50 Unsettling Photos From The Internet’s Morbid Knowledge Community

Despite being a dog afraid of thunder, Roselle, the guide dog, calmly carried out her duties amidst the deafening noise and debris on the 78th floor of the North Tower on September 11th 2001.

Guiding her blind owner, Michael Hingson, who sensed jet fuel, Roselle earned trust for not leading into danger. In the midst of smoke, Hingson, unsure if Roselle could hear or see signals, gave the command “Forward.”

Pausing only for dog kisses to reassure a panicked woman, this remarkable canine-human team led a group down over 1,463 steps to safety.

In 1997, in Russia, a poacher shot and wounded a tiger and stole part of its recent k**l. The tiger later found the cabin that the poacher was living in and then waited at least 12 entire hours for the poacher to come home. The tiger then k****d and ate the man upon his return.

In 2013, 5-year-old Jocelyn Rojas was abducted from her front yard by a man in a car who lured her with ice cream.

Fortunately, 15-year-old Temar Boggs and his friend witnessed the incident and decided to take action. They quickly grabbed their bikes and chased after the car.

For 15 minutes, the teenagers pursued the car until the kidnapper realized he had been noticed. He pushed the girl out of the car and fled the scene.

Thanks to the bravery of the two boys, the little girl was rescued. Without their intervention, her fate might have been very different.

In 2012, a 24-year-old Kenyan man who worked at an orphanage called Anthony Omari woke up to find 3 machete-wielding thugs breaking in.
He took on all three men at once and chased them outside, where the fight continued. But unfortunately, Anthony would take a machete to the face.
Despite this, he successfully fought the attackers off, ensuring the children's safety, and then collapsed.
Luckily, he survived but needed stitches for the 11-inch gash across his face.
Upon hearing about his struggle, Ben Hardwick, a 21-year-old Penn State student interning at a nearby facility, went to talk to him.
Inspired by the story and deeply worried about Omari and the children's safety, Hardwick shared the man's story on Reddit, seeking $2,000 in donations to help build a larger fence for protection.
Within the first twenty-four hours, he received $65,000 in donations.

In 2009, Sgt. Dakota Meyer disobeyed a direct order to pull back from his position and instead rescued wounded soldiers from a firefight nearby. He went back five times, personally evacuating 12 wounded soldiers and providing cover for another 24. When asked why he did what he did, he said: “That's what you do for a brother.”

An Australian man called Don Ritchie, lived the across street from the most famous su***de hotspot in Australia known as "the gap".

He lived there for almost 50 years and during that time he saved at least 160 from ending their lives by striking up a conversation with them and then inviting them into his home for tea.

In 2006, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his rescues, the official citation being for "service to the community through programs to prevent su**ide".

Ritchie died on 13 May 2012, at the age of 85.

This is Iqbal Masih. As a child, he was was sold into bonded labor for less than $15 and was forced to work 12 hour days, 7 days a week for pennies.

At age 10 he escaped the carpet factory where he worked and then he helped free 3000 children from slavery.

He went on to tour various cities in Pakistan so he could raise awareness about child bonded labor.

He was m*rdered at age 12 for speaking out.

In 2014, Chelsi Camp, a 23-year-old mother from Alvin, Texas launched herself at a pitbull that was viciously mauling her 2-year-old daughter, Mackenzie. Chelsi jumped on the dog and bit off its' ear and proceeded to shove her fist down the dog's throat to try to stop the dog from attacking her daughter. Thankfully, Mackenzie survived due to her mother’s heroic actions.

In 2015, a Florida woman named Cheryl Treadway was held hostage by her boyfriend, but she convinced him to let her order a pizza using the Pizza Hut app. In the space for special request, she wrote' "Please help. Get 911 to me. 911 hostage help!" Police arrived at the location and she was released.

Photo taken In 2017 at the wedding of Heather and David Mosher. Heather was battling advanced breast cancer but found the strength to marry the love of her life just 18 hours before passing away. The couple wed at a hospital chapel in Connecticut.

In 2021, a Russian father, Vyacheslav Matrosov, forced his best friend to dig his own grave and end his own life after he discovered he had been ab*sing his daughter. Vyacheslav was sentenced to 18 months in jail but left after 6 months after a public appeal for his release.

In 2017, 70-year-old Lawrence Ripple robbed a Kansas City bank, then sat down in the lobby saying he would rather go to jail than to live with his wife any longer. He was sentenced to house arrest.

In 2005, LaVena Lynn Johnson, an E3 Private First Class in the United States Army, was found dead in a tent. Her death was ruled as a su**ide.

However, the autopsy report and photographs unveiled that Johnson had a fractured nose, a black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her gen*tals, and a gunshot wound to the mouth that appeared inconsistent with sui**de.

Several reporters have suspected that the chemical burns were the result of attempts to destroy DNA evidence of an a*****t. Additionally, bloody footprints were discovered outside of her living quarters.

Despite her death being officially ruled as a su**ide, her family to believe the United States Department of Defense has covered up foul play.

Andreas Mihavecz is an Austrian man who holds the record of surviving the longest without any food or liquids. He survived 18 days.

On April 1, 1979, the 18-year-old was accidentally placed in a holding cell due to his involvement in a car crash as a passenger.

Unfortunately, he was completely overlooked by the three policemen responsible for him and remained forgotten in custody.

In his basement cell, his cries went unheard. He survived by drinking condensed water from the walls, losing a staggering 24 kg (53 pounds) in weight during his ordeal.

Eighteen days later on 19 April, an officer who had unrelated business in the basement opened his cell after noticing the stench that was emanating from it.

Mihavecz survived, but it took him months to regain his health.

This photo shows Bonnie Haim with her young son, shortly before she vanished in 1993. At the time, her 3-year-old son claimed that his dad had ended her, but there was no evidence to support his story. 20 years later, while renovating their home, the son dug up his mother's remains in the backyard.

On June 11, 2021, commercial lobster diver Michael Packàrd was swallowed by a humpback whale near Provincetown, Massachusetts. For over 30 seconds, his crewmates feared for his life, but fortunately, the whale resurfaced after about 40 seconds, spitting out Packàrd. Miraculously, he survived with only bruising and a dislocated knee.

In 2019, a teenager was left with her jaw attached by just a centimetre of skin after a horror horse riding accident. Emily Eccles suffered one of the worst facial injuries her doctors had ever seen outside a war zone after an exhaust popping on a car spooked her horse.

The then 15-year-old, smashed her head into a gatepost as she fell off after the horse bolted along a country path, causing her feet to slip out of her stirrups.

She found herself holding what remained of the bottom of her face in her own hands.

Her reconstructive surgeon Ricardo Mohammed-Ali rebuilt her face during a 6-hr operation.

The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the loss of over 1,500 people. One lucky survivor, Richard Williams, who spent over 6 hours waist deep in freezing water during rescue was told that he would need both his legs amputated. He refused and went on to win the Wimbledon Men's Doubles in 1920.

On August 14, 1991, a tragic incident occurred when two Rikers Island corrections officers were sh*t in their car during a robbery at the Kingsborough Housing Project.
Sadly, one of the officers lost their life. The surviving officer, Robert Crosson, reported that the assailants were two young light-skinned black men in their twenties.
NYPD detective Louis N. Scarcella, who was later accused of falsifying evidence, arrested 14-year-old Bunn and 17-year-old Rosean Hargrave based on an anonymous tip, even though neither teen matched the physical descriptions given by Crosson. Surprisingly, Crosson later identified the two as the sh**ters.
In November 1992, a jury convicted both teens of second-degree m****r. John Bunn was paroled in 2006 for good behavior, but still fought to clear his conviction.
In 2013, evidence of extensive misconduct by Detective Scarcella came to light, triggering a number of motions for retrial from defendants previously accused by him of crimes.
In May 2018, the charges against Hargrave and Bunn were dropped. Subsequently, Bunn filed a lawsuit alleging "malicious prosecution, denial of due process, and civil rights conspiracy," leading to a city settlement of $5.9 million in 2020.
The image below shows John showing gratitude to the judge that found him innocent.

On September 11, 2001, firefighter Gary Box, then 35 years old and serving in Brooklyn, tragically disappeared without a trace amidst the chaos of the terrorist attacks.

He hadn't spoken to his father that fateful day, and his body remained unrecovered, leaving his fate shrouded in uncertainty.

Eight years later, in 2009, Gary's sister Christine visited the Tribute Center, where an employee inquired if she was searching for someone specific.

She mentioned her brother Gary, prompting the employee to direct her to a photograph within the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, mistakenly bearing Gary's name.

However, the pictured firefighter was Brian Bilcher, another brave member of Gary's fire squad who had also perished on that tragic day.

This discovery ignited Gary's father's determination to uncover a similar image of his son.

He tirelessly combed through photo archives at the National 9/11 Museum and explored the memorial's website, which allowed users to upload their 9/11 photos.

After an exhaustive five-hour search one night, he went to bed, drained both physically and emotionally.

The following morning, his wife Helen summoned him to the living room during breakfast, revealing a photo of a firefighter running through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toward the Towers amidst trapped cars.

This time, it was Gary.

Azaria Chamberlain was a nine-week-old baby girl from Australia who tragically lost her life on August 17, 1980, during a family camping trip when a dingo attacked her.

Unfortunately, her body was never recovered. Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, informed authorities that a dingo had taken her from their tent. However, their account was met with disbelief.

Lindy was accused of m****r and endured a trial where she was wrongfully convicted, leading to more than three years of imprisonment.

Remarkably, no evidence existed to suggest her involvement in her daughter's disappearance. Michael also faced a period of incarceration.

In 1986, Lindy was finally released from prison after Azaria's jacket was discovered in an area inhabited by numerous dingoes.

Following her release, Lindy received compensation amounting to $1.3 million for her wrongful imprisonment.

In 2022, Ryker Webb, a 3-year-old boy from Montana, was playing in his front yard when decided to wander off while his dad was inside the house. Upon his father's return a few moments later, Ryker was nowhere to be seen.

Assuming his son would be nearby, his father, having only briefly gone inside, expected a quick search. However, as day turned into night, it became evident that finding him would not be a swift task.

His family was in distress, and what heightened their concern was the fact that their area in Montana was inhabited by numerous mountain lions and bears.

Following his family's report of him missing, Montana's Air National Guard deployed helicopters and drones in an attempt to locate Ryker. However, heavy thunderstorms forced them to cancel air operations, leading to a ground search of the area.

After 48 hours, hope was dwindling rapidly, but to everyone's astonishment, something remarkable occurred.

A couple who lived around 2.5 miles away heard whimpers coming from a shed on their property and found the toddler inside tucked into a lawnmower bag.

Thankfully he wasn’t injured, just cold, hungry and thirsty. He went on to recover from the ordeal.

17-year-old Juliane Koepcke was sucked out of an airplane after it was struck by lightning in 1971. She fell 2 miles to the ground, was strapped to her seat, and survived 10 days in the Amazon Jungle.

In 2013, Harrison Okene spent 60 hours 100ft underwater in complete darkness after his boat capsized 20 miles off the coast of Nigeria and sank to the bottom of the ocean. He was discovered alive by divers who were sent to recover dead bodies. Out of the 12 crew he was the only survivor.

Mehran Karimi Nasseri was stranded in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years due to a stolen passport and essential documents. He lived, studied, slept, and talked with the airport staff from August 26, 1988, to July 2006.

In 2016, Brazilian bride-to-be Rosemere do Nascimento Silva arranged for a helicopter to transport her to her wedding venue as a surprise for her fiancé.

Sadly, the helicopter crashed en route, and this footage captured by her photographer reveals her final moments alive.

The crash claimed the lives of not only the bride-to-be but also her brother, the pilot, and the six-month-pregnant photographer.

Heartbreakingly, her fiancé stood waiting at the altar in front of 300 family and friends when he received the devastating news of her passing.

Climate conditions were good at the start of the flight, but during the trip a heavy fog arose which caused the pilot to lose his bearings.

In 1942, Chinese sailor Poon Lim was aboard the SS Benlomond when it was torpedoed by a German U-172, causing the vessel to sink.

Lim found himself alone on a life raft without any means of propulsion, drifting aimlessly at sea.

He sustained himself by fishing, drinking bird blood, and even managed to k**l a shark using only a jug of water.

Miraculously, he survived for 133 days at sea before being rescued.

In December 1963, while spearfishing along Australia's southern coast, Rodney Fox was suddenly dragged underwater.

In an instant, he endured a punctured diaphragm, torn lung, pierced scapula, and exposed abdomen, ribcage, spleen, and upper stomach. When rescuers finally retrieved him, they had to leave his wetsuit intact to prevent his organs from spilling out.

Following four hours of intricate surgery and the application of 462 stitches, Rodney Fox survived one of the most severe non-fatal Great White Shark attacks in history, living to share his incredible tale.

In March 1944, 27-year-old Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen and his ski unit were ambushed by Soviet forces.

As they retreated through the snow, exhaustion set in, and Aimo, wanting to push on, turned to Pervitin—an early form of m*thamphetamine carried by soldiers.

Though the recommended dose was one pill, he took all 30 at once. The effects were immediate: a burst of energy that sent him skiing far ahead of both the Soviets and his own unit.

What followed was a blur. Aimo later awoke alone, having covered 100 kilometers. Over the next days, he skied a total of 400 kilometers back to Finnish lines.

When he arrived, he weighed just 94 pounds, with a heart rate of 200 beats per minute

In May 2023, father-of-two, Casey Rivara, was k****d by a driver as he was trying to help a family of ducks cross the road in California. This photo was captured just moments before the tragedy.

In 1863, Union soldier Jacob Miller of the 9th Indiana Infantry was shot in the forehead during the Battle of Chickamauga and mistakenly declared dead.

Despite the severe injury, his left eye dislodged and skull fractured, he regained consciousness, treated his wounds with a bandana, and crawled 15 miles to a field hospital.

Only part of the musket ball was removed, and the rest emerged years later. Miller had fought in multiple battles before Chickamauga and shared his story with a newspaper in 1911.

He lived with an unhealed wound until his death in 1917 at age 88, leaving behind a striking photo and an extraordinary tale of survival.

On May 26, 1990, Marlene Warren opened her Florida door to a clown holding balloons and flowers, only to be shot in the face. It took 27 years for authorities to arrest Sheila Keen, who had since married Warren's husband.

A Taiwanese university student, influenced by a friend's persuasion, agreed to a drastic scheme involving the amputation of his legs to claim a $1.3 million insurance payout. However, the student received a mere $7,200 from the scam, which he is now obligated to return.

To simulate frostbite, a condition necessary to justify the amputation, he subjected his feet to dry ice for an extended period of over 10 hours. This extreme act led to a double amputation.

Medical professionals were skeptical of the injuries, noting the absence of typical frostbite symptoms. The scam unraveled from here.

Julie Ward was a 28-year-old publishing assistant and amateur wildlife photographer from Bury St Edmunds in England.

At the beginning of September 1988 she had been in Africa for seven months photographing wildlife and was due to return to England.

She was travelling to the Masai Mara game reserve with an Australian friend, Dr. Glen Burns.

On 5 September 1988 the vehicle they were driving, a Suzuki jeep, broke down; Dr Burns returned to Nairobi while Ward spent the night alone at the Mara Serena lodge.

On 6 September the vehicle was repaired and Ward left to drive to the nearby Sand River camp to recover some camping equipment. This was the last time she was seen alive.

Julie was reported missing and her father John Ward flew to Kenya to find his daughter. He hired a plane to search the areas of the game reserve where his daughter was known to have camped alone.

A pilot sighted the Suzuki Jeep in a gulley next to a river and Mr Ward went to investigate in person. Julie Ward's burned and di**embered body was found in the ashes of a fire by John Ward on 13 September.

The original theory put forth by the Kenyan officials was that Ward had been eaten by lions and struck by lightning; however, they later accepted that she was m*rdered after her father's efforts uncovered further evidence.

The Kenyan coroner's report had been altered to disguise the fact that her bones had been cut by a sharp blade rather than gnawed by animals.

A British pathologist found that Ward had been di**embered with a machete then doused in petrol and set alight.

John Ward, a retired hotelier, spent nearly £2 million on the investigation and made over 100 visits to Kenya.

Ward accused the Kenyan government and former President Daniel arap Moi of trying to cover up his daughter's m*rder to prevent damage to the tourist industry.

In 1992, two park rangers were charged but cleared in court. In 1998 Simon Ole Makallah, chief park ranger at the time, was arrested. He was cleared the following year. John said all three were scapegoats.

John said that he believed that his daughter was k****d by Jonathan Moi, son of then Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi.

He claimed Moi and his drunken pals came across Julie when she stopped to photograph the wildlife near the Serena Lodge.

He said that Moi then raped her as his cronies stopped farm manager Ibrahim Choge stepping in to stop him. Moi’s men were then ordered to dispose of her body, according to John.

Jonathan Moi claimed he was not at the scene and denied any involvement whatsoever.

John Ward died in 2023, and his daughters m*rder still remains unsolved.

On March 7, 1999, Waffle House waitress Tonda Dickerson received a lottery ticket as a tip, winning $10 million. She fought off lawsuits from coworkers and the customer who tipped her. In 2002, her ex-husband kidnapped her, but she sh*t him in self-defense.

Mary Ann Bevan was an English nurse who was born in 1874, in East London. She lived a very normal life up until the age of 32.

At 32 years old, Bevan developed Acromegaly, a medical condition marked by excessive production of growth hormones. This leads to the abnormal enlargement of body parts, including the hands, feet, and facial features.

Just years after developing the condition, her husband Thomas passed away suddenly.

This situation left Bevan with few financial means to support herself and her children.

Consequently, she chose to join a traveling circus, where she performed under the moniker "The Ugliest Woman in the World."

Despite the obstacles she encountered, Bevan showed remarkable commitment to her children and succeeded in accumulating approximately $50,000 by working at ‘f***k shows’ during the early 1900s.

In 1981, the dec*mposed bodies of Dean and Tina Clouse were found in a wooded area near Houston, with the whereabouts of their infant daughter, Holly, unknown. In 2022, Holly was located alive in Oklahoma, with no memory of the traumatic events of her infancy.

In 2020, Olesia Suspitsina tragically fell to her death from a cliff while posing for a photo to commemorate the end of lockdown. Ignoring safety barriers, she climbed to the cliff's edge for a more dramatic shot. Unfortunately, she slipped and fell 115 feet to her death in front of her horrified friend.

On February 2, 2018, 16-year-old Kevon Watkins faced connectivity issues while attempting to play Xbox games in his family's Georgia home.

In an effort to improve the speed, he decided to change the Wi-Fi password to prevent others from logging on and potentially slowing down the service during his gaming sessions.

Following this, a confrontation between Kevon and his mother unfolded, escalating to a point where his older sister, Alexus, stepped in to prevent Kevon from physically harming their mother.

Tragically, instead of de-escalating the situation, Kevon placed Alexus in a chokehold and refused to release her despite pleas from his younger brother and mother.

By the time the police arrived, the situation had taken a devastating turn. Her brain had been starved from oxygen resulting in extreme damage.

Alexus was quickly rushed to hospital but unfortunately didn’t survive the injury. Kevon was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for the tragic incident.

In 1996, after being shot in the forehead by a drunken assailant and enduring a near 8-year coma, policeman Gary Dockery awoke suddenly and started talking enthusiastically, recognizing friends and recalling events from past years.

During his brief speaking opportunity, Dockery reminisced about camping outings, his green Jeep, and the names of his horses. He expressed his love to his 12 and 20-year-old sons.

However, he soon slipped back into the coma and never woke up again. He was pronounced dead in April 1997.

In 2014, a 57-year-old Japanese man called Yasuo Takamatsu learned how to SCUBA dive specifically so he can look for his wife's remains after she was presumably swept away during the 2011 tsunami. He says her last email to him was "I want to go home", and he is determined to make that happen. As of 2022, he still remains searching and given up hope.

Liam Ashley was a 17-year-old boy from New Zealand who had criminal charges pressed against him by his parents for using their car without permission. His parents denied bail so he would be sent to prison. While being transported in a prison van, Liam was attacked by a dangerous offender and k****d.

This is the last image of Uruguayan Flight 571, before it crashed in The Andes on October 13, 1972. 27 out of 45 people survived the initial crash. Survivors were eventually forced to can*ibalize the dead to stay alive. 16 people were rescued 72 days later.

On February 2, 2013, "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were tragically sh*t dead at a Texas shooting range by Eddie Ray Routh.

Routh, like Kyle, was an Iraq war veteran suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. His condition was so debilitating that his mother sought help from Kyle before the devastating incident occurred.

Kyle agreed to become the young veteran's mentor, and for their first meeting, decided to take him to a local gun range.

But on the way there, Kyle and Littlefield realized just how troubled Routh was. "This dude is straight up nuts," Kyle texted Littlefield as they drove in silence. "He's right behind me," Littlefield responded. "Watch my six."

Moments after pulling into the range, Routh grabbed two pistols and fired a barrage of bullets into both men, k*****g them instantly.

Routh was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

In prison, Routh recounted the incident to a cellmate and said: “I was just riding in the back seat of the truck, and nobody would talk to me. They were just taking me to the range, so I sh*t them. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn't talk to me. I'm sure they've forgiven me."

Feral child Genie Wiley was confined to a dark room for over a decade from 20 months old, often bound to a bed or toilet by her father.

His response to any noise or behavior she exhibited was akin to that of a snarling dog, instilling fear in her. These severe conditions deprived Genie of the opportunity to learn how to walk or speak.

She was discovered in 1970, malnourished and mute.

Newlywed Samantha Miller lost her life in a car crash just moments after leaving her wedding venue. Her husband Aric was also injured but survived. The crash was caused by a drunk driver.

Actor Woody Harrelson’s father, Charles Harrelson, was a convicted h*tman who received a life sentence for k*****g a federal judge in 1979. He also repeatedly claimed to have been the real sh**ter of JFK. However, he later retracted that statement.

Canadian hockey player Duncan MacPherson vanished in Austria in 1989 while en route to begin a player-coach role in Scotland.

After last being seen at the Stubai Glacier resort on August 9, he missed his scheduled arrival in Dundee on August 12, prompting a family-led search.

Six weeks later, his borrowed car was found in the resort’s parking lot. For the next decade his whereabouts alluded everyone.

Fourteen years later, in 2003, his body was discovered in the ice of the Schaufelferner Glacier, showing severe injuries consistent with machinery impact.

His snowboard was similarly damaged, suggesting he may have been accidentally run over by a snowcat during a foggy day and buried in a shallow crevasse, where he remained hidden until the glacier melted.

In 2017, Youtube stuntman Pedro Ruiz aka "The Crazy Pedro" wanted to see if a hardcover encyclopedia could stop a bullet from a 50- Caliber Desert Eagle. He asked his pregnant girlfriend to sh**t the book while he stood behind it. When she shot, the bullet went through the encyclopedia and claimed Pedro’s life.

The last photo of 28-year-old Jennifer Strange was taken before she died of water intoxication after entering KDND’s 2007 “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest.

She drank over 1.5 gallons of water trying to win a Nintendo Wii. A doctor later testified she showed signs of hyponatremia and could have survived with prompt medical care.

Instead, she went home, collapsed, and was found dead six hours later.

In 1999, skydiver Joan Murray's parachute malfunctioned, causing her to fall 14,500 feet.

Her backup parachute opened at 700 feet, but it quickly deflated and she continued to plummet towards the ground at 80 miles per hour.

Miraculously, Murray survived the fall thanks to the fact that she landed directly onto a mound of fire ants.

Doctors believe that the intense shock of being stung over 200 times by the ants released a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating.

In 2015, a 4-year-old girl from Colorado called Naomi was at the park with her family. She wandered off and walked over a frozen pond and fell through. This image shows her footsteps as she walked towards the lake. Unfortunately she didn’t survive and her cause of death was determined to be drowning and hypothermia.