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3* Just about any top ten list that happens to involve deadly animals or creepy locations.
4* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17199_7-most-horrifying-parasites-on-planet.html The 7 Most Horrifying Parasites on the Planet]].
5* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16868_6-deadliest-creatures-that-can-fit-in-your-shoe.html The 6 Deadliest Creatures That Can Fit in Your Shoe]].
6* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17173_7-terrifying-creatures-youll-never-see-coming.html 7 Terrifying Creatures You'll Never See Coming]].
7* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16817_5-cosmic-events-that-could-kill-you-before-lunch.html 5 Cosmic Events that Could Kill You Before Lunch]].
8* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14945_5-recent-scientific-advances-how-theyll-destroy-us-all.html 5 Recent Scientific Advances (And How They'll Destroy Us All)]].
9* The pictures on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16178_7-common-foods-that-can-actually-get-you-high.html "7 Common Foods That Can Actually Get You High"]] are pure SurrealHorror, particularly the one which appears to be Hilary Clinton as [[ComicBook/TheSandman the Corinthian]].
10* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-writing-tips-people-who-send-me-death-threats/ 5 Writing Tips for the People Who Send Me Death Threats]] by Soren Bowie.
11* Some of the pictures in the [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_585_27-dark-sides-cartoon-universes-you-never-got-to-see/ 27 Dark Sides of Cartoon Universes You Never Got to See]] Photoplasty. Special mentions go to the entry with Peter Pan (who has a serious SlasherSmile while the Lost Boys have equally disturbing faces), the Pokémon one (where some...''thing'' has mutilated the trainer from ''Gold and Silver''), and the entry with Winnie the Pooh (who has just disemboweled Rabbit and lacks a face.
12* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21410_5-old-timey-movies-way-too-disturbing-modern-theaters.html 5 Old-Timey Movies Way Too Disturbing for Modern Theaters]]. There's some serious Eye Scream in entry #1.
13* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_109_natures-6-most-diabolical-predators.html Nature's 6 Most Diabolical Predators.]]
14* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-monster-inside-mario-lopez-warning/ The Monster Inside of Mario Lopez: A Warning]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/trying-to-stop-worlds-greatest-monster-mario-lopez/ Trying to Stop the World's Greatest Monster: Mario Lopez]]: two articles that only up the concentration of terror.
15* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/secondhand-nightmares-10-horrifying-thrift-store-finds/ Secondhand Nightmares: 10 Horrifying Thrift Store Finds]]: [[NothingIsScarier -nothing-]].
16** Elmo the Childsbane.
17--->Yell because mommy isn't helping you! Yell because nobody is helping! Yell because the nice man periodically steps forward to move the monster just a little bit closer to your face! Yell because you are so very small, and the world is so very big, and sometimes ... sometimes ''there are monsters.''
18* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-baffling-food-mascots-all-time/ The 8 Most Baffling Food Mascots of All-Time]]: NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE.
19* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgD2XEmSAcY "Its contagious!"]]''
20* Pretty much all examples on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19395_the-7-creepiest-old-school-robots.html The 7 Creepiest Old School Robots]], but it's not hard to shiver after reading "Waiting. ''Waiting to play you her song''."
21* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19401_5-inexplicably-horrifying-episodes-classic-comedies.html 5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies]].
22* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19507_the-8-creepiest-glitches-hidden-in-popular-video-games.html The 8 Creepiest Glitches Hidden in Popular Video Games]].
23* [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140901034750/http://www.cracked.com/funny-1934-spiders/ Spiders]], starts out rather tame, but once you scroll down to the bottom of the article...
24* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18792_the-7-most-unintentionally-creepy-places-internet.html The 7 Most Unintentionally Creepy Places on the Internet]]
25* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18711_19-unintentionally-terrifying-childrens-album-covers.html 19 Unintentionally Terrifying Children's Album Covers]]
26* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18928_the-12-most-unintentionally-disturbing-christmas-ads.html The 12 Most Unintentionally Disturbing Christmas Ads]]
27* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16445_the-5-most-unintentionally-scarring-80s-music-videos.html The 5 Most Unintentionally Scarring '80s Music Videos]]
28* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16051_the-10-most-disturbing-psas-from-around-world.html The 10 Most Disturbing PSAs from Around the World]]
29* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17493_the-13-most-unintentionally-disturbing-childrens-toys.html The 13 Most Unintentionally Disturbing Children's Toys]]
30* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-for-traumatizing-children.html 10 Awesome Ads (For Traumatizing Children)]]
31* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19631_the-11-most-unintentionally-creepy-christmas-ornaments.html The 11 Most Unintentionally Creepy Christmas Ornaments]]
32* They also are happy to give you reasons not to [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19217_6-things-nobody-tells-you-about-owning-motorcycle.html own a motorcycle]] too.
33* A screencap of [[Literature/{{It}} Pennywise the Clown]] has been up to promote an After Hours video for about a week, and it's in such a spot that it scrolls down with you as you read an article. This has led to a meme about how Pennywise is stalking the readers.
34* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19939_11-everyday-things-that-are-terrifying-under-microscope.html 11 Everyday Things That Are Terrifying Under a Microscope]], including bee larvae, moths and deep-sea worms.
35* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-people-etsy-who-are-clearly-serial-killers/ 5 People on Etsy Who Are Clearly Serial Killers]], especially #4 with the human flesh jar and the mutilated babyface ornament.
36* #1 from [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-most-terrifying-examples-rule-34/ The 6 Most Terrifying Examples of 'Rule 34']], live-action spider porn (with pictures).
37* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_542_24-small-things-you-dont-miss-until-theyre-gone/ 24 Small Things You Don't Miss Until They're Gone]]. While some are goofy, like Batman not having the pointy ears or Michelangelo's David not having a penis, others are scary, like the two pictures of women with no lips and the puppy with no iris.
38* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15628_the-5-creepiest-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html The]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16721_6-more-creepy-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html Creepiest]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_171_6-creepy-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true-part-321.html Urban]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18806_7-creepy-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true-part-4.html Legends]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19503_7-creepy-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true-part-521.html (That Happen]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20126_7-creepy-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true-part-6.html to Be]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20733_5-creepy-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true-part-7.html True)]]
39** One of the stories in Part 5 is so infamously terrifying that [[MemeticMutation even the commenters won't stop talking about it.]] It involves a man in Japan finding things in his house disappearing and ending up where they weren't before. He decides to set up cameras to find out who's doing it. When he examines the tape, it shows a strange woman ''crawling out of his cupboard''. Then, at the end of the video, she ''crawls back into the cupboard''. The same cupboard that was a few feet away from him while he was watching the video. He calls the police, and they find out she had been there the ''whole time'', eating and even taking showers.
40* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_181_the-6-creepiest-places-earth.html The]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18830_the-6-creepiest-places-earth-part-2.html Creepiest]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19511_the-7-creepiest-places-earth-part-3.html Places]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20140_the-8-creepiest-places-earth-part-4.html on Earth]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20704_the-6-creepiest-places-earth-part-5.html (in 5 parts)]]
41* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20652_6-real-serial-killers-more-terrifying-than-any-horror-movie.html 6 Serial Killers More Terrifying Than Any Horror Movie]]. They are ''not'' kidding with that description. Other such lists include [[https://www.cracked.com/article_20124_6-real-murderers-who-put-horror-movie-villains-to-shame.html 6 Real Murderers Who Put Horror Movie Villains to Shame]], [[https://www.cracked.com/article_25116_5-real-life-murderers-more-terrifying-than-any-horror-movie.html 5 Real-Life Murderers More Terrifying Than Any Horror Movie]], [[https://www.cracked.com/article_25994_6-more-real-life-murderers-scarier-than-any-horror-movie.html 6 More Real-Life Murderers Scarier Than Any Horror Movie]], [[https://www.cracked.com/article_21492_5-real-killers-more-terrifying-than-any-horror-movie.html 5 Real Killers More Terrifying Than Any Horror Movie]] and [[https://www.cracked.com/article_24370_the-5-most-terrifying-serial-killers-youve-never-heard-of.html The 5 Most Terrifying Serial Killers You've Never Heard Of]].
42* Similar to the above articles, [[https://www.cracked.com/article_21808_5-historical-figures-more-terrifying-than-any-horror-villain.html 5 Historical Figures More Terrifying Than Any Horror Villain]].
43* [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/3-bizarre-ways-animals-have-learned-to-speak-like-humans/ 3 Bizarre Ways Animals Have Learned to Speak Like Humans]]: a quick-fix article about animals who learned to mimic human voices has one [[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/quickfix/7/9/5/156795.jpg seriously creepy picture]] of a beluga in its number one entry.
44* What's worse than seeing [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20709_9-horrifying-foods-you-wont-believe-people-actually-eat.html 9 Horrifying Foods You Won't Believe People Actually Eat]]? Seeing the ''animated gifs'' provided.
45* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20843_6-shocking-realities-secret-troubled-teen-industry.html 6 Shocking Realities of the Secret 'Troubled Teen Industry'.]] The amount of abuse is absolutely scarring, and the fact that it won't be stopped.
46* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_597_21-corporate-mascots-that-would-be-terrifying-in-reality/ 21 Corporate Mascots That Would be Terrifying in Reality]] has a lot of BodyHorror.
47* Speaking of BodyHorror... [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20059_10-old-timey-medical-treatments-inspired-by-your-nightmares.html 10 Old-Timey Medical Treatments Inspired by Your Nightmares]]
48* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19659_7-theories-time-that-would-make-doc-browns-head-explode.html 7 Theories on Time That Would Make Doc Brown's Head Explode]] Time could end before you finish this sentence. True MindScrew.
49* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-creepy-ways-pokemon-changed-since-you-stopped-playing/ Four creepy ways pokemon has changed]]. The last one is [[{{Squick}} especially bad]].
50* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_16581_greatest-medication-side-effect-ever21.html Greatest Medication Side Effect Ever!]] is not really that much NightmareFuel... until around the two minute mark, when it shows us what the teleporting feels like. Basically, you spontaneously disappear into a black void and are greeted with a bloodcurdling unearthly screech and a flurry of shapeless red... ''things'' flying in all directions. And due to PowerIncontinence, it can happen at any given moment.[[note]]In fact, right after that scene, it shows a guy who teleports every few ''seconds''. He's more annoyed than frightened, though.[[/note]]
51* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1402-pe-brain-bank.html 5 Horrific Things You Learn Preserving Brains for a Living.]]
52* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1374-7-things-i-learned-as-accomplice-to-mass-murder.html 7 Things I Learned as an Accomplice To Mass Murder]] is probably one of the most disturbing and depressing articles put on the site.
53* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1456-5-shocking-realities-working-with-disturbed-children.html 5 Shocking Realities of Working With Disturbed Children]]. In short, it's a living hell for both the faculty workers who are not trained enough to deal with whatever chaotic situation that will come up (and by chaotic, I mean things like kids bashing their hand open with a hammer, smearing poop on their teeth, all manner of horror) and the children who find themselves in a shitty situation ''they never asked to be in.''
54* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1440-5-things-i-learned-as-sex-slave-in-modern-america.html 5 Things I Learned as a Sex Slave in Modern America]]. One of the few articles on the site that comes with a UsefulNotes/{{trigger}} warning, and [[SexSlave for good reason]].
55* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1468-7-things-you-learn-surviving-atomic-blast.html 7 Things You Learn Surviving An Atomic Blast]]. The BodyHorror was bad enough, but the woman being interviewed describes, in detail, the aftereffects. The [=EMP=] knocked out communication, leaving Hiroshima cut off from the outside world. There was no water, food, or decent medical treatment for five days. People drowned en masse in the river from the confusion. Not to mention that it rained poison.
56* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1412-7-insane-lessons-from-inside-apocalyptic-cult.html 7 Horror Movie Scenes I Lived Inside a Real Apocalyptic Cult]] demonstrates how manipulative cult leaders can be and how hard it is to leave. The worst part is that the writer didn't realize he was in a cult until its leader [[MoralEventHorizon had someone murdered]].
57* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1502-6-things-i-learned-as-innocent-man-death-row.html 6 Horrifying Things You Learn as an Inmate on Death Row]] pulls no punches in showing how harsh prison life can get. Special mention goes to how the guards would encourage inmates to fight, the description of how to kill someone with a magazine and old underwear (which is a ''lot'' worse than how it sounds), and how long it actually takes to be proven innocent. However, by far the worst part is how difficult it is to adjust to normal life after 21 years of prison, to the point where the interviewee tenses up whenever he sees people arguing because he thinks it will end in a fight or worse.
58-->I didn't know this world for so long that when people in my family and people around me had arguments, I would jump to arms waiting to go to war, or expect them to kill each other. But then two minutes later they're making each other a cup of coffee. And I'm thinking, [[TearJerker 'Wow, how can you do that?']]
59* A purely visual example. One of the pics they used for [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21666_5-seemingly-impossible-things-your-body-does-every-day.html "5 Seemingly Impossible Things Your Body Does Every Day"]] is a kidney with a mouth photo-shopped on it. It's way creepier than it sounds.
60* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21834_5-realities-life-when-your-brain-wants-you-to-murder.html 5 Realities of Life When Your Brain Wants You to Murder.]] Imagine living with a disorder where your brain gives you repetitive, unwanted thoughts about killing and hurting people and no matter what you do, you'll feel like a monster just for having these unwanted thoughts.
61* Believe it or not, [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-nobody-tells-you-about-getting-punched-in-face/ 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Getting Punched in the Face]] qualifies. Having to have your mouth wired shut for ''ten weeks'' can drive you insane.
62* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1600-5-ugly-realities-being-woman-visiting-india.html 5 Ugly Realities Of Being A Woman Visiting India]] is incredibly chilling, even if you're already aware of India's atrocious attitude towards women. To add to this is the fact that the comment section is filled with [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming victim blamers]], meaning that the West has got some of that sickness in it as well.
63* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1760-5-things-i-learned-infiltrating-deep-web-child-molesters.html 5 Things I Learned Infiltrating Deep Web Child Molesters.]] '''''VIEWER DISCRETION IS HEAVILY ADVISED.''''' The descriptions of how pedophiles use the Deep Web to cover their tracks near-perfectly is bad enough, since it means pretty much all of them will [[KarmaHoudini get away with it]]. The worst part, though, is that the article includes ''actual texts and comments from the sites they use'', which [[PaedoHunt naturally]] require an ''ocean'' of BrainBleach.
64* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1836-5-awful-truths-about-surviving-flesh-eating-bacteria.html 5 Awful Truths About Surviving Flesh-Eating Bacteria.]] The premise alone is enough to induce nightmares, and believe it or not, it only gets worse from there.
65* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1776-i-clean-up-rotting-corpses-5-goddamn-nightmare-realities.html 5 Creepy Things You Learn Cleaning Up The Scene Of A Murder]], originally published with the [[SarcasmMode much more subtle]] title "I Clean Up Rotting Corpses: 5 Goddamn Nightmare Realities", is one of the few cases where [[MemeticMutation Title Guy]] actually undersells it. It's about "biohazard cleaning technicians", which is a more professional phrase for the people who clean up crime scenes and other places where people have died, and it's '''very bad'''.
66* Every Halloween, Cracked releases a list of the worst costumes on the market. They vary from tacky to just plain nauseating, but the real horror is how many costumes out there are both suggestive ''and'' [[PaedoHunt aimed at children]].
67* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2024-when-religious-parents-kill-kids-inside-honor-killing.html 6 Realities In A Super Religious Family That Wants Me Dead.]] Not only is [[HonorRelatedAbuse the subject matter]] itself horrifying, the article has one of the most unnerving endings to any Cracked article to date: just before the article was printed, Cracked's source stopped responding to their messages, and the article ends with [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a quiet plea for her to get back in touch with them as soon as she can]]. It makes sense that the people at the comments are worried as well.
68* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_23646_6-things-you-assume-are-in-us-constitution-but-arent.html 6 Myths About The US Constitution Too Many People Believe]] reveals that there are plenty of loopholes that grant the US courts, churches and government ''much'' more power than the average American would feel comfortable letting them have.
69* In the comment section for [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-men-are-trained-to-think-sexual-assault-no-big-deal/ 7 Reasons So Many Guys Don't Understand Sexual Consent]], a user by the moniker of Kyn proposed letting any women on the site upvote their comment if they'd ever experienced rape or sexual harassment, or downvote if they hadn't. As of December 2017, the numbers are: 1194 Upvotes, 145 Downvotes.
70* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_25118_6-utterly-terrifying-unsolved-mysteries-no-one-can-explain.html 6 Utterly Terrifying Unsolved Mysteries No One Can Explain]] The first two entries and their corresponding videos are simply terrifying.
71* [[http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-298-23-creepy-unsolved-crimes-that-will-keep-you-up-at-night/ 23 Creepy Unsolved Mysteries Nobody Can Explain]].
72* [[https://www.cracked.com/article_22590_7-creepifying-details-at-heart-unsolvable-mysteries.html 7 Unexplained Deaths That Will Shake Your Faith In Reason]]
73* The 11 Creepiest Unsolved Crimes No One Can Explain [[https://www.cracked.com/article_24084_11-legitimately-haunting-unsolved-murders.html part 1]] and [[https://www.cracked.com/article_24405_the-11-creepiest-unsolved-crimes-no-one-can-explain-part-2.html part 2]]
74* [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-real-unsolved-murders-that-deserve-their-own-horror-movie?utm_campaign=cracked_referral_related&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article&utm_partner=cracked These Unsolved Murders Will Make You Scared Of The Dark]]
75* [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-creepiest-unsolved-murders-no-one-can-explain?utm_campaign=cracked_referral_related&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article&utm_partner=cracked 5 Creepy Crimes That Raise Endless Unanswered Questions]]
76* [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-creepy-historical-murder-mysteries-no-one-can-explain 5 Creepy Crimes From History No One Can Explain]]
77* [[http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-587-15-images-that-will-make-you-believe-in-paranormal/ 15 Paranormal Images Even Non-Crazy People Find Creepy]].
78* [[http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-199-the-20-most-eerily-convincing-paranormal-videos-youtube/ The 20 Most Eerily Convincing Paranormal Videos on YouTube]].
79* [[http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-818-13-eerily-convincing-paranormal-photos-videos/ 13 Eerily Convincing Paranormal Photos And Videos]].
80* [[http://web.archive.org/web/20180731075331/http://www.cracked.com/article_18809_the-6-most-strangely-convincing-real-life-curses.html The 6 Most Strangely Convincing Real Life Curses]]
81* For the most part, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17574_7-insane-ads-that-have-no-clue-what-theyre-selling.html 7 Insane Ads That Have No Clue What They�re Selling]] is more strange than scary, but some entries (like the one with dancing baby skeletons and the one with the woman with a movie theater in her skull) qualify.
82* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-creepy-as-heck-murders-that-remain-unsolved-to-this-day/ 5 Creepy As Heck Murders That Remain Unsolved To This Day]]
83* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-creepiest-unsolved-crimes-we-cant-explain/ 5 Creepy Crimes We Can Never Solve]]
84* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-terrifying-crimes-that-well-never-solve/ 4 Terrifying Crimes (That We'll Never Solve)]]
85* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21624_5-creepy-unsolved-disappearances-that-nobody-can-explain.html 5 Creepy Unsolved Disappearances That Nobody Can Explain]]
86* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_24092_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-completely-eluded-justice.html The Creepiest Serial Killers (Who Still Remain At Large)]]
87* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19332_7-creepy-video-game-easter-eggs-youll-wish-were-never-found.html 7 Video Game Easter Eggs We Wish Were Never Found: Classic]]
88* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19172_8-creepy-video-game-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html 8 Creepy Video Game Urban Legends (That Happen to Be True)]]
89* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16998_5-horrific-serial-killers-who-are-free-right-now.html 5 Horrific Serial Killers Who Are Free Right Now]]
90* [[https://www.cracked.com/article_24870_6-terrifying-serial-killers-who-are-still-out-there.html?utm_campaign=cracked_referral_related&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article&utm_partner=cracked 6 Terrifying Serial Killers (Who Are Still Out There)]]
91* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2012-i-was-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-5-things-i-experienced.html I Was Burned Alive By An Angry Mob: Here's My Story]]: The content warning at the top is there for a reason. You'll never look at vigilante tropes the same way again.
92--> '''''WARNING:''' This is the story of a real guy who was fucking burned alive by a mob. If you're sensitive to reading stories about real people being burned alive by mobs, you might want to skip this one because, and we can't emphasize this enough, it contains a story about a guy who was burned alive by a mob.''
93* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwA1VeYpvaM If Disney Princesses Were Historically Accurate]] in its entirety.
94* [[https://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html The 5 Creepiest Serial Killers (Who Were Animals)]] has a fair bit of this, but special mention goes to their conclusion to the entry for [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Gustave the Crocodile]], pointing out that of all these animals, he's the only one who's ''still alive'' and still hunting. They go so far as to provide some AlternateCharacterInterpretation suggesting that Gustave is actually an ancient AnimalisticAbomination who gains sustenance from human screams and has [[WhoWantsToLiveForever grown so tired of his own immortality]] that he takes his anger out on any living thing that crosses his path.
95** The sequel [[https://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1226-5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 Terrifying Serial Killers Who Happened to Be Animals]] is equally horrifying.
96* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2365-i-was-psych-nurse-who-abused-patients-with-chokeholds.html Things I Saw As A Psych Ward Nurse Too Dark For Horror Films]] describes an interview with [[VillainProtagonist a nurse named Clyde who worked in a psych ward]] and how he [[WhatYouAreInTheDark came to hate his patients]], [[KickTheDog how he looked the other way while they were being abused, and how he regularly abused them as well]]. It's incredibly disturbing, especially Clyde himself, who while regretful, is nearly BeyondRedemption by the end of the interview. Even worse is the implication that this sort of thing is ''common'' in mental hospitals, and that it is a part if the culture, which Clyde still absentmindedly defends.

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