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26 Archived Photographs Featuring Something Unexplainable
As a photographer, you hold a lot of power in your hands in terms of making your audience feel a certain way. When you focus on spine-tingling subject matter and play around with the lighting, you can create images that might chill people decades after being taken.
‘Old School Creepy’ is an online community that embraces the slightly cursed vibes found in vintage photos. We’ve curated some of the scariest ones for your viewing pleasure. But be warned, you might not want to look at some of these twice.
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#1
Two Psychologists In The 1930s Adopted A Baby Chimp And Tried To Raise Her Alongside Their Own Baby Boy, Donald, To See If This Caused The Chimp To Learn Human Behavior
After nine months, they stopped the experiment because their son started behaving more like a chimp
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#2
Max Schreck Relaxes Behind The Scenes Of Nosferatu, 1922
#3
A Rare Photo Of The Notorious Couple Bonnie And Clyde, 1933
#4
A Letter From Schizophrenic Patient Emmy Hauck To Her Husband.
It consists only phrase “herzensschatzi komm” (darling please come) and “komm komm komm” (come, come, come ) repeated over and over.
#5
It Drinks
#6
A 16th Century Plague Doctors Mask
joann fielding 8 months ago
Can you imagine being very sick, fever deliriums and all, and looking up to see THAT coming at you?!
#7
Empress Elisabeth’s Mourning Mask And Veil, 1889
#8
A Clean-Cut Charles Manson On His Wedding Day In 1955
#9
17th Century Metal Mask That Was Used To Restrain Individuals Who Were Considered To Be Insane
#10
Maria Rasputina Holding A Portrait Of Her Father, Grigory Rasputin, 1972
Bored Trash Panda 8 months ago
For some reason I though Rasputin lived a lot longer ago that the late 1800s early 1900s
#11
The Moon From The French 1902 Movie A Trip To The Moon
#12
An Early Version Of Ronald Mcdonald Photographed Alongside A Crying Baby
#13
Photo Of Two Women With Super Long Hair
#14
The Infamous Ted Bundy Playing With His Ex-Girlfriend's Daughter
Bored Trash Panda 8 months ago
He used to babysit one of my "aunts" (really close family friend). She said he was a really good babysitter.....
#15
W.c. Fields As Humpty Dumpty In Alice In Wonderland (1933)
#16
My Mom And I On Halloween In 1989. Note The Fact That She Has A Cigarette And Is Also Pregnant With My Brother
#17
James Dean Posing Inside A Coffin For A Photo Just 7 Months Before His Demise In A Car Crash In September 1955
#18
Behind-The-Scenes Of Teletubbies' In The Late-90s
#19
Carved Ivory Sculpture Of Tenjiku Tokubei: Master Of Frog Magic, Japanese, C. 1800-1850
#21
22 Yr-Old Charlie Johns Reading The Bible To His 9 Yr-Old Bride, Eunice Winstead. They Married In 1937 And Went On To Have 9 Children Together
#22
I Don’t Like Clowns Anymore
#23
The Other Kids Were Scared Of Him And He Cried When He Looked In The Mirror
#25
1953 Halloween Goblins
#26
John D. Rockefeller, America's First Billionaire
Chippy Chap 8 months ago
John D. Rockefeller gave away $540 million, in todays money, to philanthropic works. His funding advanced public health and medical research, and promoted education “without the distinction of race, s*x, or creed” including establishing the University of Chicago. In 1913, he established the Rockefeller Foundation “to promote the well-being of mankind around the world.” - The world would be a better place if more people with exceptional wealth used it to fund medical research, expand education, and help the Earth. Andrew Carnegie is the most prominent philanthropist who helped libraries, funding the construction of 2,509 libraries between 1883 and 1929.
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persephone134 7 months ago
The current title ("26 archived photographs featuring something unexplainable") applies to NONE of these pictures.
persephone134 7 months ago
The current title ("26 archived photographs featuring something unexplainable") applies to NONE of these pictures.
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