These 50 Creepy Pictures Can Make Anyone Shake In Fear

Diving through the monstrosity despite the possibility of a sleepless night

Maryjane

• Published in Weird
• March 7, 2024

You'll fit right in with the Oddly Terrifying group if you're one of those daring individuals who like watching scary movies and reading creepy books alone in your apartment! This is true nightmare material that will give you the chills, from eerie abandoned churches in the middle of nowhere to weird fingerprints on ceilings.

R/oddlyterrifying was founded in 2013, just a few years after creepypasta's Slenderman went viral on the internet. With 2.6 million members, it is one of the most popular subreddits for horror-related content.

Since there are so few locations on the internet where people can function as both digital curators and consumers of a cornucopia of spine-tingling, perhaps cursed pictures, it's honestly easy to see the allure. Given that these eerie pictures elicit strong emotions in us, it follows that our reaction to them is shaped by our unique identities rather than the veracity of the pictures.

Put another way, there's nothing wrong with you, whether you stare at the dimly lit, r/oddlyterrifying abyss for cheap thrills or search for folkloric, 18th-century mummified monstrosities. And in case someone is curious, you can find us coloring our canvas beneath a brightly lit blanket.

Take a trip through this spooky woods and enjoy the eerie atmosphere this list brings.

1. This Ad From 1996 Was Prophetic

2. Found My Old Teeth When Visiting My Parents (I’m 33)

3. Chicago Metra Up-N Track, Carries 34,000 Passengers On 70 Trains Across This Bridge Every Day

4. This Is Demodex Folliculorum. Right Now, There Are 6 Of These On Each One Of You Eyebrows Hair Follicles

5. Michael Jackson’s Bedroom When He Died Had Target Ads Of Babies He Didn’t Know

6. While Filming The Exorcist, Linda Blair Was Rigged To A Mechanical Bed That Shook Her So Violently She Fractured Her Spine. The Shot Was Used In The Final Film, And Her Screams Of Pain Were Real

7. Kidney Stone Surface As Seen In An Electron Microscope

8. TV Turned Itself On At 3am To ‘Update’. This Was The Loading Screen

9. Someone Anonymously Sent This To My Neighbor

10. Thought I Heard A Noise Coming From Outside My Window A Few Nights Ago But Brushed It Off. Noticed This This Morning

11. Civilians Taking Care Of Zoo Animals In Their Own Homes During WWII

12. This Foot Two Days After A Rattlesnake Bite

13. Nope It's Not A Skull It’s A Fly Infected By Cordyceps Fungus

14. A Month Ago I Became Friends With A Crow. Today He Brought Me The Skull Of Another Crow

15. The Skull Of Mary Magdalene In St Maximin Basilica In France

16. Signature Evolution In Alzheimer’s Disease

17. Robe And Axe Of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Who Was The Official Executioner For The Papal States From 1796 To 1864. During His Tenure He Executed 514 People

18. The Human Eye

19. Apoica Wasp Nest

20. Bodies Are Probably Infected. That’s My Guess

21. A Woman’s Glove From 1850’s In London, Used For Self-Defence

22. Astronaut Bruce Mccandless II Floats Completely Untethered, Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle, With Nothing But His Manned Maneuvering Unit Keeping Him Alive. The First Person In History To Do So

23. An Octopus With 32 Tentacles Found Off The Coasts Of South Korea

24. A Friend's Printer Broke, Here's The Result Of Him Printing Off A Picture Of Nicolas Cage

25. Baby Mute

26. A Rickety Old Foot Bridge Leading Into The Misty Distance

27. Climber’s Shelter At The Middle Of A Cliff

28. This Post Box

29. Manute Bol, Tallest Ever Nba Player (7'7"), Swimming

30. Staying At My Grandmother's House For A Bit, Opened Up The Toilet And Was Greeted By This

31. Fortune Cookie

32. This Dark Obelisk In The Desert

33. Archaeologists Discovered The Claws Of A Moa, A Bird That Went Extinct 700 - 800 Years Ago

34. The "Snow" In The Wizard Of Oz Movie Was 100% Pure Asbestos

35. And Those Are Just The Ones The Tape Caught

36. When A Kangaroo Feels Threatened, It’ll Submerge Itself Chest Deep In Body Of Water To Lure In The Threat, Then It Will Ferociously Drown It By Holding Its Head Underwater And Biting It Until They’re No Longer Putting Up A Fight

37. My Walk Home

38. Just Imagine What They'd Do To You

39. Graffiti Artists Tagging A Bridge In Mexico

40. Microscopic Image Of A Tape Worms Head

41. I Don't Know About You, But This Feels Weird

42. A Drained Swamp. Really Pretty But Kinda Creepy

43. My Friend Is A Bus Driver In Portland, Or And Sent Me This

44. Weird "Are You Dreaming" Sign Found In Psychologist Waiting Room

45. The Italian Fascist Party’s Headquarters (1934)

46. What Rat They See That They Had To Make These?

47. Basalmic Vinegar Is Not An Appropriate Substitute For Poached Eggs If You're Out Of White Vinegar

48. A Crocodile In Australia Was Caught That Kept Eating Cattle

49. Hi There

50. My (28f) Spine

It appears that fear is as essential to human existence as food and water, and it takes many forms, including roller coasters, movies, and unanticipated tragedies. Or the horrifying pictures on r/oddlyterrifying, in this case.

Even if it was probably just me and no one else who chose to go seek out this horror, you can't help but wonder why people like you and me keep returning.

Maryjane