30 Creepy Historical Artifacts To Shiver Your Timbers

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Mechanized Gorilla Teeth And Head Gear Worn By Gorilla Impersonator Ray 'Crash' Corrigan In White Pongo (P.r.c. Pictures, 1945)

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A Tiny Devil Vitrified In A Prism Of Glass

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Terrifying Example Of A Traditional Irish Jack-O'-Lantern Carved From A Turnip, Circa 1850

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Dummy Head Used By Scientific Educators Around The Turn-Of-The-Century To Demonstrate Static Electricity

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A Neon Salesman's Sample Case, Circa 1935

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Shoe Doll That Belonged To A Child In The Slums Of London In The Early 20th Century

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Boots Worn By Children Who Were Struck By Lightning At St Eata's Church In The Village Of Atcham In Shropshire, England On 13 July 1879

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Frans Snyders (1579-1657), 'Studies Of A Cat's Head', Oil On Canvas. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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Hans Eijkelboom, 'With My Family' (1973)

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When The Lid Is Opened On This Victorian Gold Charm, A Little Demon With Sparkling Rhinestone Eyes Pops Out

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A Witch Whistle Or 'Heksenfluit' Made From A Rat's Paw And Carved Bone

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Screaming Baby Dolls Made From Bisque Porcelain By German Dollmaker Kestner Around 1920

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Rosamond Purcell's Unsettling Photographs Of Monkey Specimens With Cotton Ball Eyes, From The Collection Of Harvard's Museum Of Comparative Zoology

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Late Victorian Art Pottery Known As Martinware, Which Depicts A Horrifying Crab With A Grotesque Human Face

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The 'St Dennistoun Mortuary', A Macabre Coin-Operated Automaton Made Around 1900

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An Antique Bear Automaton Whose Fur Was Destroyed By An Infestation Of Moths

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If You Need A Gift For A Child You Hate, Look No Further. These Creepy Chocolate Babies Were Made As Christmas Presents In 1923

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Persian Cat Sabotaged Before A Cat Show In Milwaukee, Wisconsin In 1949

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The Impression Of A Supernatural Face In A Tray Of Putty, Made By Italian Psychic Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918)

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This Valentine's Day, Give Her What She Really Wants: A Tissue Sample From The Shower Of Mysterious Meat Chunks That Rained Down On Bath County, Kentucky In March 1876

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Hendrick De Keyser (1565-1621) Was A Dutch Sculptor And Architect Inspired By The Timeless And Majestic Beauty Of A Screaming Baby's Forehead Veins

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Terracotta Vase In The Shape Of A Lobster Claw, Made In Greece Around 450 To 400 Bc

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Hard Plastic Dolls From The 1940s And 50s, Who Are All Suffering From Sad Doll Disease. This Is A Real Thing And It Is Actually Infectious

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A Bin Of Doll Heads Waiting To Have Their Eyelashes Trimmed

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Willem Frederik Van Royen, 'The Carrot' (1699), Oil On Canvas. Märkisches Museum, Berlin

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Why Are These Spooky Babies Wearing Different Wigs Of Real Human Hair?

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Hand-Coloured Photograph Of A Grown Man Feeding A Spooky Doll With A Spoon, C. 1864-66