15. “I Am Dead”
Time capsules are supposed to take you back in time; they’re not supposed to send horrifying
chills down your spine. But that’s what a glass bottle time capsule
found near a former elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico did to its unfortunate finders. The capsule, from 1968, was discovered by
a demolition crew. The letters encapsulated within were from
kids - more than likely the kids that attended Montgomery Elementary. Most of the letters were about the youngsters’
favorite bands and TV shows. But one of the children, by the name of Greg
Lee Youngman, went a much more creepy route. The letter begins:
“I am dead,” after which Greg goes on to say that he was born in 1900, and his favorite
subject is “spooking the police.” The ten year old signs off: “See you later
savages.” Considering the date of birth, the knowledge
that Greg was ten years old at the time of writing, and the fact that the capsule was
buried in 1968…well, you do the math. When the time capsule was opened, several
people in their 50s and 60s came by to see if it was their class time capsule that had
been unearthed. Many left unsatisfied. It seems creating these things had been a
favorite pastime at Montgomery Elementary. One wonders if Greg Lee Youngman was among
the former students who showed up. 14. Deep Freeze
A hapless customer who purchased a freezer from her neighbor discovered something she
probably wishes she hadn’t. The North Carolina woman purchased the sealed
freezer for $30 from her 56-year-old neighbor, Marcella Lee. Marcella told her not to remove the tape until
some church members came by to collect the contents, which she said were for a “Sunday
school project”. After a couple weeks passed with not a church
member to be seen, the woman obviously didn’t want to wait any longer to use the freezer
she’d purchased. When she opened it up, she discovered a time
capsule of sorts: the remains of Lee’s mother, who had passed away from natural causes. Lee walked away from the deal with a felony
charge, while the neighbor walked away with a tainted freezer. 13. Mental Hospital Found Footage
When you come across a time capsule buried in the grounds of an abandoned mental hospital,
you know it has to contain something unnerving. That’s what construction workers found in
Indiana, when they dug up a time capsule from 1958. In it, they discovered footage with a group
of people talking about what future psychiatric medication and electroshock therapy might
look like. They believed that progression of psychiatric
science would happen fast. The medical workers said: “When future psychiatrists
find this capsule, only then it will be possible to know how treatment problems were resolved,
not only today but also in future.” Unfortunately, the tapes’s audio was damaged,
so the conversation isn’t complete. But we can assure these theorists that electroshock
therapy did go through a transformation since this time capsule was buried in 1958. Specifically, new standards of consent were
initiated, along with the recommendation of unilateral electrode placement. 12. Serial Killer’s Trophies
A man and his metal detector were navigating the woods. While he likely expected to find treasure
of some kind, what he didn’t expect was to come across a time capsule…and one of
the most lurid variety. The man uncovered a plastic time capsule wrapped
in tape and filled with a teddy bear, clothing, photos, a camera, and a Girls Pee Wee softball
medallions from 2003. In essence, a young girl’s belongings. While one might hope that the girl buried
the belongings herself, the man that recovered them felt creeped out enough about the discovery
to report it to the park ranger. Why? Because they could very well be the “trophies"
of a serial killer. They often hold onto mementos of the people
whose lives they’ve taken, and this so-called time capsule could possibly have been stashed
away in the forest. The police did get back to the man to inform
him that they believed the items were more likely to be memorabilia for a time capsule
left by their owner, due to the fact that the area was highly populated. They did affirm that the items would be tested
for DNA and run through the records of open cases to see if there were any matches. Couldn’t find any further reports of this
particular time capsule, but let’s hope that the police’s theory was correct. 11. There Will Be Blood
A space art pioneer, French artist-scientist Jean-Marc Philippe, proposed the idea of this
epic space time capsule, which became known as the KEO. It would hold messages from planet Earth to
the citizens of the future - the very distant future, 50,000 years from now, to be exact. This is when the time capsule, once launched,
will eventually re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. But messages aren’t the only thing that
will be launched with the satellite. A drop of human blood will be chosen at random
and placed in a diamond, on which the human genome’s DNA will be engraved. While this all sounds pretty cool, there’s
something exceptionally creepy about sending a drop of a random person’s blood into space. Will it be used for cloning in the future? If so, maybe a random person isn’t the best
way to go. 10. Dear Diary
Have you ever found spine-tingling messages hidden around your home? When this woman decided to remodel her room,
she certainly wasn’t expecting it to be haunted by messages past. While this isn’t a time capsule in the literal
sense, it is a moment, a memory, captured in time by the children who once lived in
this house. Lauren and Megan wrote their diary-like time
capsule on the subfloor of their room. The two girls first introduced themselves
cordially, and then they cryptically warned the subsequent owners of this home from doing
just what the new owner was doing: tearing up the floor. Why the warning? Who knows. But beneath, she found additional warnings,
as well as a virtual diary of these girls’ existence. One warning read: “The house is green. If it’s a different color paint it GREEN.” Don’t know why that’s so creepy, but it
just is. In other notes, the girls wrote about their
passed away cat, an episode where Lauren broke her arm, and they even posted photographs
of relatives and friends. While some of the notes may seem innocent
enough, darkness crept into a few of the messages, including a photo of their mother who, according
to the girls, lived in their house “at one point.” One of them also said their family had “a
lot of disagreements,” which led her to apologize for the dents in the walls. The girls warned against ghostly visits and
claimed the ghosts especially didn’t care for CSI:NY. They also said their passed away grandad was
prone to haunting the place. And, perhaps, they do too. 9. Dante’s Inferno
When you dig into your family history, you would never want to find something deeply
unsettling. That’s what one Imgur user found when poking
around his grandma’s house. He came across a cupboard in her ceramics
room that seemed to have a false bottom. It turned out that the false bottom concealed
a safe. He told his grandmother about what he’d
discovered, asking if she knew what it held or if she remembered the combination. She didn’t know either, but she told him
to go ahead and pry it open, which he did with a chisel. Inside was a time capsule, old and corroded,
having been buried for years. They deduced that the time capsule had been
concealed by the man’s grandpa. Within was a black bag that included a seriously
disturbing note, the message of which read: “Abandon All Regret Ye Who Enter Here.” This line comes straight out of Dante’s
Inferno. The man entered the time capsule anyhow. Chinese calligraphy was written on the black
bag, which when translated meant, “Double happiness.” A myriad of other items were inside, including
odds and ends. There was also a strange key without any clue
as to what it belonged to. It seems the mystery to this time capsule
does not end here. Do we dare to enter further? 8. Atomic Bomb Fingernail
When Panasonic and a Newspaper company planted a time capsule at the Osaka Castle during
the Japan World Expo in 1970, they wanted to ensure that the future knew all about the
past. Even the most devastating parts. The electronic company actually buried two
time capsules, both with the same items inside. One was to be opened in the year 2000 and
is set to be opened every century for inspection and cleaning. The other was designed to remain unearthed
for 5,000 years - that’s in 6970. The project’s aim is to time travel a visual
record of life in 1970, with the capsules holding 2,098 objects each, including items
recorded, such as civilization’s achievements in the form of literature, art, and music,
and “everyday life” Japan, including the aspirations of ordinary and extraordinary
people. Each of these items were preserved, using
the most advanced preservation techniques at the time of burial. While most of the contents inside are pretty
tame, including a slinky and items belonging to natural and social sciences, others like
glass eyes and a blackened fingernail from an atomic bomb survivor might have future
peoples wondering. While Hiroshima’s devastation will probably
serve as a reminder every hundred years as to the destruction of a nuclear bomb, a photograph
could have also done the job. 7. Crystal Ball
Most time capsules, when found years later, tell a story about the past. But this one predicted the future. A times capsule from 1935, in the form of
a lemonade bottle, revealed a note predicting dark days to come. The note was discovered during construction
of some stonework at the UK’s Southampton Guildhall in 2016. The predictions were written in pencil by
three amateur fortune tellers - Fred Pearce, George Groves, and Stanley Jeffery. “Mussolini threatens war,” they wrote. While Mussolini had already risen to power
by 1935, it wasn’t until 1940 that Mussolini’s regime officially entered into the war on
the side of Germany. Fortunately, for Britain, Europe, and the
entire world, Mussolini and the Axis Powers’ downfall came in 1945, ten years after this
prediction was written. Mussolini, himself, was captured, along with
his mistress, as he tried to flee to Switzerland. 6. Socialist Time Capsule
It’s Russia, 2012. A message to the Soviet youth of the world
in 2024 from the Soviets in the 1970s. What did these youths have to say to each
other? Handwritten on a big sheet of paper, the message
from comrades past offered encouraging words and confidence in its future readers that
they’d be “better” than those writing the letter. "We say to you, who will join us in 45 years…we
do not feel sorry for ourselves because we are certain you will be better than us. Improve the world and yourself in the name
of communism,” This is just one of many time capsules placed
beneath Lenin statues. During Soviet times, doing so was very popular. This particular capsule was found during some
renovations of the foundation below the statue, coincidentally 33 years to the day that it
was buried. The burial took place on July 15, 1979, and
it was rediscovered on July 15, 2012. The letter signs off: “Lenin is always with
us!” 5. Old Missile
Sometimes it’s not the contents of a time capsule that are terrifying; rather, it’s
the container. In 2017, a WWII missile was discovered by
crews in New York, prompting police to evacuate the area between 21st street and 5th and 6th
avenues, as a bomb squad rushed in to investigate. But what they found was a time capsule with
papers inside. The suspicious item in question really was
a fake bomb painted green. The owner of a famous nightclub called Danceteria,
had purchased it from an Army Navy store, hung it from the nightclub’s ceiling in
the 1980s, and later turned the thing into a time capsule. In 1984, photos and letters by New York creatives
and trendsetters of the day were placed in the time capsule at the commencement party,
to be read 10,000 years later. Then, the group buried the capsule under a
parking spot in a nearby gravel lot, where the thing was pretty much forgotten. When a lieutenant with the NYPD bomb squad
called the owner more than three decades later, it wasn’t with good news: the photos and
letters inside the time capsule were largely destroyed, as water had entered the bombshell. However, the news could have been worse: at
least, the squad wasn’t dealing with something real. 4. Crystal Ball II
Another time capsule that contained accurate predictions of the future was discovered this
time in Sydney, Australia. Hidden in the bathroom wall of a house in
1995, the predictions were written by Greg Wilkinson
on Easter Sunday. The beginning of the letter lists the cost
of milk and bread in 1995 and describes the laptop he composed the letter on: a 486 Laptop
with 8mb RAM and a 240 MB Hard Drive. Greg then went on to discuss the politics
and trends of the time, after which came his eerie predictions. He wrote that a “holy war” would be ignited
and also wrote that China would become a superpower. Considering the nation was, at the time, behind
many in terms of economic size, this was quite a surprising prediction to make. At present, China’s economy is second only
to the United States. When Greg was contacted about the letter’s
discovery, he felt a little violated by its public revelation. But then, he thought, all things considered,
this just goes to show the progress of communication via the internet. 3. Crypt of Civilization
This time capsule is a whole chamber, known as the Crypt of Civilization. The name is creepy, in and of itself. Conceived by Thornwell Jacobs - aka “the
father of the modern time capsule” - and inspired by the 1920s excavations of the Egyptian
pyramid and tombs, the chamber was sealed airtight between 1937 and 1940, when it was
built at Brookhaven, Georgia, and designed to be re-opened in 8113 AD. This date was so chosen, because 6,177 years
had passed between the conception of the Egyptian calendar in 4241 BC (a date that has since
been discredited) and the year of Jacobs’ conception of the crypt in 1936 AD. Thus, for some reason, Jacobs thought 6,177
years into the future from 1936 was symbolic. Thus, 8113. At 2,000 cubic feet, the chamber is situated
in the granite bedrock of the Gothic-style Phoebe Hearst Memorial Hall. The room is chock full of documents and artifacts,
many of which were donated to the crypt, and sealed by a welded stainless steel door. Some of the scariest artifacts included come
in the form of voice recordings, specifically those of dictators. Perhaps, the crypt’s creators want to ensure
the future knows truly about the heart of darkness in civilizations past. In fact, Jacobs wrote in his note for future
excavators of the crypt: “The world is engaged in burying our civilization forever, and here
in this crypt we leave it to you.” Hopefully, our civilization isn’t “buried
forever” too soon. 2.. WWII Time Capsule
What kind of memorabilia would you expect to find buried in a time capsule at a former
German training center? The time capsule is said to have been buried
deep in the cement in 1934 during the building’s construction, perfectly preserving the horrors
of the past, along with newspaper clippings, old coins, a historical book of the town,
and pictures of the dictator. Although researchers have long known the capsule
was there, they had to bypass German mines, concrete, and ground water to get to it. When they finally did, they still had to take
a chainsaw to it to find out what was inside. If you’re the type who wishes to bury the
past, this is one time capsule you’d probably like to leave deep in the dirt, where it belongs. Before we get to number 1, my name is Chills
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A mysterious steam trunk was discovered in 2010 by two women cleaning out an apartment
building basement, and it appeared to be like a time capsule from the 1930s. But most mysterious and creepy of all were
the mummified remains of two babies. An investigation discovered that the trunk’s
owner was Janet M. Barrie, who immigrated to America from Scotland in the 1920s and
passed away in 1992. Early on, some thought the owner might be
linked to J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, but despite the fact that the trunk also
contained Peter Pan memorabilia, that theory was ruled out. Why were the babies placed inside the trunk? And whose were they? The answer was left up to LA Police Chief
Charlie Beck, who continued his investigation, saying: “Justice, even when delayed, is
still justice.” As it turned out, after testing DNA samples
with living relatives, Janet was, in fact, the mother of the two babies. But it is still unclear why she kept these
babies’ remains. “You don't know the real story behind the
story, you know what I mean?" her nephew, Holmes, said. “You can only speculate.” And speculate, we will…
