decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-23 months agoList of Wikipedia articles already coveredplus-squarepinlemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageList of Wikipedia articles already coveredplus-squarepinlemmy.worlddecadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoBlack Volga - urban legend about a mysterious black car that travels the streets at night and abducts people for sinister purposes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkBlack Volga - urban legend about a mysterious black car that travels the streets at night and abducts people for sinister purposes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoLegends of Myrtles Plantation - haunted house in Louisianaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkLegends of Myrtles Plantation - haunted house in Louisianaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBoozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoExcarnation - refers to the practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead before burial.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkExcarnation - refers to the practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead before burial.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoRabies - almost invariably fatal; causes about 59,000 deaths worldwide per year, 40% of which are children under the age of 15.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkRabies - almost invariably fatal; causes about 59,000 deaths worldwide per year, 40% of which are children under the age of 15.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWitch's mark - the entire body was considered a canvas for a mark, an indicator of a pact with Satan.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkWitch's mark - the entire body was considered a canvas for a mark, an indicator of a pact with Satan.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoRattlesnake James - the last person executed by hanging in Californiaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkRattlesnake James - the last person executed by hanging in Californiaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoFeral child - young child lost in the wild, often raised by animalsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkFeral child - young child lost in the wild, often raised by animalsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBoozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoGiles Corey - crushed to death as a witch in Salemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkGiles Corey - crushed to death as a witch in Salemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoPremature burial - also known as live burial, burial alive, or vivisepulture, means to be buried while still alive.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkPremature burial - also known as live burial, burial alive, or vivisepulture, means to be buried while still alive.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoBloody Mary (folklore) - spirit invoked via mirror ritualplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkBloody Mary (folklore) - spirit invoked via mirror ritualplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBoozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoNathaniel Bar-Jonah - child molester, murderer, almost certainly a cannibal.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkNathaniel Bar-Jonah - child molester, murderer, almost certainly a cannibal.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTurpin case - married couple who tortured, imprisoned, and isolated their 13 biological children.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkTurpin case - married couple who tortured, imprisoned, and isolated their 13 biological children.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoMichael Malloy - murdered by a group of five acquaintances after multiple failed attempts on his life by the men to perpetrate life insurance fraud.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkMichael Malloy - murdered by a group of five acquaintances after multiple failed attempts on his life by the men to perpetrate life insurance fraud.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoLampshades made from human skin - not as prevalent as urban legends assume, but they certainly existed.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkLampshades made from human skin - not as prevalent as urban legends assume, but they certainly existed.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoBilly the Axeman - unknown serial killer responsible for a series of family murders along train routes in the early 1900s.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkBilly the Axeman - unknown serial killer responsible for a series of family murders along train routes in the early 1900s.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agoOrgan harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China - "on demand" executions of political prisoners to provide organs for transplant.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down19
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkOrgan harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China - "on demand" executions of political prisoners to provide organs for transplant.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoYuba County Five - After the snow melted in June 1978, four of the men's bodies were discovered. The fifth was never found. plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkYuba County Five - After the snow melted in June 1978, four of the men's bodies were discovered. The fifth was never found. plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoFritz Haarmann - German serial rapist and serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkFritz Haarmann - German serial rapist and serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoSuicide Cliff - location where Japanese civilians and soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by US troops.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkSuicide Cliff - location where Japanese civilians and soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by US troops.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square5fedilink
