My fiance's family dressing up for Mardi Gras in the late 70s/early 80s4yr ⋅ Bruce_Wayne18 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Antique store clerk: “This is the most terrifying thing we have here” [x-post /r/antiques]6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Skull of deceased relative attached to garment worn by natives of the Andaman Islands.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Painted grotesque wooden mask said have been worn by a victim after torture on the way through the streets to the scaffold for execution, possibly German, c. 1500-1800.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Barbers of Neptune! Crossing the Line ceremony on USS Nereus c.1920's6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Doctors in protective clothing during an outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw, Poland, 19636yr ⋅ HealerMD ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
My mom and her brother ready for Trick or Treating around 1955. (last time I tried to post from mobile, it didn't work so if you can't see this, I'll repost)7yr ⋅ llewellyns ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
The Isolator, a helmet invented in 1925 that encourages focus and concentration (400 x 521)6yr ⋅ rsan_jay ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Ivory model of a snake wrapped around the top of a skull, probably a memento mori, European, date unknown.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
The Most Beautiful Suicide - Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the Empire State Building, 1947.7yr ⋅ chumgi ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Somme Offensive, 1916.6yr ⋅ The_Upsetter ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Painted plaster death mask of British murderer James Bloomfield Rush who was executed in 1849.5yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
A Creepy Santa Claus Picture I Found in a Stack of Old Family Photos6yr ⋅ icouldbuildacastle ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
60 small phrenological heads in wooden case, by William Bally, British/Irish, 1831.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Promotional photo of Disney Imagineer Yale Gracey working on Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride, 19697yr ⋅ cosmicmoods ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
The Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult marching through the streets with masks in the likeness of their leader, Shoko Asahara.7yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
“Our fleet. Do you permit death to vomit his poison over the earth yet again?” Dutch anti-poison gas poster, c. 1920’s.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Between 1970's to Early 80's. Found on Deviantart. Does anyone know the backstory? It creeps me out every time. I don't know who would do this or why it would be done.7mo ⋅ eduazsl ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
There ought to be a better word than 'Delicious' - just for Kellogg's Corn Flakes - 1960's Kellogg's Corn Flakes ad7yr ⋅ FNaXQ ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
My cousin moved into my grandparents old house, and found this in the closet...7yr ⋅ piki112 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Creepy doll in my girlfriends mom's house... I hate when I see it staring at me when I sleep.6yr ⋅ xbone42 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Antelope horn with attached human jaw bone reported to have been used by a powerful medicine man as a healing amulet in Nigeria, c. 1880-1910.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
This is my mother and her friends dressed up for Halloween. (1960s)6yr ⋅ goodgonegirl123 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Actor Jack Simmons at a Halloween event dressed as James Dean's corpse, accompanied by horror host Vampira. 1956.7yr ⋅ cosmicmoods ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Remember, Anziana, it is for your crime that I am thus, let contrition take up the remainder of your days, and peace be a stranger to your soul, till you become as I am. Engraving by Broun after W.M. Graig, 1819.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Vintage radiograph showing three bullets in head and one in the neck of a human cadaver.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Creepy photo of my Grandpa as santa, holding my Mom and Aunt7yr ⋅ Droppin-Science ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
The Graf Zeppelin, the Hidenburg's sister ship, floating eerily above above the US Capitol, October 1931.6yr ⋅ LivingRaccoon ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Cover for The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror has a vintage feel7yr ⋅ cosmicmoods ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Vladimir Putin meet Ronald Reagan as an undercover KGB man May 31, 19881yr ⋅ Few-School-3869 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Senor Wences' Deefeecult for You – Easy for Me.” - 45 RPM, Single, [1959]7yr ⋅ FNaXQ ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
An old doll I found (and now own) in an antique store. Pretty sure it’s from the first half of the 20th century (not entirely sure.)6yr ⋅ hibernicaleonis ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
A protest of service cuts on trains running between Weehawken, N.J., and Albany, March 15, 1955 [Photo by William C. Eckenberg]7yr ⋅ FNaXQ ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Even I have to admit I find this picture of me as a toddler creepy. WTF's up with my eyes?5yr ⋅ JamiSings ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Boy Buried Alive Dies in Most Frightful Agony (1900 newspaper article).6yr ⋅ Souhondron ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Map drawn by Redditor and WW2 veteran Sterling Mace of his childhood neighborhood of South Ozone Park in New York City, c. 1938. Includes the location of where a boogie man lived.7yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Two women wearing rubber beauty masks, worn to remove wrinkles and blemishes, c. 1921.7yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
A Japanese anatomical doll covered with human skin from the 1600's/1700's.7yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Last photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, taken April 11, 1945, the day before his death.6yr ⋅ Souhondron ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
School students in Lakin, Kansas wearing homemade masks during the Dust Bowl6yr ⋅ Ilshan ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Figurine found in a subterranean house, Beersheba, 6,500-5,500 years ago, hippopotamus tooth (Israel Museum)7yr ⋅ ChenTasker ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
“The Kiss” by Joel-Peter Witkin, 1982. One head severed in half.5yr ⋅ cosmicmoods ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Memento mori pendant consisting of a skeleton inside of a golden casket, date and origin unknown.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Human skull inscribed with Arabic prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition in 1895.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Jimmy Saville and Gary Glitter on the TV show Jim'll Fix It in 1991. I can't even imagine how many children's lives were destroyed by these two monsters.6yr ⋅ ibkeepr ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
A 40+ year old elf on a shelf holding a new one. This is a decoration at a relatives house6yr ⋅ Ghost353 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
An early type of British gas mask used during WW1 known as a PH helmet manufactured in 1915.7yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Wax anatomical model of a human head with brain exposed, European, c. 1700’s/1800’s.6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
merry xmas, KKK edition! klansmen and santa present a radio to jack riddle, 107(?!), and his wife, josey, 86, fulfilling their holiday wish to hear the preachers. grand dragon samuel green explained by saying that this demonstrated the true heart of a klansman. (12/1948, talladega, AL)6yr ⋅ darlingyrdoinitwrong ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Erich Von Stroheim with his dummy Otto in 'The Great Gabbo', 19296yr ⋅ wineddinedand69ed ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Ivory carving of the front of a skull on one side and the face of a more recently deceased person on the other both crawling with worms and toads, date unknown.7yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Sorry if this is a repost, but when I saw this I immediately thought of this subreddit.10yr ⋅ remove ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Blanche Monnier, shortly after being discovered in the room in which she was secretly incarcerated. She was discovered in 1901 and was incarcerated in her room for the previous 25 years.6yr ⋅ Souhondron ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Horatio Robley with his collection of severed Maori warrior heads.8yr ⋅ DinoDork54 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Black Dalia, the woman who was found chopped in half and a smile cut in her face, I won't show that photo because of how disturbing it is.5yr ⋅ TerMinatorCAM ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Recently came across this picture of my ancestor on a genealogy website. Not sure who she's haunting.8yr ⋅ goodevilgenius ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Creepy painted statue of a devil with a cauldron with the word “Paletas” written on the side. [x-post /r/antiques]6yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
[February 27, 1918] Children in Alsace, France, wearing their gas masks6yr ⋅ bgroins ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
