20 Terrifying Historical Photos That Will Haunt Our Nightmares

zachnading Published 10/03/2022 in creepy

World history is obviously incredibly important in knowing where we, as humans, have been. That doesn't mean history isn't a bit horrifying.

Thanks to the subreddit OldSchoolCreepy, we've collected some of the most intriguing yet terrifying historical photos we could find. Enjoy!

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A photo of brother and sister taken in 1946.
2.
1900's student performance, Glasgow School of Art.
3.
A "Barney" mascot celebration in the '90s.
4.
A three-year-old chimney sweep, 1933.
5.
Members of the Catholic Church marching with the Third Reich.
6.
Mannequins dressed in Disney costumes circa 1940.
7.
A baby found during Chernobyl clean-up, 1986.
8.
French circus performers from the early 1900s.
9.
Richard Avedon photographed Audrey Hepburn in NYC, 1967.
10.
Warsaw, 1948. David Seymour captured this emotionally disturbed child drawing a picture of "home."
11.
France, circa 1900. A mental patient being restrained in an institution.
12.
Jacob Miller was shot in the head at the Battle of Chickamauga, and walked it off.
13.
"First Men on the Moon" was a 1919 British Film. This is a still from the movie.
14.
1988, Moscow. A psychiatric hospital. Photo taken by Pavel Krivtsov.
15.
Eben Byers was an American golfer who drank water with radioactive radium. Years later his jaw completely fell off.
16.
'The Dancing Pig', 1907. AKA nightmare fuel.
17.
Real life Krampus, warning Austrian children to be good...or else.
18.
Baby rattle from the 1930s.
19.
Viloet Jessop survived the sinking of the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. She was dubbed the 'Queen of Sinking Ships.'
20.
1908. A colorized photo of Rasputin, his family, and their nurse.

1.
A photo of brother and sister taken in 1946.
2.
1900's student performance, Glasgow School of Art.
3.
A "Barney" mascot celebration in the '90s.
4.
A three-year-old chimney sweep, 1933.
5.
Members of the Catholic Church marching with the Third Reich.
6.
Mannequins dressed in Disney costumes circa 1940.
7.
A baby found during Chernobyl clean-up, 1986.
8.
French circus performers from the early 1900s.
9.
Richard Avedon photographed Audrey Hepburn in NYC, 1967.
10.
Warsaw, 1948. David Seymour captured this emotionally disturbed child drawing a picture of "home."
11.
France, circa 1900. A mental patient being restrained in an institution.
12.
Jacob Miller was shot in the head at the Battle of Chickamauga, and walked it off.
13.
"First Men on the Moon" was a 1919 British Film. This is a still from the movie.
14.
1988, Moscow. A psychiatric hospital. Photo taken by Pavel Krivtsov.
15.
Eben Byers was an American golfer who drank water with radioactive radium. Years later his jaw completely fell off.
16.
'The Dancing Pig', 1907. AKA nightmare fuel.
17.
Real life Krampus, warning Austrian children to be good...or else.
18.
Baby rattle from the 1930s.
19.
Viloet Jessop survived the sinking of the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. She was dubbed the 'Queen of Sinking Ships.'
20.
1908. A colorized photo of Rasputin, his family, and their nurse.