Disturbing Facts About History's Most Bone-Chilling Mysteries
The only thing scarier than a horror movie or a ghost story is knowing that that spine-tingling tale was based on something that actually happened in real life. In this list, we introduce you to the moments that history wants you to forget. From terrifying assassins to eerie coincidences, chilling discoveries to unsolved mysteries, this list reveals the world's true darkness.
Chilling Mysteries In History Facts
1. Museum of Mummies
Ferdinand I of Naples governed by oppression, which led to a revolt amongst the nobility. He had zero compassion for his defeated enemies, and after falsely promising them amnesty, he had them murdered instead.
After their murders, he would have them mummified and added to his museum of mummies dressed in their clothes.
If he thought anyone was plotting against him, he’d simply take them on a casual tour of the museum, which was totally morbid, but effective.
2. What Did You Say Your Name Was?
In the history of creepy coincidences, few get as creepy and cannibalistic as this one. In 1838, Edgar Allan Poe published his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket—a story about a group of shipwrecked sailors who end up drawing straws to see which of them will be eaten. The deadly lot ends up being drawn by a young man named Richard Parker.
46 years later, a group of real-life men found themselves likewise stranded at sea when a 17-year-old boy among them fell violently ill. With his odds of survival low, the others chose to kill and eat him for their own sustenance. That boy’s name?
Richard Parker.
3. Mystery at Mayerling
In 1889, the 17-year-old Baroness Marie (Mary) Alexandrine von Vetsera was found apparently shot to death alongside her lover, the married Prince Rudolf of Austria, at their Mayerling country hunting lodge.
His shooting partner had gotten worried and broke down the door with an axe, only to find Rudolf slumped at the bed with blood at his mouth. His mistress Marie was lying on the bed, also stone-cold dead.
