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- Harry Glicken
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Seemingly Normal Pictures With Unsettling Backstories
From notorious murderers sitting courtside at an NBA game to a photograph takes just seconds before mortal peril, these images might look innocent, but they each have a truly unsettling backstory. Here is a look at a few normal pictures with terrible backstories. Vote up the images that cause the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up.
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Final Footprints
Posted by Redditor u/moto2four:
Final footprints of a 4-year-old girl that drowned in the pond pictured
Super unsettling? - 2
Survivor
Posted by Redditor /u/neverlearnedhowto:
This picture was taken by the crew of a ship who saw this girl (11) floating on a disintegrating float. Her whole family was murdered on a sail boat by their hired captain who left her to drown with the sinking boat. She miraculously made it to the life float. She drifted for four days, no water, no food, being burned by the sun. Upon hearing that she had survived, the captain killed himself.
Super unsettling? - 3
The Red Car
Posted by Redditor /u/98finishing:
This photo before the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland. Almost immediately after this photo was taken, a bomb was set off in the red car beside the boy on his dad's shoulders. The father and child survived miraculously, but the photographer and 28 others died, while around 220 were injured.
Super unsettling? - 4
Mark Jackson's Basketball Card
Posted by Redditor /u/puckit:
In the background are the Menendez brothers sitting courtside after they killed their parents.
Super unsettling? - 5
Background Check
Posted by Redditor /u/itsdrummerjake:
My friends and I found a 22-year-old girl, face down in the mud, both legs broken with compound fractures. She had no cell phone, no water, no food, and nothing to keep her warm. Her friend was dead.
Before we found the hiker, we were climbing rocks in the area and taking pictures. We didn't even know the poor girl was in the background of these photos! Look towards to right side of the frame in the background.
Super unsettling? - 6
Mall Santa Bruce McArthur
Posted by Redditor /u/grumpyhoser:
The man dressed as Santa Claus in the picture is Bruce McArthur. He was a landscaper for most of the year, and worked as the Agincourt Mall Santa during the holiday season
Between 2010-2017 he would lure men to meet up via a dating app, murder them, and spread their remains among planters' boxes at properties he managed. He was found guilty of 8 counts of first degree murder and is serving life in prison.Super unsettling?
