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5 Real Killers Inspired by Fictional Characters

People, True Crime

#5 Mark Twitchell In 2011, Mark Twitchell was arrested for the abduction, torture, and murder of another man. His motives? He sought to be like his favorite television icon, Dexter Morgan of the TV series Dexter. In the series, the character is a serial killer...

10 Old Modern Medical Practices

History

#10 Cataract Surgery It’s disturbing to imagine ancient people performing surgery on a part of the body as sensitive as the eye, but cataract surgery has its roots as early as the 3rd Century A.D. In ancient India a physician would use a needle to puncture a person’s...

5 Disturbing Stories of Forgotten Prisoners

People, Prisoners

#5 Georgia Teenagers In Douglas County, Georgia two teenage boys were forgotten in a holding cell for three days without food or water. On a Friday, the teenagers had been moved from a youth detention center to the courthouse holding cells. Possibly due to...

5 Brown Recluse Bite Stories

Animals

#5 Chester Bennington Linkin Park’s former lead vocalist, Chester Bennington, was bitten by a Brown Recluse Spider in 2001. Bennington, who was on tour at the time, was bit in the arm while staying at a hotel in Massachusetts. He managed to complete the final two...

10 Mysterious Disappearances

Disappearances, People, Unsolved Mysteries

#10 Ylenia Carrisi Ylenia Carrisi was a television celebrity in Italy during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. She was most well known as the daughter of singers Albano Carrisi and Romina Power and for her role as the hostess on Italy’s version of the game show Wheel...