20 Examples of When Wikipedia Was More Scary Than Stephen King Books

14. Alien hand syndrome

It’s a rare neurological disease that causes motion of the hand without the person having control of what his hand is doing.

 

15. Lina Medina

Lina Medina is the youngest confirmed mother in history. Now guess how old she was. Five years and seven months! She was born in Peru and circumstances of the conception were unclear.

 

16. Chandre Oram

This tea estate worker from India had a 13 inch tail. Many people worshiped him because they believed that Oram was a reincarnation of the local god Hanuman.

 

17. Scaphism

It was a Persian execution. The victim was smeared with honey and milk and then insects did their terrible business.

 

18. Mary (Elephant)

Mary was a circus elephant who killed her trainer. Supposedly he was extremely cruel. She was shot five times and then hung two times (she survived after first attempt).

 

19. Phantom time hypothesis

German scientist Heribert Illig proposed that the years from 613 to 911 didn’t really exist and they were fabricated by Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, Pope Sylvester II, and the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII.

 

20. Ed Gein

He was a nightmare of Wisconsin. He killed two women and dug some graves up to get some trophies. He made a belt lined with womens’ nipples and sewed a pair of leggings out of human skin.

There’s nothing wrong with being a Wiki geek and if you’re the one and you know some horror articles, please share the links below.



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