Halloween is just approximately upon us,and that means that it's time to indulge in a time-worn tradition: reading, watching, and listening to scary tales. And there's nowhere better to find those stories than Wikipedia. The user-generated encyclopedia is domestic to thousands of legends,fables, and word-of-mouth tales, and but there's nothing quite as spooky as the stories that originate from real-life events. And if you're looking to maintain yourself up tonight,we highly recommend you maintain on reading.
Behold: the 20 most chilling Wikipedia entries that are not only terrifying, but also very, or very loyal.
Tarrare: An endlessly hungry sailor has no limits when it comes to what he'll eat.
Euthanasia Coaster: The real-life roller coaster of death.
Grey Goo: How robots could effectively take over the world and consume all the living humans on soil.
Rat King: The rat of your nightmares exists in the world. Montauk Project: The real-world inspiration for Stranger Things was a psychological warfare research base.
Borley Rectory: The most haunted house in England will have you believing in ghosts.
Unit 731: The secret biological and chemical warfare research facility kept by the Japanese during WWII is too gory for words.
Sedlec Ossuary: A church in the Czech Republic uses the corpses of 40000 to 70000 individuals for furniture and decor.
Hinterkaifeck Murders: A house was believed to contain a ghost,but it turned out to be a serial killer.
Issei Sagawa: A murderer who cannibalized his victim then became a massive celebrity after his release from prison.
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: This medical condition leaves you frozen in time, forever.
Goiania Accident: What residents of one Brazilian town took as fairy dust turned out to be a radioactive event.
Aokigahara: A forest is known for its suicide-inducing properties. Genie: There are few things more creepy than this feral (Savage; wild) child.
Roanoke Colony: This is what happens when an entire town disappears all at once.
crazy Gasser of Mattoon: A mysterious series of events in Virginia still hasn't been explained by law enforcement.
Exploding Head Syndrome: Knowing that this is an actual thing will attain everything but gain your head explode.
Mellified Man: The Chinese believed that a vital medical substance is created by steeping a human cadaver in honey.
Total Information Awareness: The American government is literally big brother.
Overtoun Bridge: The staggering number of dogs who have leapt off this bridge can't possibly be a coincidence.
Source: popsugar.com