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13 Petrifying Real Stories That Inspired Your Favorite Horror Movies

13 Petrifying Real Stories That Inspired Your Favorite Horror Movies

From Ed Gein's house of horrors to the botched exorcisms of Anneliese Michel, go inside the true stories that inspired Hollywood's most iconic scary movies.
Dirty Jokes In 2,000-Year-Old Bathroom Mosaics Discovered In Turkey

Dirty Jokes In 2,000-Year-Old Bathroom Mosaics Discovered In Turkey

"I think this was really the most intimate piece of evidence that we have of the humanity who lived and breathed and worked and played here at our ancient city."
Family Killed By Vesuvius Blast Found Huddled Together In A Room In Pompeii

Family Killed By Vesuvius Blast Found Huddled Together In A Room In Pompeii

The skeletons were found remarkably undisturbed in a small room, untouched for nearly 2,000 years.
Archaeologists Have Just Found The World’s Oldest Cheese In An Ancient Egyptian Tomb

Archaeologists Have Just Found The World’s Oldest Cheese In An Ancient Egyptian Tomb

"The material analyzed in this study is probably the most ancient archaeological solid residue of cheese ever found to date."
Ancient Roman Grave Site Shows Child Was Subjected To ‘Vampire Burial’ To Prevent Him From Rising From The Grave

Ancient Roman Grave Site Shows Child Was Subjected To ‘Vampire Burial’ To Prevent Him From Rising From The Grave

Ancient Romans feared that "evils" would haunt them from the grave — and took drastic measures to keep that from happening.
Unexpected Corpses Unearthed At Stonehenge May Finally Reveal Who Built It — And Why

Unexpected Corpses Unearthed At Stonehenge May Finally Reveal Who Built It — And Why

Who built Stonehenge? And why? Some unusual corpses found there may have finally solved this mystery.
Why Walruses May Be Responsible For The Vikings Baffling Demise In Greenland

Why Walruses May Be Responsible For The Vikings Baffling Demise In Greenland

Researchers studied walrus ivory from museums around Europe to help reach their conclusion.
1,700-Year-Old Sock Reveals The Height Of Fashion In The Days Of Ancient Egypt

1,700-Year-Old Sock Reveals The Height Of Fashion In The Days Of Ancient Egypt

First discovered in 1913, it has taken researchers over a century to unravel the piece of clothing's secrets.
Vietnam Demands Monsanto Pay Victims Of Agent Orange Chemical Attacks

Vietnam Demands Monsanto Pay Victims Of Agent Orange Chemical Attacks

The toxic chemical wreaked havoc on the people of Vietnam during the Vietnam War and had debilitating side effects that many continue to feel today.
Mystery Behind Why The Easter Island Statues Were Built May Finally Be Solved

Mystery Behind Why The Easter Island Statues Were Built May Finally Be Solved

A high concentration of the 900 statues are located on the coast of the remote island and researchers have always wondered why they were constructed – until now.
2,400-Year-Old Shipwreck Believed To Be The World’s Oldest Was Just Discovered Intact At The Bottom Of The Black Sea

2,400-Year-Old Shipwreck Believed To Be The World’s Oldest Was Just Discovered Intact At The Bottom Of The Black Sea

Evidence of a similar vessel appears on an ancient Greek vase featuring the infamous Homeric character, Odysseus, tied to its mass.