Morbid History
In the 17th century in this small Massachusetts town, persecutions based on the charge of witchcraft resulted in 19 executions and at least 5 reported deaths in jail.
What is the town of Salem?
Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and the Wolfman are some members of this well known group of ghoulies.
What are the Universal Monsters?
In the forests of North America, if you hear the sounds of a woman screaming, you might actually be hearing the cries of this feline.
What is a bobcat?
This Author is famously known as the first ever writer of science fiction.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This now infamous and imposing figure had it's start on the Something Awful forums as a series of edited black and white photographs, and was made famous by a Youtube series that the images inspired.
What is Slenderman?
Often considered one of the greatest mysteries of colonial America, some experts believe this mass disappearance can be explained by the colony integrating with the local Indigenous tribe.
What is Roanoke?
This other sitcom about a creepy family intended to be a satire on American life debuted the same year as The Addams Family television series.
What is The Munsters?
This large fish calmly floats in the open Ocean, and individuals can be found with large pieces of it's body missing due to other marine life feeding off of it.
What is a Mola/Ocean Sunfish?
This Hungarian-American Actor co-starred in many early horror films alongside Boris Karloff, including The Black Cat, The Raven, and Son of Frankenstein.
Who is Bela Lugosi?
This well known video game creepypasta was reportedly so bad that it was removed from the original forum due to lack of originality and poor quality.
What is Sonic.EXE?
This group of female factory workers were only made aware of the lethality of the radiation poison they experienced by wetting the tips of their brushes with their mouth in the 1920s.
Who are the Radium Girls?
This 1898 novella has had several adaptations, including it's most recent mainstream adaptation in 2020 by Mike Flannigan.
What is the Turn of the Screw?
Despite it's name, this hairless and nearly blind creature is more closely related to guinea pigs.
What is a Naked Mole Rat?
This special effects make-up and prosthetic artist worked closely with George Romero and is credited with bringing realistic and vivid gore into main stream horror.
Who is Tom Savini?
While it is a requirement that all stories submitted to this horror subreddit be entirely fictional, the culture of the forum dictates that the author, readers, and commenters interact as if the story is a factual retelling of the author's experience.
What is r/NoSleep?
In 1875, this incident in Dublin claimed 13 lives, however, it was not the immediate disaster that was fatal, but instead, alcohol poisoning from the liquor flooding the streets afterwards.
What is the Great Whisky Fire?
This 1960 film by Alfred Hitchcock was seen as a departure from his usual work. The film earned at least 50 million dollars world wide thanks to video rentals, and is now considered by many to be his best film.
What is Psycho?
These giant lizards native to one island have one of the most toxic bites in the world, despite producing no venom.
What is the Komodo Dragon?
This iconic horror hostess known for her valley girl accent is a comedian, actress, singer, and dancer, and got her start in Los Vegas before getting her own television series reviewing horror media, and eventually a feature length film.
Who is Elvira?
This enigmatic webseries about a fictional PSX game that doesn't exist is thought to have revitalized internet horror.
What is Petscop?
This ancient form of Persian torture and execution was later adopted by the Greeks, and involves placing the victim between two small boats and force-feeding them milk and honey.
What is Scaphism?
The leading role of this sci-fi horror was not conceived with a woman in mind, but the character is now one of the most influential female roles in the genre.
What is Alien?
This spooky looking lemur from Madagascar is reported to be the world's largest nocturnal primate. It uses it's long fingers to dig out insects and grubs from trees.
What is the Aye-Aye?
This Canadian Horror legend became infamous for his exploration of body horror. His son has also released a number of films following in his footsteps.
Who is David Cronenberg?