Pogo The Clown, Haunted Castles, The Man With Two Faces: Explore Our Scariest Stories Just In Time For Halloween 😱

Go inside the most hair-raising stories from History [History Uncovered]( [John Wayne Gacy Performed As Pogo The Clown By Day — And Murdered 33 Young Men And Boys By Night]( [Between 1972 and 1978, serial killer John Wayne Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area. During this same time, he also performed as Pogo the Clown at countless local charity events, birthday parties, and children's hospitals — using the jolly persona to portray himself as an upstanding member of the community.]( [The Captivating Stories Of 11 Mythical Creatures From Irish Folklore, From Banshees To Púcas To Leprechauns]( [Leprechauns might be the most famous creatures from Irish folklore, but the Emerald Isle has a rich tapestry of tales and horrifying creatures.]( [55 Of History's Scariest Pictures — And The Backstories That Make Them Even More Terrifying]( [Turnips, The Irish Potato Famine, And A Deal With The Devil: Inside The Bizarre History Of Jack-O'-Lanterns]( [The Celtic practice of carving faces into vegetables to ward off evil spirits spread to the United States with Irish immigrants in the 19th century — and soon jack-o'-lanterns were an iconic part of Halloween celebrations.]( [Did U.S. Special Forces Really Kill A Mythical Giant During The Invasion Of Afghanistan?]( [In 2002, U.S. Special Forces were rumored to have killed a giant beast in the mountains of Kandahar with a red beard and hair, six fingers on each hand, and two sets of teeth — and the government's allegedly been covering it up ever since.]( [Explore The World's Most Haunted Castles And All Of Their Hair-Raising Glory]( [From the castle that once belonged to a crazy scientist and inspired Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to the palace that housed a bloodlusty aristocrat known as the real-life Dracula, these are some of history's most haunted halls.]( [The Zodiac Killer, The Enigmatic Murderer Who Terrorized Northern California In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s]( [The Zodiac Killer murdered at least five victims in Northern California between 1968 and 1969 — and we still don't know who he is.]( [The Legend Of The Man With Two Faces Whose 'Devil Twin' Forced Him To Kill Himself]( ["Mordake avers that he was kept from his rest at night by the hateful whispers of his 'devil twin,' as he called it, 'which never sleeps, but talks to me forever of such things as they only speak of in Hell.'"]( [See Inside The Real-Life House Of Horrors That Inspired 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre']( [In 1957, police officers ventured into serial killer Ed Gein's home in Plainfield, Wisconsin to reveal a house of horrors that would later inspire "Psycho."]( [33 Photos Of The Stanley Hotel, The Colorado Resort That Inspired 'The Shining']( [When Jim Carrey once attempted to stay in Room 217 of Colorado's Stanley Hotel, he only lasted three hours before fleeing. The room's legacy of horror began in 1974, when novelist Stephen King was inspired to write "The Shining" after a nightmarish stay there. To this day, visitors say that the Stanley and especially Room 217 are just as haunted as "The Shining" would have you believe.]( [Meet The 'Dexter Killer' Whose Obsession With The TV Show Allegedly Led Him To Murder]( [Inside The Stories Of Hauntings And Murders Surrounding The Real-Life Annabelle Doll]( [After a 28-year-old woman received this doll as a birthday gift from her mom in 1970, she noticed that it started to change positions on its own. Then, she and her roommate began to find mysterious notes that said things like "Help me" while the doll began leaking blood.â]( [9 Terrifyingly True Stories From History That Prove Fact Is Far Scarier Than Fiction]( [One night in 1973, the McDaniel children saw a strange "thing" trying to get in the front door of their Enfield, Illinois home. When their parents got back from a night out, their father was sure the children were just imagining things — until he saw the creature himself.]( [The Legend Of Bloody Mary — And The Real Woman Who May Have Inspired It]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [In November 2011, Latoya Ammons moved into an unassuming house in Gary, Indiana, with her mother and three children — then it was allegedly besieged by 200 demons.]( [Follow All That's Interesting On Reddit]( [Enjoy our newsletter? Follow us on Reddit, where we'll be sharing some of our favorite pictures, videos, and stories from the past and present.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy all our content without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Web Version]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](