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Unspeakable Times

An avatar&nbsp;is a&nbsp;virtual representation&nbsp;of a person, so what happens when an avatar is virtually assaulted&nbsp;or commits crimes against other avatars? It&#39;s not a hypothetical question, as&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-most-brutal-video-game-revenge-stories/michael-gibson" target="_blank">ruthless internet crime</a> demonstrates:&nbsp;the&nbsp;LambdaMOO cybercrime case of 1993.&nbsp;In the early days of the internet, a LambdaMOO virtual universe player named Mr. Bungle&nbsp;hacked other players&#39; avatars and forced them to do terrible things.

The term MUD,&nbsp;which stands for&nbsp;multi-user dimension (or formerly,&nbsp;multi-user dungeon), refers to online multiplayer communities of people who chat with each other and role-play&nbsp;through a text-based platform. A site called <a href="http://www.mudconnect.com/" target="_blank">The Mud Connector</a>&nbsp;shows all the MUD platforms and text games&nbsp;currently available.&nbsp;LambdaMOO, a&nbsp;<a href="https://timeline.com/rape-in-cyberspace-lambdamoo-da9cf0c74e9e" target="_blank">MUD community</a>&nbsp;that emerged in the mid-1980s and expanded over the following decade, has been described as &quot;a mystical mansion layered with bedrooms, cafes, and even an underground mall...&nbsp;built entirely in script.&quot;

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/8-people-who-died-playing-video-games/autumn-spragg" target="_blank">Though no one died</a>&nbsp;as a result of Mr. Bungle&#39;s crime, the case was part of an ugly phenomenon:&nbsp;crimes committed in MUDs. It led to in-depth discussions about morality, ethics, and safety&nbsp;in the virtual world.

A Terrifying Clown Once Took Over People's Avatars In The Early Days Of The Internet

General

Facts About The Mr. Bungle LambdaMOO Cybercrime

Trilby Beresford

Timeline

A situation where entire houses suddenly fall into gaping pits sounds like it could only exist in a horror movie.&nbsp;But sinkholes are real, and they're fairly common in states like&nbsp;Florida. The <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-sinkhole-disasters-of-all-time/coy-jandreau" target="_blank">very worst sinkholes</a>&nbsp;have caused&nbsp;losses of life, homes, and property. Florida is prone to sinkholes because the state is built on a foundation of limestone, which is a porous, soluble rock that can be&nbsp;dissolved by water. When the weight of manmade and natural structures becomes too great for the foundation to hold, a cavern in the ground opens up and takes everything above with it. Because of Florida's weather, which includes torrential summer rains, sinkholes are common in the state.

The Horrifying History Of House-Eating Sinkholes In Florida

The History Of Sinkholes In Florida That Eat Entire Homes

Graveyard Shift

Music isn't usually associated with unspeakable crimes,&nbsp;but in the Philippines, people have been killed for singing karaoke in bars. This -&nbsp;thought to be -&nbsp;joyous pastime has been enjoyed by all sorts of people the world over, and when someone mentions &quot;karaoke,&quot; it's hard to image anyone thinking of cold-blooded murder.&nbsp;The specific tune <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/gloomy-sunday-song-curse/jessika-gilbert" target="_blank">that lands victims&nbsp;in trouble</a> is &quot;My Way&quot; (made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1969), and The New York Times reports there have been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/world/asia/07karaoke.html" target="_blank">at least half a dozen victims in the past decade</a>. They even inspired a new subcategory of crime called the &quot;My Way killings.&quot;There are certainly a multitude of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unusual-deaths-bizarre-deaths-of-the-21st-century/notable-famous-deaths" target="_blank">bizarre ways to die</a>, but one could be forgiven for assuming they would be safe to go out with their friends and sing the night away. As it turns out, karaoke might not just be mindless fun after all, especially when things turn deadly.&nbsp;

In The Philippines, If You Sing 'My Way,' You Might Be Murdered

Why People Are Murdered During Karaoke in The Philippines

When doctors diagnosed Betsy Faria with breast cancer in 2010, her friend Pamela &quot;Pam&quot; Hupp&nbsp;became her constant companion. Hupp&nbsp;drove Betsy&nbsp;to her chemotherapy appointments and spent almost every day with her. Betsy even made Hupp the beneficiary of her $150,000 life insurance policy. Shortly after the pair finalized the decision, Betsy&nbsp;was found murdered in her home, and Hupp was the last person to see her alive.

However, rather than <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-innocent-people-confess/lea-rose-emery" target="_blank">suspecting Hupp</a> of any involvement in her friend&#39;s murder, investigators turned their attention to Russ Faria, Betsy&#39;s husband. Over a decade later, authorities finally charged Hupp -&nbsp;who was already in prison for another murder.

Did Pamela Hupp Kill Betsy Faria, Then Frame Faria's Husband For It?

Did Pamela Hupp Kill Her Friend And Then Frame Her Friend's Husband For It?

Fascinating conditions, devastating disorders, and nightmarish syndromes that affect human bodies. 

Uncommon Afflictions

Health

There are tons of weird diseases and disorders in this&nbsp;world, but have you ever heard of one where&nbsp;a person's hand attacks them involuntarily? Unfortunately it&nbsp;exists, and it's known as Alien Hand Syndrome.&nbsp;It is one of the rarer&nbsp;neurological disorders, and&nbsp;it can be both dangerous and terrifying when it strikes. Alien Hand Syndrome facts sound like something out of a sci-fi or horror film. The condition&nbsp;turns one of your hands into a stranger; it acts on its own, and it can do anything from grabbing something out of your purse to strangling&nbsp;you.Cases have been observed and documented since 1909, and most of the sufferers&nbsp;reported having&nbsp;brain surgeries or traumas right before they noticed symptoms. Alien Hand Syndrome has baffled patients and scientists for years, though the latter have started&nbsp;to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/diseases-science-cant-explain/laura-allan" target="_blank">understand where the problem originates</a> in the brain. If your own hand attacks you, you may have this unusual, but very real, condition.

Alien Hand Syndrome Basically Gives Your Hand A Mind Of Its Own - And It Might Try To Kill You

Alien Hand Syndrome Basically Gives Your Hand A Mind Of Its Own

Are we all alone in the universe? Probs not.

Close Encounters

Everyone wants to be the guy who finds <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/times-ancient-aliens-was-right/brandon-michaels" target="_blank">evidence of alien life</a>. But a local Peruvian man&nbsp;actually is that person. In January of 2016, he allegedly found a weirdly shaped&nbsp;mummified hand while exploring the&nbsp;desert tunnels in Southeastern Peru, and gave it to researcher&nbsp;Brien&nbsp;Foerster of <a href="https://hiddenincatours.com/" target="_blank">Hidden Inca Tours</a>.&nbsp;His team were dumbfounded, and set off to convince others that this strange artifact&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/photos-that-might-show-aliens/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">is indeed mummified alien remains</a>.Okay, you're probably thinking it's a stretch,&nbsp;but wait till you see the thing! It only has three fingers and&nbsp;genuinely looks like something freakish from an extraterrestrial&nbsp;planet. However,&nbsp;the hand wasn't the only thing they found - a small, bizarrely&nbsp;shaped skull and tiny mummified body were also uncovered, leading researches to scratch their heads and wonder just where exactly these remains came from.

Scientists Believe This Mummified Hand Found In A Peruvian Cave Is Evidence Of Aliens On Earth

Scientists Believe This Mummified Hand Found In A Peruvian Cave Is Evidence Of Aliens

Lists about people who were tried, convicted, and even executed for crimes they didn't commit.

Wrongful Convictions

Although&nbsp;the criminal justice system attempts to serve justice to deserving lawbreakers, there are a lot of cases that end up wrongfully sentenced&nbsp;and innocent people go to jail. Remember&nbsp;Adnan&nbsp;Syed, the prisoner infamously featured on the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/hae-min-lee-serial-theories/katherine-ripley" target="_blank">NPR podcast </a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/hae-min-lee-serial-theories/katherine-ripley" target="_blank">Serial</a>? He&nbsp;made waves in 2014 when journalist Sarah Koenig investigated his story and made a controversial case for how he may in fact be innocent. Many similar stories come to mind.&nbsp;But an innocent man who went to jail and then met his potentially guilty doppelg&auml;nger? That sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller.&nbsp;Yet&nbsp;it's the true story of Richard Anthony Jones, a man from Kansas City, Missouri,&nbsp;who was convicted in 1999 of robbing a woman in a Walmart parking lot in&nbsp;Kansas and given a 19 year prison sentence — of which he served 17 of those years.&nbsp;In prison, while maintaining his innocence,&nbsp;he encountered&nbsp;another inmate <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/doppelgangers-who-bumped-into-each-other/nathandavidson?utm_expid=16418821-373.85HhNU9ISmeKmPn8CKGvmg.0" target="_blank">who looked like him</a> and even had the same first name.&nbsp;Jones's conviction was finally&nbsp;overturned after two years of fighting a legal battle and working with The&nbsp;Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people who have been wrongly convicted.&nbsp;Jones's story captured the attention of many, and once he was released he quickly raised a large amount of money through a GoFundMe&nbsp;page. He's happy to be reunited with his family, but the question looms large of whether the justice system is really doing its best to actually promote justice.&nbsp;

An Innocent Man Spent 17 Years Locked Up Only To Find A Doppelg&auml;nger With Same Name In The Same Jail

How Richard Anthony Jones Finally Had His Conviction Overturned

Whoa Facts

If you already thought that feet&nbsp;were kind of nasty, things are about to get a whole lot worse. A cesspool of bacteria&nbsp;can grow on your feet, causing&nbsp;foot infections and diseases. Some of these <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-facts-about-inside-your-body/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">creepy body antagonists</a>&nbsp;look weird and feel&nbsp;painful. Seriously, athlete&#39;s foot is mild compared to the smelly pus that can ooze out of viral blisters or diabetic ulcers.

Start mentally preparing for the worst types of foot diseases to be forever implanted in your brain.&nbsp;Don&#39;t worry too much, though. Almost everything can be treated and managed really well these days, but if you wait too long, you may be in trouble.

These Horrifying Foot Infections Might Be Brewing In Your Socks Right Now

Among the troubling&nbsp;small towns that exist in America, Miracle Village in Florida might be one of the most disconcerting. The residents all have one thing in common: they're all&nbsp;registered sex offenders.&nbsp;You're probably wondering how the members of&nbsp;this town&nbsp;found one another, but&nbsp;it's no&nbsp;coincidence —&nbsp;they've formed a deliberate&nbsp;community&nbsp;envisioned by a minister in Florida who <a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121089157" target="_blank">believes that people can change for the better</a>.Florida has&nbsp;some of the toughest restrictions on where sex offenders can live after their release from prison, so Richard Witherow&nbsp;designed an affordable solution for them to bunk with roommates and receive regular counseling during their probation. The community isn't for repeat offenders, serial rapists, or&nbsp;pedophiles, but for those who have committed sex crimes and are actively looking to steer their lives in a more positive direction.

Inside Miracle Village, Florida's Isolated Town Made Up Entirely Of Registered Sex Offenders

Lists about real people who were held against their will, the monsters who tormented them, and the grisly details of what went on during those dark times.

Human Captives

True Crime

In January of&nbsp;2018, a distraught teenager called&nbsp;911. The 17-year-old reported she had escaped from her parents, leaving 12&nbsp;siblings held captive in their&nbsp;Perris, California home. Police responded to the call and found a bizarre and heinous&nbsp;scene: David&nbsp;and Louise Turpin had kept&nbsp;some of their kids&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-genie-wiley/laura-allan" target="_blank">bound in shackles</a> and chained to the furniture&nbsp;in&nbsp;filthy&nbsp;bedrooms. All were severely malnourished and appeared many years younger than they were. This abuse had been going on for decades, as the children&#39;s&nbsp;ages ranged from 2 to 29. There were reports the Turpin parents even treated the family pets better than the children.&nbsp;

David and Louise Turpin are charged with multiple counts of torture and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-kidnapping-victims/ranker-news" target="_blank">child endangerment</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;face&nbsp;life imprisonment. The parents&nbsp;entered &quot;not guilty&quot; pleas and opted not to comment. Authorities removed the&nbsp;children from the Turpins&#39; custody and placed them in rehabilitation&nbsp;hospitals for ongoing treatment and counsel. The following can&#39;t explain why David and Louise Turpin confined their children, but the details cast light on who the Turpins are, and what exactly happened to &quot;the&nbsp;Magnificent 13.&quot;

The Turpins Kept Their 13 Kids Shackled In Filthy Conditions For More Than Two Decades

The Story of How The Turpin Crimes

Supernatural & Paranormal

It's not always a problem to have ghosts living in your home. Some real life haunted houses are actually quite pleasant, as a mischievous ghost&nbsp;can&nbsp;help add character to an otherwise normal dwelling. After all, who among us is not exhilarated by the glimpse of a levitating lamp or a phantom knocking in the walls?Unfortunately,&nbsp;the story of the Bothell home haunting is considerably more grim. The&nbsp;violent ghosts who terrorized Keith Linder were extremely aggressive, and made their presence known to anyone who entered the home in Bothell, WA. Starting around 2011, mysterious <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/creepiest-audio-recordings/vicky-choy" target="_blank">voices&nbsp;were caught on tape</a>, and household objects would disappear, only to be found smoldering some time later. The happenings became so ruthless that Linder was eventually forced to move in 2016.&nbsp;Eventually, the situation escalated to the point that&nbsp;TV crews,&nbsp;paranormal investigators, and scientific researchers were called in.&nbsp;People became desperate to hear Linder's story, and to capture <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/real-ghost-photos/roger-nackerman" target="_blank">concrete photographic evidence</a> of a supernatural presence. It all may sound&nbsp;like a horror movie, but Linder's account&nbsp;of the haunting has never wavered.

Did This Man Capture Genuine Evidence Of A Violent Haunting?

The Bible-Throwing Poltergeist Terrorizing Keith Linder Has The Most Convincing EVP Recordings Captured On Tape

Out of all the myriad cases of people dying under mysterious circumstances, the case of&nbsp;Henry McCabe is one of the most chilling and hard to understand. As a&nbsp;state auditor in Minnesota, by all accounts he had a happy and successful life with his wife and two children until he&nbsp;suddenly went missing on September 7, 2015. That night, he left <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-unexplainable-phone-calls/aaron-edwards" target="_blank">an eerie voicemail</a>&nbsp;that seemed like a pocket dial on his wife's phone. In the voicemail, weird and almost animal-like noises can be heard, and what is allegedly Henry's voice&nbsp;claims&nbsp;to have been caught in a struggle, and ultimately shot by an assailant. His wife was allegedly in California at the time but contacted the police as well as private police investigators the next day. They turned up no leads.McCabe's body was found by a kayaker nearly&nbsp;two months after his disappearance,&nbsp;on November 2, but the reason behind his death remains a total mystery. There were no gunshot wounds on him whatsoever, or signs of violence or a struggle at all. Yet the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/phone-call-horror-stories/jessika-gilbert" target="_blank">inexplicable voicemail message</a> makes it seem like he was murdered. He also left barely any paper trail, and clues to his disappearance have been frustratingly few. But his bone-chilling voicemail remains to spark an investigative fervor into your very core. Read on for more about the mysterious death of Henry McCabe.

Eerie Voice Mail Captures One Man's Last Moments On Earth - And It Might Be Supernatural In Origin

The Mystery of Henry McCabe's Death and His Supernatural Voice Mail

Do you like scary movies? Are you a little dark and spooky? Find out which fictional characters, creepy creatures, and disturbing scenarios match up with your zodiac sign to learn more about the real *you.*

The Dark Side of the Stars

Entertainment

Whether or not you&nbsp;obsessively read your horoscope every day (you should), you have to admit that&nbsp;the idea of horror film astrology is kind of&nbsp;intriguing. Want to figure out the perfect scary movie <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-zodiac-sign-traits/maggie-clendenin" target="_blank">for your zodiac sign</a>? Well actually, you can.&nbsp;Who knows, maybe your knack for problem-solving will lead to a classic puzzle-type film (looking at you, Taurus), or perhaps your affinity for music is pointing directly to a murderous&nbsp;barber (Pisces, you're about to have some fun). Whatever the case, it's&nbsp;always a joy&nbsp;to discover new films or revisit an old favorite, so embrace the terror and climb on board.&nbsp;

The Perfect Scary Movie For You, According To Your Zodiac Sign

Film

Death

It's frightening to think about <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-killed-their-parents/ranker-crime" target="_blank">children who murder&nbsp;their parents</a>, especially when those children are now living free. The case of Linda Andersen and her two daughters, Elizabeth and Sandra, is no&nbsp;exception. Because the crime occurred when both&nbsp;girls were under 18 years old,&nbsp;the crown in Canada placed a publication ban on their real names, and their story was published using aliases. Perhaps you know these sisters and didn't even realize it.Linda Andersen's&nbsp;murder happened on January 18, 2003, when the woman's two daughters decided they couldn't tolerate their mom's alcoholism,&nbsp;depression, and listlessness&nbsp;any longer. The two girls drugged and <a href="https://www.inquisitr.com/3407112/perfect-sisters-lifetime-to-air-true-story-of-deadly-sisters-who-drowned-drunk-mother-linda-andersen-in-bathtub/" target="_blank">drowned Linda in the bathtub</a> at their home in Mississauga, Ontario. They were still teenagers at the time, and authorities discovered their crimes because they bragged about them&nbsp;to friends.&nbsp;The girls were convicted to 10 years in prison and were released on parole after four. Both went off to college, and the pair are currently in their 20s.

These Two Teens Had Enough Of Their Mother's Drinking, So They Killed Her

Aspiring model Juliana Redding was destined for big things. But her life was&nbsp;tragically cut short on March 15,&nbsp;2008&nbsp;<a href="http://homicide.latimes.com/post/juliana-redding/" target="_blank">when she was murdered</a> in her Santa Monica apartment.Although no one was formally charged for the murder, many believe&nbsp;it was arranged&nbsp;by Dr. Munir&nbsp;Uwaydah, a Lebanese-American surgeon and former boyfriend of Redding. A business deal went belly up, and he&nbsp;is thought to have&nbsp;hired contract killer Kelly Soo Park to murder the model. Uwaydah&nbsp;fled to Lebanon&nbsp;shortly after her death. As of 2018, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-mel-ignatow-murder/christinatedesco" target="_blank">he's living free</a> with the family he kept&nbsp;secret from Redding while they were dating.Perhaps the worst aspect of this brutal murder is that no one was ever charged. Kelly Soo Park was acquitted at her trial in 2013, and justice was&nbsp;never served for Juliana Redding.

A Beautiful Aspiring Model Was Brutally Murdered - And The Suspected Killer Is Living Free

The Disturbing Murder of Aspiring Model Juliana Redding

When a 1906 earthquake hit&nbsp;San Francisco, the death toll was substantial. Too many bodies buried within the city created health concerns, so most of the tombs were relocated to make way for development. However, it turns out workers missed a few.&nbsp;While many people <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-things-people-found-in-backyards/anne-riley?ref=search" target="_blank">find&nbsp;bizarre objects</a> buried in their backyards, most of the time the&nbsp;items have&nbsp;simply&nbsp;been abandoned by previous owners, but occasionally, they have a spookier&nbsp;history.

In 2016, a construction crew working in the backyard of John and Ericka Karner&#39;s&nbsp;San Francisco house unearthed&nbsp;a coffin&nbsp;made of glass and cast iron. Inside, the homeowners discovered the well-preserved body of a child. Karner&#39;s children&nbsp;nicknamed the unknown little girl &quot;Miranda Eve&quot; until&nbsp;genealogists - in conjunction with the non-profit Garden of Innocence - determined that the body&nbsp;was that of 2-year-old Edith H. Cook, who died from an illness in 1876. The tiny glass coffin was left behind when her family&#39;s burial plot was moved to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-colma-california-the-city-of-the-dead/hugh-landman" target="_blank">the city of Colma </a>in the 1930s. Using hair samples, volunteers worked tirelessly to find Miranda Eve&#39;s living relatives, later identifying one man as her grand-nephew. Since the mass relocation, locals have unwittingly uncovered hundreds more of forgotten graves.

Terrifying Glass Coffin Discovered In Someone's Backyard Reveals San Francisco's Morbid History

Social Media: You're Connected

Social Media & Texts

When YouTube launched in 2005, it was an exciting time for the still-wild west of the internet, and the platform created easy access for creative types and video makers on the forefront of what is now a multimillion dollar industry. But as great as YouTube is, there is always a dark side to&nbsp;platforms that have very little restriction and a whole lot of access. Very specific controversies surrounding some of YouTube's biggest stars like Logan Paul and PewDiePie&nbsp;have proven this.&nbsp;From questionable advertising policies, to users taking advantage of exploitative rules, to the whole Logan Paul debacle, and beyond — the waters are muddy <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-people-on-youtube/colleen-conroy" target="_blank">in the world of YouTube</a>. Who are most at risk? Children. Who uses the internet the most? Children.YouTube has created an entirely new frontier of worry for parents around the globe, but it's a worry that perhaps isn't being taken seriously enough. It's easy to laugh off the conspiracies of exploiting children on the deep web, but you don't have to search too hard to&nbsp;literally find&nbsp;anything&nbsp;on YouTube.The YouTube community guidelines talk about how strict the site is with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/youtube-parents-child-abuse/jessika-gilbert" target="_blank">sexually explicit, dangerous and hateful content</a>, but&nbsp;how is that being monitored when 400 hours of content&nbsp;are uploaded every minute?&nbsp;Sure, 100% accuracy is hard to come by, but the worst things about YouTube are very worrying. YouTube has said it will&nbsp;a tougher stance against offensive content and exploitation of children, but is it too late?

YouTube Is An Evil Hellscape Of Content That's Hurting Children

How YouTube Is Indirectly Hurting Children With Bad Policies

Lists about bizarre real crime stories that are almost unbelievable - but are actually 100% true.

Stranger Than Fiction

It&#39;s not every day that human appendages are found in animals. But in 1935, a 14-foot tiger shark regurgitated a human arm at an Australian aquarium and prompted a legal investigation. The shark was caught by a fisherman when it got tangled in his line, and the animal was brought it to the Coogee&nbsp;Aquarium Baths for show. And what a show it turned out to be. The mangled arm was vomited out along with a bird and a rat, and investigators were immediately called to the scene.

This shark arm case was particularly unusual&nbsp;because it appeared that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shark-attack-myths-and-facts/mike-rothschild" target="_blank">the shark hadn&#39;t bitten</a> the arm off a person. So if there was no <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-is-a-shark-attack-like/laura-allan" target="_blank">Shark assault</a> on an unsuspecting swimmer, where did the animal find the arm? And most importantly, who did it belong to? As detectives explored the case, they found details far more grisly than the random arm.

A Shark Regurgitated A Human Arm - And It Led To A Murder Investigation

First comes death, then comes the autopsy, embalming, a funeral, burial, decomposition, and who knows what else? Join us on the whirlwind journey of the next chapter!

After Life

Human Body

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happens-when-you-donate-your-body-to-science/kellen-perry?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Donating your body to science</a> is a very personal decision, and one would hope that everything is taken care of and respected exactly as it should be. If things go according to plan, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happens-when-you-donate-your-body-to-science/kellen-perry" target="_blank">the donated body</a> is used for scientific research or given to medical schools for educational purposes.

And then there are such things as non-transplant tissue banks, otherwise known as body brokers. There&#39;s a dark side to <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/body-broker-sells-diseased-body-parts/laura-allan" target="_blank">body brokering</a> in the United States, meaning that things that aren&#39;t supposed to be allowed to happen to a person&#39;s body end up happening. For instance, the deceased might have indicated they wanted their body to go toward medical research or education, but it never gets there. It goes somewhere else, often for a profit. The body brokering industry is highly unregulated and unpredictable.

Donating Your Body To Science Can Open Up A Nightmare World Of Illegal Corpse Trafficking

Gruesome And Disturbing Things That Might Happen To Your Body If You Donate It To Science

Lists about some of the most shocking and upsetting documentary films & series that you should totally watch anyway. If you're looking for an extremely disturbing documentary film, you'll find it on these lists!

Disturbing Documentaries

The 2003 film Capturing the Friedmans&nbsp;is one of the most <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-moments-from-mommy-dead-and-dearest-documentary/stefanie-hammond" target="_blank">disturbing documentaries</a> ever, and among&nbsp;the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-biggest-tearjerkers-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">saddest movies of all time</a>. The film started out as a profile about David Friedman and other children's birthday entertainers in New York City. But along the way, it morphed into an investigation into the sickening details of Arnold Friedman's supposed double life as a child molester in the 1980s.The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/upsetting-dear-zachary-documentary-moments/randall-colburn" target="_blank">most upsetting</a> scenes in Capturing the Friedmans are impossible to look away from. As troubling as many moments are in the movie, it's a must-see if you're interested in cases where there is no clear answer from the police, or the accused, or the family. What exactly happened with those unsuspecting boys behind the closed door of Arnold's computer lab? Whatever the truth, the documentary captures a real story filled with very real pain.

Here's Why 'Capturing The Friedmans' Is One Of The Most Upsetting Documentaries Ever Made

Here's Why Capturing The Friedmans Is One Of The Most Upsetting Documentaries Ever Made

Lists of shocking transgressions and terrible experiences that happened to real people - and could maybe even happen to you.

Bizarre True Horror Stories

One of the scariest aspects of steroid abuse is that&nbsp;people often take the drug in larger doses than prescribed, which can have serious health consequences. The worst of these scenarios involve&nbsp;people who used steroids and became murderers.<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/craziest-drug-induced-freakouts/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Steroid-fueled crimes actually happen more than you might think</a>. In fact, they're so common that there's a specific term used to denote them: &quot;roid-rage.&quot;&nbsp;Usually, these cases involve <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/ambien-crimes-and-ambien-horror-stories/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">the killer abusing copious amounts</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;illegal steroids, right&nbsp;up until the time disaster strikes.The following details are pretty grisly, so don't feel ashamed if you need to look away for a moment.&nbsp;

These People Were Hopped Up On Steroids - And Brutally Murdered People

10 People Who Murdered Others While on Steroids

The idea of a homeless man murdering an&nbsp;entire family is pretty horrific. But that's <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-laundromat-true-story-panama-papers/melissa-sartore?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the true story</a> of Aaron Barley, a man&nbsp;who caught the attention of the Wilkinson family when he was shivering and begging for change outside their local Tesco supermarket in 2016. They welcomed him into their&nbsp;home and gave him all the necessities to kickstart his life - food, shelter at a youth hostel, and even some paying odd jobs. And then, the normal Wilkinson family <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-mysteries-of-missing-or-murdered-families/mike-bedard" target="_blank">became a murdered family</a>.A year after the Wilkinson family took Barley in, he&nbsp;went on a drug-fueled killing rampage and stabbed the wife and teenage son to death while they were sleeping peacefully. He had been acting strangely before the murders in a way <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-murders-of-families/ranker-crime" target="_blank">no one could explain</a>.&nbsp;When you look at the big picture,&nbsp;the facts about the Wilkinson family murders are unfathomable.

This Family Tried To Help A Young Homeless Man, And He Betrayed Them In The Worse Way Possible

Brazil

Among the many <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-texas-mysteries/steve-wright?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">strange unsolved crimes</a> in the world, the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/castelinho-da-rua-apa" target="_blank">Castelinho da Rua Apa murders</a> are striking. A wealthy cinema magnate died and left his estate - an elaborate castle built in 1912 - and his&nbsp;fortune to be split between his two sons: brothers who couldn't have been more different in personality and interests. They each had different plans for how to use their father's inheritance, but before the estate had been resolved&nbsp;the brothers, along with their mother, were discovered murdered in their family castle&nbsp;in Brazil under mysterious circumstances. To top it all of, more than 80 years later&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-murders-of-families/ranker-crime" target="_blank">it's the biggest unsolved murder</a> in S&atilde;o Paolo.&nbsp;Obviously, it ended really badly. Because of its&nbsp;shady past and the unsolved crimes,&nbsp;the estate&nbsp;will forever be known as the S&atilde;o Paolo murder castle, but in recent years the government has finally allowed it to be put to good use housing a nonprofit homeless organization. The legacy is probably not at all what the original owner ever expected.

This S&atilde;o Paulo Murder Castle's Horrific History Left It Abandoned For Over 80 Years

This São Paulo Murder Castle's Horrific History Left It Abandoned For Over 80 Years

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