listing: all - local
1
37
List of Wikipedia articles already covered (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink

0-9

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

2
117
Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
8 comments fedilink
3
28
Funeral rites of the Torajan people- includes the yearly exhumation and grooming of the deceased (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
4
50
Killing of Henryk Siwiak - The last person killed in New York on 9/11 although not a victim of the terror attacks earlier that day (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
5
24
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - torture and execution center established by the Khmer Rouge, now a museum (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink
6
45
Sodder children disappearance - Five of the nine children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, vanished during a house fire in 1945 (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
7
62
Mummy brown- ground up mummies used as pigment (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
8
27
Death of Cindy James - long term unsolved stalking case with an ugly ending (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
9
44
Anatomical Machines- 18th c. models for the study of human anatomy (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
10
45
Leonarda Cianciulli - butcher, baker, soapmaker (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
9 comments fedilink
11
39
Ortolan bunting - Songbird dish that is meant to be eaten with a towel draped over the diner’s head (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
11 comments fedilink
12
29
Upright Jerker (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink

Basically a reverse gallows with a horrible name

The upright jerker was an execution method and device intermittently used in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century. Intended to replace hangings, the upright jerker did not see widespread use and was withdrawn from use by the 1930s.

13
34
Dried cat- good luck talisman for new buildings (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
14
24
Collyer brothers - hoarders killed by their own house (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
15
91
Maman (sculpture) - giant dang 30 foot spider (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink
16
23
Coffin birth- what it says on the box (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink

ba-dum-tiss

17
9
Anneliese Michel - exorcized to death (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
18
4
Hydnellum peckii- the bleeding tooth fungus (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
19
4
Little Albert experiment - traumatizing babies for Science! (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
20
3
Alien hand syndrome- a hand with a mind of its own (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
21
2
Redcap (folklore) - malevolent goblin-like creature (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
22
2
Karl Denke - the Cannibal of Münsterberg (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
23
3
Ghost light (theatre) - light left burning on a theater stage overnight (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
24
3
Human extinction (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
25
2
Behavioral sink - 'rat utopia' experiments that collapsed under overcrowding and social stress. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
view more: next ›

Creepy Wikipedia

3794 readers
79 users here now

A fediverse community for curating Wikipedia articles that are oddly fascinating, eerily unsettling, or make you shiver with fear and disgust

image

Guidelines:

  1. Follow the Code of Conduct

  2. Do NOT report posts YOU don't consider creepy

  3. Strictly Wikipedia submissions only

  4. Please follow the post naming convention: Wikipedia Article Title - Short Synopsis

  5. Tick the NSFW box for submissions with inappropriate thumbnails.

  6. Please refrain from any offensive language/profanities in the posts titles, unless necessary (e.g. it's in the original article's title).

Mandatory:

If you didn't find an article "creepy," you must announce it in the thread so everyone will know that you didn't find it creepy

image

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]