A mental disorder so terrifying that execution was considered the only cure — and some researchers now question whether it ever existed at all.
Tag: monster legends
Wendigo Psychosis: The Sickness That Drove Men to Cannibalism
A strange sickness documented since the 1600s causes its victims to see the people around them as edible — and several who caught it killed and ate their own families.
The Giant of Kandahar: Myth, Mystery, or Military Cover-Up? Plus More True Terrors!
From Norse frost giants to the Bible’s Goliath, tales of giants have haunted humanity for centuries — but in 2002, US soldiers in Afghanistan claim they encountered a 12-foot, six-fingered, blade-wielding giant that killed one of their own before they brought it down.
THE BIGFOOT MYSTERY: The Hunt Turns Hunters Into Terrified Witnesses and Leave Grown Men Sobbing
Fascination with Bigfoot disappears fast when you’re standing face-to-face with an 800-pound creature – and the terror never truly fades.