In a world where images capture moments both ordinary and extraordinary, some photographs have the uncanny ability to unsettle and intrigue.
Whether it’s an eerie snapshot of an abandoned location or a haunting historical image, these creepy photos stir our imagination and curiosity.
Join us as we delve into some of the most chilling and enigmatic images ever taken, each with its own spine-tingling story.
When the old carpets were removed in a newly purchased house, this was discovered hidden underneath.
An untouched 1800s cemetery preserved beneath the basement of a tall building constructed on top of it.
Eerie photo captures a woman standing on a roof in the middle of the night that was shared on Reddit.
Photograph of a hidden house in the attic of new homeowner. Photo via X.
These three cages, once used to hold the remains of opposing religious leaders in 1536, still hang on St. Lambert’s Cathedral in Münster, Germany.
A Portland man discovered his tires had been slashed and found this note left on his car. Photo via Reddit.
Xylaria Polymorpha is a saprobic fungus,
A photograph of Ted Bundy playing with children in his neighborhood—a monster hiding in plain sight.
A carbon imprint of a person scorched into the concrete in Hiroshima.
This photo, taken in 1937 by Russian photographer Viktor Bulla, depicts a Soviet youth group wearing gas masks during a war preparation exercise.
The clothing of missing child Jacob Wetterling was discovered 29 years after his disappearance.
An early version of Ronald McDonald photographed alongside a crying baby.
The stomach contents of a psychiatric patient who passed away from pica disorder, a condition marked by the consumption of non-edible objects.
Creepy sign discovered near an underwater cave. Photo via Reddit.
A hermit crab using and his new shell.
The stairwell leading down to the ward for the insane in an abandoned Missouri penitentiary.
John Wayne Gacy dressed up as a clown.
Ted Bundy playing with his ex-girlfriend’s daughter.
The grand chandelier in the Bone Church at Kutná Hora, located just outside Prague in the Czech Republic.
One of the last photos taken by Daylenn Pua before he disappeared. In the image, a figure resembling a man can be seen following him.
Tarantula infected with Cordyceps parasitic fungus.
Two wax department store mannequins melt during a heat wave in London, 1929.
John Wayne Gacy dressed as “Pogo” at a community event.
Wasp nest constructed from an old baby doll. Photo via Reddit.
Vintage Chuck E. Cheese robot photographed in a factory in Orlando.
Chilling photo taken from inside a factory farm at night.
“Ole Smokey” electric chair, used to terminate 125 inmates at Tennessee State Penitentiary.
A 17th-century mask used for treating mental illness.
Photograph of the Jason Voorhees that’s submerged in Crystal Lake.
Gas masks scattered on the floor of a school in Pripyat, within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine.
A creepy dried Stingray.
A Central African lyre crafted from a skull, antelope horns, skin, gut, and hair. Dating to the 19th century CE, it is currently housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo via X.
The ringed caecilian, potentially the world’s only known venomous amphibian.
Two prison guards pose for a photo with Ed Kemper, who stood 6’9″ and weighed 300 lbs.
Preserved extinct Dodo bird.
A dental chair from a room at Eastern State Penitentiary, one of the most haunted locations in the U.S.
Photograph taken at one of William Heirens’ crime scenes.
An extreme closeup of a Longhorn Beetle’s face. Photo via Reddit.
The shoes worn by John Wayne Gacy while he dressed as “Pogo the Clown.”
Dennis Rader (BTK) photographed with his daughter in 1993, blending right into society.
Incredible creepy vintage Halloween costume. Image via Ranker.
This is a photo of the bus that proved to be the final resting place of Christopher McCandless. In 1992, he ventured into the Alaskan wilderness seeking a simple life off the land. He found and used a bus as his shelter. Tragically, his emaciated body, weighing just 67 pounds (30 kg), was found inside the bus in September 1992 by a hunter. Photo by MILE30 Adventures.
Charles Manson photographed on his wedding day, 1955.
A full-face swimming mask from the 1920s, designed to shield women’s skin from the sun.
A shallow, body-sized hole discovered behind a recently purchased house. Photo from X.
Halloween costumes from the early 1930s.
Women washing a crucifix in 1938.
A photo of a Shame mask, traditionally worn to humiliate individuals convicted of minor offenses.
Katharina Detzel, a mentally ill patient who built a man out of straw in her bed, 1910.
A ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ gathering in the 1930s.
Jeffrey Dahmer photographed with his high school prom date.
Two clowns photographed at an abandoned nursing home.
A creepy two-faced doll.
Photograph taken shortly before the Dyatlov Pass incident, in which several hikers perished under mysterious circumstances.
The inside of a leatherback turtle’s mouth.
An authentic 16th-century plague doctor mask.
Baby gas masks being tested at an English hospital in 1940.
Two children pose with a very creepy Santa.
Vintage Halloween costume snapshot.
Creepy photo on Christmas night.
Nurse feeds a patient while Jesus watches. Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, c. 1920s.
Creepy doll sitting alone in a child’s chair, 1930.
Bear terrifies small child.
Two girls in Halloween masks on a porch.
Farmers wearing homemade Halloween costumes.
The original Annabelle doll.
This photo shows a life-sized doll named Radiana, which is especially unsettling because it contains real human bones.
Exhausted after the battle for Eniwetok Atoll, U.S. Marine Private Theodore J. Miller is assisted aboard a ship, his expression later remembered as the “Thousand-Yard Stare.” He would lose his life in action a month later, 1944.
Right after taking the oath as the 36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson stands beside Jackie Kennedy, her dress still stained with her husband’s blood, and exchanges a smile and wink with his longtime friend, Texas Congressman Albert Thomas.
Former Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten testifies at a parole hearing.
In Japan, they created a robot with a face made from ‘real’ human skin
30,050 people wearing smiley face masks at a happiness conference
Statue of Libertys face before being installed
Someone wearing a full-face prosthetic mask to avoid being identified by CCTV and facial recognition.
Portrait of hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk before face masks became standard in 1966.
Jail cell used during the Salem Witch Trials
