stands out. ("Abaddon" literally means "destruction", and is commonly accepted as the name of an angel of death.)

* At the beginning of Lonesome Road, you find the Marked Men. At first, it's pretty obvious that they've been driven insane from radiation and want to kill you. But it's not that simple; they're cannibals, and not just mindless cannibals that chew on corpses; there's a Hopeville basement where there's skeletons hung up on meat hooks and hacked corpses on tables, right next to an old kitchen. The radiation has made them insane, but kept enough of their humanity so they can gut you like a pig on the butcher's hook. Oh, and did we mention that their appearance is due to the Divide's windstorms ''stripping the flesh from their bodies'', leaving their raw muscle exposed to the elements? The only thing keeping them alive is the Divide's high residual radiation, and even that [[AndIMustScream does absolutely nothing to dull the pain]].

* Speaking of Ulysses, there's the man himself. Talking to him through ED-E reveals that he knows about the history of the Old World and knowledgeable about a lot of things in the Wasteland. He's cryptic as to his actual aims, but very cool and calm, and obviously has some well thought-out ultimate goal. When you finally meet him face to face, you find out that goal is to use the remaining [=ICBMs=] in the Divide to destroy your home. If your Courier has sided with either the [=NCR=] or the Legion, he's trying to destroy either his own former enemies or one of the more brutal and nasty factions in the Wasteland. But if your Courier is independent, he'll just aim the nukes at the Mojave. It's kind of terrifying to break through the veneer of a WarriorPoet and find an OmnicidalManiac willing to slaughter untold thousands of innocents and obliterate one of the few remaining bastions of human civilization just as a means to get back at the Courier and/or prove a philosophical point.

--> '''February 14th'''

** And then, if you hack his terminals, you find [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101031155719/fallout/images/6/6c/MrHouseRealHead.png his true, shriveled, barely alive form]]. And just to drive the point home, the game classifies him as an Abomination instead of a human.

** In ''Lonesome Road'', Ulysses will imply that siding with House will likely end with "Your face on a robot's screen".

* On your way to Freeside, you may encounter the El Roy Motel, a fairly typical two storey building now occupied with chem addicts... except for one room, which is filled with instantly hostile bark scorpions and a dead wastelander who looks like he tried to barricade himself with a storage rack in panic. How exactly these scorpions ended up in a closed room is unclear - that is, until you find a threatening note, which provides just enough context to the morbid sight.