15. Hinterkaifeck
This small farmstead about 43 miles north of Munich was devastated by an event that
occurred on March 31st, 1922. This unsolved case involved six people - an
entire family, including two grandparents and their 35-year-old daughter, along with
the daughter’s two young children, and the family’s maid, all having their lives taken
with a pickaxe like tool. Several days before this event occurred, Andreas,
the grandfather of the farm, told his neighbors that he’d seen one-way footprints in the
snow heading toward his farm from the forest. He also said that he’d found a newspaper
he wasn’t familiar with and had heard someone in the attic. The house keys had gone missing as well. Whatever occurred that day on the farm must
have been a nightmare - one that you won’t be able to unsee if you should google the
event. Investigators believe that each member of
the family was somehow lured into the barn in turn, after which they had their lives
taken with a mattock. The two-year-old boy and the maid were both
found in the house. The maid had just arrived on the farm the
day of the attack, as the previous maid had quit, because she thought the farm was haunted. The perpetrators are believed to have stayed
in the home for several days after the events, as smoke was seen from the chimney by neighbors. It wasn’t until the next week that the family
was found and, after investigating, which brought forth over 100 suspects, the case
has since gone cold. Don’t google it, or you’ll feel even colder. 14. Cabin 28
Another unsolved case that will keep you up at night, this one occurred in Keddie, California
in 1981. Four lives were taken in Cabin 28 of the Keddie
Resort, a mother, her son, her daughter, and a friend. The daughter was not found at the scene, but
was recovered three years later in Camp 18 in 1984. One of the other daughters discovered the
scene, after returning to the cabin from a sleepover. The events was particularly vicious, and although
more than 4,000 man-hours were spent trying to solve the case, it went cold. Two suspects have since been considered, both
of whom have since passed away. If you want to go to sleep tonight, don’t
look into this case, because it will have you jumping at every sound. 13. Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo
You’ve heard of Jack the Ripper, but have you heard of the Rostov Ripper? If you haven’t, don’t google him. The Rostov Ripper, also known as the Butcher
of Rostov or the Red Ripper, was an active Soviet serial killer from 1978 to 1990. Yep, that’s a twelve year spree, for which
the evil individual, Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo, eventually confessed taking the lives of 52
people during this period. Also confessing to doing bizarre things with
the bodies like chewing off noses. Please, do not google the rest. The man’s predisposition to eating people
may stem back to his youth. When he was a child, his mother told him that
his brother had been kidnapped when he was four years old and had been eaten by neighbors
who were starving. While this account has never been confirmed,
these stories were not unusual for Soviet times. When Chikatilo was caught on a spree for the
second time in 1990, he said during his confession, that his victims were everywhere: ”I did
not need to look for them,” he told investigators. “Every step I took, they were there." Cue infinite chills. 12. The Case of the Lead Masks
You should never google “The Lead Masks Case,” unless you’re looking for a real
head-scratcher. This case is unsolved and involves various
events that resulted in the passings of Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, two
Brazilian electronic technicians. Their bodies were recovered on August 20,
1966 after a young man flying a kite discovered them on Vintém Hill in Rio de Janeiro. Each of the men were wearing a lead eye mask,
a waterproof coat, and a formal suit, and neither body showed signs of a struggle. An empty water bottle laid beside them, along
with a bag of two wet towels and a notebook with cryptic messages written on it. One message read: “16:30 be at the specified
location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after the effect protect
metals await signal mask.” In their final hours, witnesses noted that
Miguel had appeared “very nervous” and was checking his watch regularly. When they were found, the autopsy showed that
their internal organs were too decomposed for testing. Theories about what actually happened to the
pair run the gamut from UFOs to foul play to some sort of cult group of “scientific
spiritualists.” If you want to be googling for hours on end,
go ahead and delve into this case. But don’t say I didn't warn you. 11. Faryion Wardrip
Knowing that someone might take a life for no apparent reason makes you want to become
a permanent shut-in. Faryion Edward Wardrip is one of those serial
killers who you’ll wish you hadn’t googled. He was active in Texas in the mid-80s, where
he began a spree that spanned two years. He took the lives of five women, all younger
than 25 years old and small in size and stature. After taking his final life in 1986, Wardrip
called and confessed to taking the life of Tina Kimbrew within 72 hours of doing it. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison and,
after serving less than a third of that sentence, was released on parole in 1997, with the restriction
of an ankle monitor. However, in 1999, two more lives were linked
to Wardrip via new DNA evidence. Wardrip also confessed to a third and fourth,
and for all this, he was sentenced to lethal injection. Unless you want to be in a permanent state
of paranoid, it’s best to avoid reading more into this individual. 10. The Robison Family
This case involves the lives taken of Richard Robison and his wife and four children in
1968. The upper-middle-class family from Michigan
all had their lives taken during a vacation in their cottage on Lake Michigan. They weren’t discovered for 27 days, which
led to advanced decomposition. However, it was clear they’d all been shot,
and both Richard and his wife had been struck with a hammer. While the case went unsolved for more than
a year, the investigation eventually led to an employee of Robison’s named Joseph Raymond
Scolaro III, who had been embezzling. Scolaro knew he was about to be charged and
arrested for his actions, so he took his own life on March 8, 1973, leaving behind a note
which said: “I am a lier [sic]—a cheat—a phony” along with a list of those he’d
swindled in business. While this may appear to be a confession,
he also wrote a note to his mother, saying he hadn’t taken their lives and asking God
to forgive him. But it appears the police clearly thought
otherwise. 9. Dorothy Jane Scott
We all laugh when we say we’re “facebook stalking” someone, but stalking is not a
laughing matter. It can turn horrifying, as it did in the case
of Dorothy Jane Scott in 1980. Scott had taken her two colleagues to the
hospital after one suffered a spider bite. They were waiting for a prescription, and
Scott ran outside to bring the car around, but as her car approached the entrance, it
suddenly sped up and drove away. Her colleagues couldn’t see inside the car,
due to the blinding headlights. They reported their friend missing a couple
hours later, and it was later discovered that a man had been stalking her for months, even
going so far as to make anonymous phone calls to her and threatening to “cut [her] up
into bits so no one will ever find [her].” When Scott was still missing in June of that
year, a local newspaper published a story about her disappearance, and a man called
in, claiming to have taken life. Scott’s mother also received phone calls
over the span of four years from a man claiming the same. Finally, in 1984, some of Scott’s remains
were uncovered, but the case was never solved and should not be Googled. It remains one of the strangest unsolved events. 8. The BTK Strangler
Many have heard of the American serial killer known as the BTK Strangler. But when you unmask this person via Google,
you become his next victim, because his brutal slayings will haunt your dreams. Dennis Lynn Rader is the BTK, unmasked. He came upon the Kansas scene in 1974 and
over nearly two decades, took ten lives, the last of which occurred in 1991. Apart from his sadistic treatment of his victims,
he took his dedication to insanity a step further by dressing up in their clothes, as
though to taunt them or reenact their passings by his hands. Images of the scenes and his victims are something
you should never Google. Doing so will make your stomach turn. How did he get away with it for so long? From 1974 to 1988, he worked as a security
alarm installer with ADT Security Services, installing systems in homes where unknowing
homeowners wanted to secure themselves from the very man who was installing it: the BTK
Strangler. His sadism went a step further when he began
to taunt police, the media, and the general public by sending letters detailing his actions
to area news and the police. He was free for more than a decade after his
taking his last life, after which, it seems, he could no longer fight the urge to taunt
the police some more, so he started sending letters again in 2004, which led to his capture
in 2005. He is now serving ten consecutive life sentences. 7. Meredith Kercher
This is one of those cases where trial by media led many to convict those accused of
taking the life of Kercher even before the trial began. You’re likely more familiar with the accused
- Amanda Knox - than you are with the victim. Knox was Kercher’s American roommate, and
she and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were at once tried for the taking her life. If you have a queasy stomach, do not google
the related photos of this event. According to Knox’s account, she discovered
the front door open and drops of red liquid in the bathroom on the morning of November
2nd, 2007. Kercher’s door was locked, and Knox didn’t
think anything of it. But when she returned later that day with
her boyfriend, Kercher still didn’t answer her door, and the pair noticed a broken window. That’s when they called the police. After Kercher’s body was found, a crazy
media circus began to acrobat around the event. The pair were charged and only after that
were fingerprints found at the crime scene belonging to a totally different person, who
was eventually found guilty. While the pair’s conviction was eventually
annulled in 2015, to this day, the Supreme Court of Cassation stated that it was a "proven
fact" that Knox was at the scene while Kercher’s life was being taken. Unless you have time to sift through a bunch
of terrible police work and media misinformation in the search for truth, I’d skip this one. 6. The Sodder Family Fire
What happened to the Sodder Family on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1945? That’s the question many have asked since
the fire destroyed their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The Sodder Family, led by George and Jenny,
had ten children, nine of whom were living at home at the time of the fire. Four of the children, along with George and
Jennie, escaped the fire, while the remaining five were never recovered. For some reason, the family believed the others
had survived and were only missing. They began putting up billboards of the remaining
children on State Route 16 during the 1950s. The billboard remained until the late 1980s. George Sodder insisted that the fire was arson
and not, as the fire department had stated, an electrical fire. George began to theorize that the Sicilian
Mafia had taken his five children, as punishment for George’s opposition to Mussolini in
his native Italy. Investigations on the state and federal level
brought forth nothing. However, in the ‘60s, the Sodder family
received what they believed was a photo of one of their sons as an adult. What really happened? Don’t Google it unless you want to be flooded
with conspiracy theories. 5. Frédéric Bourdin
Have you ever wanted to become another person? Frédéric Bourdin, a serial imposter, known
as “The Chameleon,” will show you how it’s done. Bourdin has assumed more than 500 false identities
since he was a child. At least three of these identities were those
of missing persons, including Nicholas Barclay. And if not for one investigator, he could
have pulled it off. At 13 years old, Nicholas Barclay disappeared
from San Antonio, Texas in June of 1994 after playing basketball with his friends. He was never seen or heard from again. That is, until Bourdin stole his identity
three years later and, in 1997, flew to the US. Despite his French accent and brown eyes,
where Nicholas had blue ones, Bourdin was able to convince the Barclays that he was
their son, and that his takers had changed his eye color. The Barclays took Bourdin in, and he lived
with them for five months. However, a private investigator who was working
with a TV crew capturing footage of the family became suspicious of Bourdin, whose ears didn’t
match Nicholas’. The FBI got involved and took the man’s
DNA and fingerprints, which were, of course, matched with his real identity. He was charged with perjury and passport fraud
and was sent to prison for six years. Did he learn from this punishment? Of course not. He tried the act again, returning to France
and claiming to be Léo Balley, a 14-year-old missing boy. He then tried again in Spain, claiming to
be Ruben Sanchez Espinoza, whose mother had passed away in Madrid. No one fell for the act in those cases. However, not long after, he successfully lived
for a month as Spanish orphan, Francisco Hernandes-Fernandez, at the College Jean Monnet in Pau, France. If you don’t want to find yourself in a
catch-me-if-you-can rabbit hole of false identities, don’t google Frédéric Bourdin. 4. Johann "Jack" Unterweger
This Austrian serial killer took lives across several countries and continents and became
a minor celebrity doing it. Do not google this man. Johann was first caught and convicted of taking
a life in 1974, but was released in 1990 after being “rehabilitated.” He was embraced by Austrian society, so much
so that the autobiography he’d written was being taught in schools, and he even became
a journalist. He was sent to LA to write a story for an
Austrian magazine, and during his time there, he is believed to have taken the lives of
three women. He was also later found guilty of taking the
lives of 6 women in Austria and one in Czechoslovakia within a year of his release in 1990. Rehabilitated? I think not. After he was convicted of these additional
acts and sentenced to life in prison without parole, he took his own life. For taking the lives of all these women, he
truly is a sick human being. 3. R. Bud Dwyer
Pennsylvanian Republican state Senator, Robert Budd Dwyer, served as the 30th Treasurer of
Pennsylvania from 1981, until his passing in 1987. It was then that things went wrong. A little backstory: state withholding errors
in the early 80s resulted in an overpayment of federal taxes by state workers in Pennsylvania. This led to accounting firms competing for
a multimillion-dollar contract to find out how much compensation was owed these state
workers. Well, who was in charge of choosing the accounting
firm to win this contract? Robert B. Dwyer was. Computer Technology Associates, the California
firm that eventually won the $4.6 million contract, allegedly bribed Dwyer with $300,000
worth of kickbacks, which led to Dwyer being found guilty on 11 counts of conspiracy, perjury,
mail fraud, and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering. He was faced with a potential $300,000 fine
and up to 55 years in prison, and his sentencing was scheduled for January 23rd, 1987. But he would not live to see that day. After requesting and failing to receive the
assurance of a presidential pardon, Dwyer told his press secretary to arrange a press
conference for the day before his sentencing. Reporters expected to hear Dwyer announce
his resignation the next morning, but instead, the agitated Dwyer appeared before the press
to claim his innocence and read a rambling 21-page text about the problems with the criminal
justice system. After the 30-minute speech was over, he continued
with the final page of his prepared remarks, and then said, “Please leave immediately
if you have a weak stomach or mind since I don't want to cause physical or mental distress.” Then, after telling his family he loved them,
he said, “Good bye to you all on the count of 3. Please make sure that the sacrifice of my
life is not in vain.” He passed out some envelopes to be delivered
to specific people, including his family, and then took out a blued Smith & Wesson revolver
from a manila envelope. And that’s when panic ensued. Some fled, others pleaded that Dwyer put down
the gun. But after a moment, on live television, Dwyer
took his own life. If you have any sense or respect, don’t
google it. Remember mental health resources are always
available if you need someone to talk too. 2. The 4Chan Serial Killer
4chan is known for allowing users to post anonymously. In many cases, this can lead to bad things. Very bad things. For instance, when a serial killer uses 4chan
to brag about what he claims is his own work. In August of 2015, one user posted to the
/b/ board - a board known for random postings. He wrote: "I have [taken the lives of] several
women for pleasure…If you can guess a name of any of these women I will upload their
photo.” He went on to dictate that no more than ten
guesses per post was allowed, and any names guessed after that would be ignored. He also said that he had disposable camera
pics and polaroids, and some pics before and after. Making it into a game of sorts, he claimed
that if readers guessed all the names, he’d reveal where he dumped a body in 1999. Then he said that, to get the ball rolling,
he’d post one of his victims for “free,” since readers were unlikely to guess her name. Some 4channers began calling the guy out,
saying he was full of it and the timestamp was wrong, while others started guessing names. The first woman he posted was later identified
as Shauna Maynard, who had her life taken in the late 90s in Vegas. Soon, a name that was guessed was a match,
so a new pic was posted. This started raising alarms. After that, this person posted again with
more pictures. This is when users started to alert the FBI. The 4Chan serial killer went on hiatus temporarily,
but returned in September to post more photos, this time of a man. With the first posted image, this person wrote
“dying, dying,” and with the second, he wrote, “dead.” The uploader said he’d return in a month
to “finish the game” but said he might have to use a different site, since his posts
kept getting removed on 4Chan. Was it all a hoax? Most believe this person to be legit, as the
photos didn’t look staged, nor did they appear to be crime scene photos. In any case, this mystery has yet to be solved. Before we get to number 1, my name is Chills
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we upload every Tuesday and Saturday. 1. Nikki Catsouras Photographs
When 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was involved in a high speed car chase in 2006 near Lake
Forest, California, she lost control of her father’s Porsche 911 Carrera and hit a toll
booth while driving speeds of more than 100 mph. And there was a huge controversy following
the event, as photographs of the scene were leaked and published on the internet. Catsouras passed away on impact. Newsweek reported that the “accident was
so gruesome the coroner wouldn't allow her parents to identify their daughter's body.” But somehow, after California Highway Patrol
officers photographed the scene and forwarded these images to colleagues, the photos appeared
online. Later, two California Highway Patrol employees,
Aaron Reich and Thomas O’Donnell, confessed to leaking the photos. The parents of the girl discovered these horrific
photos of their child online, and they began receiving harassing emails, which included
the images in them. A fake Myspace tribute to Catsouras was also
set up, but it simply contained links to the photos. These images are so horrible, you should never
Google them. All of this harassment and damage resulted
in the Catsouras’ parents homeschooling their youngest daughter, and the family sued
the CHP and the two dispatch supervisors who leaked the photos, eventually reaching a settlement
with the CHP for $2.37 million in damages. Hopefully, they received some closure.
