38 Of The Creepiest Photos Ever Taken In History, As Shared On This X Account

Article created by: Gabija Palšytė

Context is everything. Without it, some seemingly innocent images might not even make you do a double-take. But when you know more about what’s pictured, your reaction can be completely different. Raw. Visceral. Full of fear. On the other hand, some photos ooze evil and immediately turn on our fight or flight (or freeze or fawn) response.
Today, we’re featuring some of the creepiest photos ever taken, as shared on the immensely popular @fasc1nate account on X, formerly Twitter. Scroll down to take a peek at them, and be sure to share your thoughts on the photos in the comments at the bottom of this post.
Warning: this list is not for the faint of heart, as some topics are very sensitive.

#1 Survivors From The 87th Floor Of The World Trade Center (North Tower) Wandering In The Dust After The Collapse Of The South Tower – New York City, September 11, 2001

#2 The Last Photo Taken By Bill Biggart, The Only Journalist Who Lost His Life. Covering 9/11

#3 The Nuclear Shadows Of Hiroshima

#4 Motel Manager James Brock Pours Muriatic Acid In The Monson Motor Lodge Pool To Evict Black Swimmers, 1964

#5 A Pod That Allows A User To Take Their Own Life. At The Push Of A Button, The Pod Would Fill With Nitrogen Gas, Rapidly Lowering Oxygen Levels

#6 The Start Of The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

#7 Josie (6 Years Old), Bertha (6 Years Old) And Sophie (10 Years Old) Worked Regularly At The Maggioni Canning Company

#8 A Chinese Woman Whose Feet Were Bound From Childhood, Late 1800s

#9 The Last Photo Before The Dyatlov Pass Incident

#10 Coal Miners Returning From The Depths After A Days Work, Belgium, C. 1900

#11 This Photo Captures 28-Year-Old Marcy Borders, A Bank Of America Employee At The World Trade Center As She Takes Shelter In An Adjacent Office Building Following The Collapse Of The South Tower

#12 A Photograph From 2019 Shows Two Colombian Soldiers Giving A Final Salute As They Free Fall. The Rope That Was Carrying Them Suddenly Broke During An Airshow

#13 Halloween During The 1930s

#14 A Photo Of A Possibly Shell-Shocked Soldier During Wwi

#15 Alison Parker, A Young Journalist, Met A Tragic End During A Live Television Broadcast In 2015

#16 A Photo Taken Shortly Before A Huge Wave Hit The Shore During The Devastating 2004 Tsunami

#17 This X-Ray Reveals A Tear Gas Canister That Was Fatally Embedded In A Protester’s Brain During Anti-Government Protests In Iraq In 2019

#18 A Tunnel Rat Explores A Hole Between “Floors” Of A Viet Cong Tunnel System

#19 A Doll With Two Faces

#20 Btk Killer Takes A Photo With His Daughter

#21 The Mask Worn By Dennis Rader (Btk) When Carrying Out His Attacks

#22 A Baseball Team Of Prisoners Whose Executions Were Delayed Only As Long As They Kept Winning, C. 1910

#23 A Trapper Boy, One Mile Inside A Mine In West Virginia, 1908

#24 Photo Of Jeffrey Dahmer At High School With A Fellow Student

#25 A Mickey Mouse Gas Mask For Children During Ww2, 1942

#26 The Modern Remains Of A Kindergarten Classroom After The Chernobyl Disaster

#27 Richard Ramirez In Court

#28 Princess Diana Her Bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones And Driver Henri Paul Shortly Before The Fatal Crash

#29 A Female Omothymus Spider In Malaysia

#30 An X-Ray Of The Pelvis Of Albert Fish Reveals Needles He Had Inserted Into His Pelvic Area For Pleasure

#31 De Beer Mine Worker Is X-Rayed At The End Of His Shift Before Leaving The Diamond Mines. In Kimberley, South Africa, October 1954

#32 A Photo Of Clowns Found At An Abandoned Old Folks Home

#33 A Japanese Soldier Wades Into The Sea Off Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea, With A Grenade Against His Head Moments Before It Goes Off, Defying An Australian Soldier Calling On Him To Surrender, December 18, 1942

#34 Police Excavate The Backyard Of Gary Ridgeway

#35 The Last Security Footage Of 17-Year-Old Kendrick Johnson Walking Inside The Gym Of His High School On January 10, 2013. The Following Day, His Body Was Found Rolled Up In A Gym Mat

#36 Picture Of A Man With Schizophrenia Before And After His Lobotomy

#37 Ted Bundy’s Yearbook Photo From 1965

#38 Btk Decorates A Christmas Tree With His Daughter