"" Every photo has a context, a story and a
memory – from the lame selfie you took at
that party last weekend, to iconic war
photos that have come to form part of our
collective consciousness. Flipping – or
clicking – through your own photo albums,
you probably remember exactly where you
were, who you were with, who was holding
the camera and why you thought to
capture that exact moment on film. But
imagine flipping through the records of a
serial killer or the case file of a murder
suspect. Those photographs likely tell a
much darker story…
The list below captures everything from the
chilling behavior of killers to the
uncomfortable moments before Mother
Nature strikes and even the exact moment a
hired assassin fired his weapon –
murdering the man behind the camera. The
scariest part is that these photographs seem
like normal, innocuous pictures at first
glance. But once you learn the full story
behind them, the people and things depicted
in these images twist and change shape,
becoming something far more gruesome
than a camera could capture.
In the case of these 8 photographs, the
subjects, photographers and all others
involved would likely rather not remember
the gruesome details. A warning to readers:
these aren’t just scary stories. Not only are
the people and places depicted in these
photographs real, but their shocking
backstories are guaranteed to stick with
you as horrifying records of true crime,
death and more.""
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"" At first glance, this photo looks like it
might just be a pair of brothers, the older
child seemingly guiding his sibling safely
through a crowd.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case. The
toddler in the photograph, a still shot from
security footage, is James Bulger. The older
child is one of the 10 year olds who
kidnapped, tortured and eventually
murdered him at a shopping center in
Bootle, England just a month before his
third birthday.
After being found guilty of heinous crimes
against the young toddler, his two
abductors became the youngest convicted
murderers in modern British history.
However, due to their age they were
sentenced to custody until they reached
adulthood and were subsequently released
at the age of 18. One returned to prison
after less than a decade of freedom; the
other still lives a normal life as part of
society with the secret identity given him
by the state upon his release.""

"" Plenty of high school graduates have a
photo just like this in their yearbooks. One
formal shot with everyone smiling sweetly,
and then finally the photographer lets you
go crazy and make the silliest faces and
gestures you can think of with your closest
group of friends. However, this particular
class photo, snapped in March 1999 is
particularly disturbing when you notice the
group of teenage boys in the top left corner.
Just one month later, Eric Harris and Dylan
Klebold would murder 12 of their
classmates as well as one 1 teacher and
injure an additional 24 in one of the most
notorious and disturbing school massacres
in history. The above picture is, of course, a
class photo from Columbine High School.
What makes this photo especially disturbing
is the cheerful, fun atmosphere shared by
this group of graduating seniors, completely
unaware that they would share a tragic
bond for the rest of their lives.""

"" Known as “The Honeymoon Dive,” the diver
in the background of this photo is Tina
Watson, lying on the ocean floor minutes
after being murdered by her husband.
As newlyweds, Gabe and Tina went on a
scuba diving excursion in Australia. Just
before this photograph was taken (by an
unsuspecting friend of the diver posing in
the foreground), Gabe was seen giving her
what looked to be a bear hug. In reality, he
was likely disabling her air regulator and
holding her down until she lost
consciousness. When he finally resurfaced
for help, he swam leisurely back to the
boat and calmly notified an instructor that
his wife was experiencing difficulty. The
diver swimming towards Tina in this photo
is the instructor struggling to rescue her,
but it was already too late.
Back in America, Gabe Watson was
acquitted of murder charges based on lack
of evidence – and cashed in big due to
Tina’s substantial life insurance policy, and
the dangerous environment in which she
perished.""

"" This shocking photo is one of the most
recent to make this list. In 2001, 17-year
old Tyler Hadley murdered his parents with
a hammer, withdrew $5,000 from their
bank accounts and then invited 60 of his
closest friends to party in their house –
with their dead bodies still locked in the
bedroom upstairs.
According to police, Tyler bragged about
the killings to one of the guests at the
party, even showing him a bloody footprint
in the garage and ultimately the dead
bodies themselves. That guest is the boy on
the left in this photograph, moments after
learning what happened. He eventually
turned his friend in the next day, despite
Tyler’s plans to host another blowout that
night.""

"" At the time, this snapshot was meant to
capture a humorous occurrence between
two brothers. Today, it’s one of the most
widely shared photographs depicting early
signs of an imminent lightning strike.
The kids in this picture are Michael and
Sean McQuilken, brothers who climbed
Moro Rock in California in 1975. At the
peak, someone noticed their hair had begun
to rise and, thinking it was humorous, they
had someone snap a photo.
Michael (the older teen in the picture) also
noticed that when he raised his hand in the
air, his metallic ring began to buzz so
loudly that everyone in the area could hear
it. However, they didn’t think anything of
these strange events until the sky turned
black, the temperature dropped and it
began to hail.
On the hike back down the mountain, they
saw an incredible flash of white light, a
deafening explosion, and both Michael and
Sean experienced a weightless feeling, as if
being lifted completely off the ground. After
the strike, Sean was collapsed on the
ground on his hands and knees – smoke
pouring off of his back. While both
sustained severe burns, neither succumbed
to their injuries that day. But the
photograph serves as an ominous reminder
of what imminent danger looks like.""

"" This photograph was snapped by a Filipino
politician of his family – at the exact
moment an assassin shot him dead.
It was New Years Eve, and Reynaldo Dagsa
lined up his wife Arlene, his daughter and
his mother-in-law outside his home for a
midnight photo just as a gunman lurked in
the background. The assassin sought
revenge on Dagsa after he helped send him
to prison for stealing cars. His accomplice
can also be seen in the top right corner.
There is some debate about whether or not
the glow from the gun (far left) is the
bullet firing from the chamber or just a
reflection – but the startled looks on his
family’s faces may be the shock of hearing
the gun go off from right behind them. This
is a tragic and unique moment in history
when a victim unwittingly captured his
own murder on film.""

"" This family photograph may seem like a
normal Victorian family posed for a
portrait, with one very disturbing detail. In
the early nineteenth century, subjects of
photographs had to remain very, very still
for quite a long period of time while early
cameras processed slow shutter speeds. You
can see the usual blurriness caused by
natural swaying or movement in the
parents’ images. However, why is their
daughter in such sharp focus? Wouldn’t a
child be even more prone to movement, and
thus result in a blurrier image?
In fact, in the 1800s it was not uncommon
for families to take formal photographs of
themselves posing with their deceased loved
ones. The child in this photograph died
earlier that day. Her crisp, perfectly
focused image makes this one of the most
disturbing photographs on this list.""

""So what? John Lennon probably signed
thousands or even millions of autographs
in his lifetime as one of the founding
members of The Beatles. However, this
particular photograph makes the list
because it was taken the day he was
brutally gunned down on the steps of The
Dakota. In fact, this exchange occurred just
hours before his death. And the man
eagerly looking on, seemingly admiring his
hero from only a few feet away? That’s
Mark David Chapman, the man who pulled
the trigger.
Chapman reported standing in front of The
Dakota to catch a glimpse of Lennon for
hours before finally getting the chance to
interact with the pop icon. He even told
police he had the chance to meet his son,
Julian, and briefly reached out and touched
the small boy’s shirt as he walked into his
apartment. That night, while waiting in the
shadows, he carried out the gruesome
desire he’d been harbouring the entire day,
and he ended the life of one of the most
influential stars in modern history.""

Very interesting!

U know, i used to know someone who didnt care abot looks. just smartassness! lok