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16 Real Old-Timey Photographs That Will Give you Nightmares
Some of what passed for everyday life 75 or 100 years ago would send you running screaming in the other direction today. And when those scenes are captured on grainy old-school film, you get the stuff of nightmares.
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- By Mark Hill
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The 7 Creepiest Places on Earth (Part 3)
Even the best Hollywood set dressers in the biggest budget horror movie can't outdo real life. You wouldn't spend a night in in these places regardless of the number of shotguns and Bibles you were allowed to bring.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Halloween Parties Too Badass to Be Real (That Totally Are)
There are some places where the true spirit of Halloween lives on in grand fashion.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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Cracked Round-Up: Hepatitis F Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 7 Most Questionable 'Haunted' Items on eBay
Here are some of this year's braver efforts to profit from the superstitions of idiots.
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- By S Peter Davis
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16 Great Halloween Costumes for Telling Everyone You Suck
We've shown you some pretty bad costumes before. Some of you didn't get the message: Just because your costume wasn't on THAT list doesn't mean you can still dress like an ass and get away with it.
The 6 Creepiest Things Discovered by New Homeowners
These people need to find, and then kill, their realtors.
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- By Jason Edward Harrington
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5 Real Murderers More Terrifying Than Any Horror Movie
There is no goofier Hollywood invention than the Flamboyant Killer. Real killers are, of course, much stranger.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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6 Scary Tricks That Amazed Us As Kids (Explained By Science)
Demons don't cause Ouija boards to work and demons certainly didn't cause you to wet your pants.
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- By Paul K Pickett, M. Asher Cantrell
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After Hours Halloween Episode: Live Chat!
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- By After Hours
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The 8 Creepiest Glitches Hidden in Popular Video Games
Is it simply lines of code, or demonic possession? You be the judge.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
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7 Creepy Urban Legends That Happen to be True (Part 5!)
Halloween's nearly here, and that means Cracked is once again out to prove that the tales that scared you shitless as a kid could actually kill you as an adult.
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- By Nathan Birch
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6 Adorable Spider Behaviors You Slowly Realize Are AAAAAHHH!
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- By Dawn Morrow
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5 Criminals Who Pulled Off Major Crimes With Only a Phone
When we think of criminals, we tend to think of two types: The street-level thug committing his crimes with a gun or a fist, and the upper-level management, dictating orders to the thugs below. But there's a third type: The guys who picks up the phone and decide that crime sounds like a fun thing to do today.
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- By Jason Edward Harrington
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6 Classic Songs That Were Supposed to Be Jokes
Every so often a song explodes into the mainstream completely by accident, tearing up the charts to the surprise (and sometimes chagrin) of the musicians responsible.
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- By Colin Murdock
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- 1246