This is Earth's quietest place: inside the room it’s so silent that the background noise measured is actually negative decibels and you can actually hear your own heartbeat and your bones moving. Would you dare to spend time in there?6mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Scary
The real Dracula's Castle in Transylvania, Romania. Photo taken in 1920s.1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
The Black Crack, a 65-foot-deep fissure along a trail in Canyonlands National Park in Utah9mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/TerrifyingAsFuck
An air gunner training simulator in the Imperial Russia (1915)2yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Leigh Holland-Keen lifting The Dinnie Stones. The smaller stone weighs 144.47kg (318.5lbs) and the larger 188.02kg (414.5lbs)2yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/BeAmazed
The perfect tiny tool for that one small project (1:12 scale)2yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Pompeii, 1st Century: Phallic symbols in local roadways pointed the way to nearest brothel; roadsigns for foreign sailors who didn't speak Latin3yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Sgt. Leonard Siffleet, captured in New Guinea, about to be beheaded by a Japanese officer with a gunto, 194311mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
George Moore (The Living Skeleton) vs. Fred Howe (The Fat Man), two circus performers, 1897.11mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Photographed in 1880, Myrtle Corbin was born a 'dipygus', having two separately functioning pelvises and four legs. She married and had five children.1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
This 19th-century multi-tool from Germany has 100 different blades and a .22-caliber five-shot revolver1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/multitools
17th century mask made from real human hair, leather skin, feathers and false teeth. Worn by the outlaw preacher, Alexander Pedenhe, as a disguise to avoid arrest for preaching illegally in Scotland.8mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Scary
The Sallie House in Kansas is said to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl named Sallie. The house has been the subject of numerous paranormal investigations and is considered one of the most haunted houses in America.10mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/HighStrangeness
This 1,800 year old Roman multitool from around 200 AD, which featured a spike, spoon, blade, toothpick, spatula, and a fork. It is the earliest known example of a multitool2yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/multitools
The lower dungeon of Warwick Castle features an ancient chamber known as an oubliette, where prisoners were abandoned and left to be forgotten.1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Scary
In 2017, former Brazilian President Michel Temer and his wife moved out of their official residence because of 'ghosts'. He said I felt something strange there. I wasn't able to sleep right from the first night. The energy wasn't good9mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/HighStrangeness
A Corinthian helmet and skull from the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. When found, the skull was still inside the helmet.1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This is a photo of the control room of a German submarine (UB-110) during World War 1 in 1918. The submarine was recovered from the bottom of the ocean. The gears and wheels in the control room were color coded and some had numbers to help sailors operate them.11mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/ThatsInsane
A design for a safety coffin featuring an above-ground bell that could be rung from the inside. The fear of being buried alive peaked during the cholera epidemics of the 19th century, but accounts of unintentional live burial have been recorded even earlier.9mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 897AD, Pope Formosus was put on trial for perjury and other crimes. The strange part is that he’d already been dead for a year before being put on trial. He was dug up and taken to court to stand trial. At the end, Formosus was pronounced guilty and his papacy retroactively declared null.10mo ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Weird
An F-35 pilot’s helmet costs more than a Ferrari and takes two days to get fitted1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Swiss army knife owners: have you ever used any of the other tools apart from the blade?2yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/multitools
Rat torture was a method used in medieval times. It worked by putting a pot of hungry rats into a cage that was strapped to the victims stomach. Then the cage was slowly heated, making the distressed rats chew and claw through the victim, trying to escape.1yr ⋅ silvercatbob ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting