Category: Unnerving Last Pictures

Unnerving Last Pictures

The McQuilken brothers grinning, unaware that they were minutes away from being struck by lightning.

The photo has been reprinted, posted and passed around for decades: Two grinning brothers, hair standing on end, unaware that they were minutes away from being struck by lightning while climbing Moro Rock in California’s Sequoia National Park. “We were from San Diego and really stupid,” says Michael McQuilken, who was a long-haired 18-year-old when the snapshot was taken on Aug. 20, 1975. His brother … Continue reading The McQuilken brothers grinning, unaware that they were minutes away from being struck by lightning.

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Disturbia, Unnerving Last Pictures

“The Flying Tailor”, who jumped to his death from the Eiffel Tower

Franz Reichelt (1879 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt or François Reichelt, was an Austrian-born French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design. Reichelt had become fixated on developing a suit for aviators that would convert into a parachute and allow them to survive a fall should they … Continue reading “The Flying Tailor”, who jumped to his death from the Eiffel Tower

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The Witching Hour, Unnerving Last Pictures

Bulgaria circa 1979 in the Dobritch region. A rural area known for high levels of occult and pagan practices, even today.

Interestingly enough, this area was avoided like the plague during this period because of disappearances and what was reported to be ‘an atmosphere of oppression’. And by the way, chances are that car is not empty. Continue reading Bulgaria circa 1979 in the Dobritch region. A rural area known for high levels of occult and pagan practices, even today.

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Unnerving Last Pictures

A women falls from the top floor of the Genesee Hotel in 1942

Buffalo Courier Press photographer I. Russell Sorgi took a series photos of Mary Miller standing on a ledge at the Geneese Hotel. As she waved goodbye and started her fall, he reloaded the camera and caught the last second of her life, frozen in time 15 feet above the cold sidewalk below. Continue reading A women falls from the top floor of the Genesee Hotel in 1942

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Disturbia, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Unnerving Last Pictures

The Burned Remains of Mary Reeser, A Victim of Spontaneous Human Combustion

Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) describes reported cases of the burning of a living human body without an apparent external source of ignition. There have been about 200 cited cases worldwide over a period of around 300 years. It is argued that SHC can be caused by an individual’s behaviour and habits – such as alcohol consumption – inner mechanisms of the body, or even acts of … Continue reading The Burned Remains of Mary Reeser, A Victim of Spontaneous Human Combustion

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Disturbia, Suicide stories, Unnerving Last Pictures

“The most beautiful suicide” after seeing this picture 4 minutes after her death.

On May Day, 1947, after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. “He is much better off without me… I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody.” She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination, she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Continue reading “The most beautiful suicide” after seeing this picture 4 minutes after her death.

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