History NightmareFuel / Cracked

* [[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]], 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]].

* [[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. It has a predecessor, [[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]], which is just as bad.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2365-i-was-psych-nurse-who-abused-patients-with-chokeholds.html ]] describes a nurse in a psych ward named [[VillainProtagonist Clyde]] 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 culture, which Clyde still absentmindedly defends.

* 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. '''WARNING: Do not view these before bed. They are the purest form of NightmareFuel on the site and ''will'' cause nightmares. You have been warned.'''

* 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.

* [[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.
* Similar to the above article, [[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]].

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19401_5-inexplicably-horrifying-episodes-classic-comedies.html 5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies]]. For bonus points, most of the episodes listed are AdultFear type stuff in some way or another.

* Similar to the above, [[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]].

* [[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.

** "[[SelfDemonstrating/SpriteBoy Okay, I'll admit, that image of me is a]] ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel little]]'' [[SelfDemonstrating/SpriteBoy creepy. But I wasn't trying to plan Santa Claus' murder!]]"

* 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 [[spoiler: 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.]] '''WARNING: Do not view these before bed. They are the purest form of NightmareFuel on the site and ''will'' cause nightmares. You have been warned.'''

** 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, [[spoiler: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.]]

* [[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 [[spoiler:its leader [[MoralEventHorizon had someone murdered]]]].
* [[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 [[spoiler: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]].
-->[[spoiler: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?']]

* [[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: [[spoiler: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.

* 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.

* 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.

* [[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.

* [[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 has [[WhoWantsToLiveForever grown so tired of his own immortality]] that he takes his anger out on any living thing that crosses his path.

* This [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-writing-tips-people-who-send-me-death-threats/ article]] by Soren Bowie.
* Some of the pictures in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_585_27-dark-sides-cartoon-universes-you-never-got-to-see/photoplasty this]] Photoplasty. Special mentions go to [[spoiler: 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.]] '''WARNING: Do not view these before bed. They are the purest form of NightmareFuel on the site and ''will'' cause nightmares. You have been warned.'''

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article/109_natures-6-most-diabolical-predators/ Nature's 6 Most Diabolical Predators.]]
* The [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-monster-inside-mario-lopez-warning/ other]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/trying-to-stop-worlds-greatest-monster-mario-lopez/ two]] only up the concentration of terror.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/secondhand-nightmares-10-horrifying-thrift-store-finds/ -nothing-]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-baffling-food-mascots-all-time_p3/ NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE.]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19395_the-7-creepiest-old-school-robots.html Pretty much all examples on this list,]] but look me in the eye and tell me you didn't shiver when you read "Waiting. ''Waiting to play you her song''."

* [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-1934-spiders/ Spiders]], starts out rather tame, but once you scroll down to the bottom of the article...

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17493_the-13-most-unintentionally-disturbing-childrens-toys_p2.html The 13 Most Unintentionally Disturbing Children's Toys]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_542_24-small-things-you-dont-miss-until-theyre-gone/?view=article 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.
* [[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/ 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)]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article/181_the-6-creepiest-places-earth/ 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)]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/3-bizarre-ways-animals-have-learned-to-speak-like-humans/ The quick-fix article]] about animals who learned to mimic human voices has one [[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/quickfix/7/9/5/156795.jpg?v=1 seriously creepy picture]] of a beluga in its number one entry.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_597_21-corporate-mascots-that-would-be-terrifying-in-reality_p21/ 21 Corporate Mascots That Would be Terrifying in Reality]] has a lot of BodyHorror.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20059_10-old-timey-medical-treatments-inspired-by-your-nightmares.html Speaking of Body Horror...]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19659_7-theories-time-that-would-make-doc-browns-head-explode_p2.html Time could end before you finish this sentence.]] True MindScrew.

* [[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]] The content warning at the top is there for a reason. You’ll never look at vigilante tropes the same way again.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwA1VeYpvaM If Disney Princesses Were Historically Accurate]] in its entirety.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wFS6Gnkk4 Historically Accurate Disney Princess Song]] in its entirety.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wFS6Gnkk4 ''Historically Accurate Disney Princess Song'']] in it's entirety.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wFS6Gnkk4 ''Historically Accurate Disney Princess Song]] in it's entirety.

* [[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]] The content warning at the top is there for a reason. You’ll never look at vigilante tropes the same way again.

* [[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]]

** 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, [[spoiler: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. ParanoiaFuel much?]]

* What's worst 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.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_597_21-corporate-mascots-that-would-be-terrifying-in-reality_p21/ 21 Corporate Mascots That Would be Terrifying in Reality.]] BodyHorror galore!

* [[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]]. [[SchmuckBait Be warned!]]

* [[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]]. Mother of Christ, it's probably one of the most disturbing and depressing articles put on the site.

* [[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. Oh, and it rained poison.

* [[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 ''bad'', people. '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Really. Bad.]]'''