A victim of the Hiroshima bombing shows his wounds in 1945.

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Scaphism was a method of execution that was designed to inflict a lingering, painful and humiliating death, to those who were untortunate enough to experience it.

The victim would be trapped between two boats, or other hollow objects, and their exposed head, arms and legs covered in honey.

They would then be force fed nothing but milk and honey, before being left in the sun, or in a stagnant pool.

Flies, other insects and rodents would be attracted to the victim, and would slowly eat them.

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Born in 1888, Grace McDaniels, also known as the "Mule-Faced Woman," initially displayed a normal physical appearance.

However, as she aged, her face became severely deformed as a result of Sturge–Weber syndrome.

Grace eventually joined Harry Lewiston's Traveling Circus, where she was paid $175 per week.

Grace died of natural causes in between tours in Chicago, Illinois, in 1958.

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In 2007, Grainne Kealy shattered every bone in her face when an airbag deployed during a 120mph crash, while her feet were on top of the dashboard. The airbag then blasted her knees up towards her head.

The incident also resulted in a brain leak, minor brain injury, and the loss of two teeth.

She lived without a forehead for two years between 2007 and 2009 before eventually having a new Italian ceramic one fitted.

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A photo of a meat platter meant to resemble Amy Winehouse's rotting corpse served at Halloween party hosted by Neil Patrick Harris in 2011.

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In 1752, an altercation between Ewan Macdonald and Robert Parker escalated when, as Parker attempted to leave, Macdonald pursued him and inflicted a fatal stab wound to his throat.

Macdonald was found guilty of murder and hanged on the town moor in Newcastle, England. His body was sent to the dissection theater of a local medical school.

However, upon entering the theater, a surgeon found Macdonald sitting up on the operating table, dazed and very confused.

The dissecting surgeon immediately smashed Macdonald over the head with a mallet, which killed him for real this time.

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In December 2009, a 25-year-old chemistry student called Vladimir Likhonos lost his life due to exploding chewing gum.

Vladimir had an unusual practice of enhancing the sour taste of his chewing gum by dipping it in citric acid.

Authorities discovered approximately 100 grams of an unidentified explosive powder on his work table, which he utilized for his home chemistry experiments.

This powder was determined to be four times more potent than TNT.

It is speculated that Vladimir inadvertently mistook the explosive powder for citric acid and coated his gum with it before chewing.

The explosion was likely triggered by the reaction of the explosive powder with Vladimir's saliva or the pressure exerted when he chewed on the gum coated with the powder.

The explosion resulted in a severe injury that blew off Vladimir’s jaw. He sadly died from his injuries.

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In January 2023, Sonu Jaiswal, a passenger on Yeti Airlines Flight 691, live-streamed on Facebook as the plane crashed in Nepal. All 72 people on board tragically died.

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In the early 1900s, an American man named Frank Richards was fighting in World War I. At some point he realized he had a strange skill for getting punched full force in the stomach, without it having an impact on him.

After the war, he joined a comedy club and actually started charging people to come and try to punch him.

Frank even invited heavyweight boxer world champions like Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey to come try for themselves, and still nothing.

Before long, Frank started having people jump on his belly. When that still didn’t have an impact, he started having people slam him with an 18 pound sledgehammer.

But when that still failed to hurt him at all, he decided to take things one step further. He fired a 104 pound cannonball at his belly and was once more, completely fine.

Cannonball Richards, as he became known, would go on to do that stunt twice a day in front of stunned audiences for the rest of his career.

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During The Russian Famine of 1921-‘22 (Samara), 10 butcher shops were closed for selling human flesh. Children avoided streets at night as bands of cannibals/traders ate & sold them. "There are several cafeterias in the village & all of them serve up young children." -A witness (Disturbing Image)

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In 2016, Brazilian bride-to-be Rosemere do Nascimento Silva arranged for a helicopter to transport her to her wedding venue as a surprise for her fiancé.

Sadly, the helicopter crashed en route, and this footage captured by her photographer reveals her final moments alive.

The crash claimed the lives of not only the bride-to-be but also her brother, the pilot, and the six-month-pregnant photographer.

Heartbreakingly, her fiancé stood waiting at the altar in front of 300 family and friends when he received the devastating news of her passing.

Climate conditions were good at the start of the flight, but during the trip a heavy fog arose which caused the pilot to lose his bearings.

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In the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later.

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At age 16, Anneliese Michel began blacking out at school, soon experiencing convulsions, vomiting, eating spiders, coal, and even drinking her own urine. She underwent 67 exorcisms and died in 1976.

She died of malnutrition, for which her parents and priest were convicted of negligent homicide. At the time of her death, she weighed only 67 pounds.

Doctors concluded she suffered from Grand Mal Epilepsy and Psychosis.

Her story directly inspired the 2005 film "The Exorcism of Emily Rose."

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In early May 2024, Savitri Kumar engaged in a heated argument with her son’s father, Ravi Kumar, during which he repeatedly ordered her to 'throw the child away'.

Subsequently, the mother threw her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river, where he was reportedly mauled to death by the animals.

Witnessing the incident, neighbors called the police, who deployed divers to search for the boy in the water, but to no avail.

The rescue team returned the next day and found the boy's body, which had been savaged by crocodiles.

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In May 2024, Igor Gomes, a Brazilian teenager, admitted to killing his entire family at home following insults and the confiscation of his cell phone by his adoptive parents.

Igor waited until his father, Isac Tavares, had his back turned in the kitchen before pulling the trigger.

After hearing the gunshot, his 16-year-old sister, Letícia Gomes, hurried downstairs and interrogated him before he shot her in the face.

Gomes confessed that after killing his father and sister, he ate lunch beside their bodies and then headed to a nearby gym.

Later that night, when his mother returned home and discovered her husband's body, he shot her.

He called the police after their bodies began to decompose.

Authorities are considering placing him through a psychiatric evaluation.

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A ghoulish 19th century musical instrument known as a “Chordophone-Lyre-plucked” was created by removing the crown of the cranium and then stretching human skin over the opening.

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Colorized photo of a survivor of the American Civil War. The image specifically shows emaciated Union soldier upon his release from the Confederate prison Camp Sumter, located in Andersonville, Georgia.

Of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war, nearly 13,000 died.

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A man in Kunashir Island, Russia was mauled and "skinned alive" by a mother bear protecting her two cubs in 2019. The bear clasped his leg in its left teeth, tore away skin from his scalp and buttocks and ripped off an ear. He died nine days later after succumbing to his injuries.

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The last known image of college student Elisa Lam before her disappearance in Los Angeles in 2013.

Surveillance cameras recorded Lam entering and exiting an elevator at the Cecil Hotel, talking to herself and appearing to hide from someone.

As the search for Lam continued, hotel guests started complaining about low water pressure.

Some later claimed that their water was discolored and had an unusual taste.

On the morning of February 19, Santiago Lopez, a hotel maintenance worker, discovered Lam's body in one of the four 1,000-gallon water tanks located on the hotel's roof, which supplied water to guest rooms, the kitchen, and a coffee shop.

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A 1-year-old girl in China tragically passed away after being born with a rare condition called fetus in fetu, where a fetus was found inside her skull.

This condition, which affects approximately 1 in 500,000 births, led to severe head swelling and developmental delays in the child.

Despite undergoing neurosurgery to address the issue, the girl succumbed to her condition within two weeks due to extensive brain damage.

Only 18 similar cases have been documented worldwide, highlighting the extreme rarity of this condition occurring within the skull.

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In 2019, Loren Schauers was ‘cut in half’ after a forklift fell from 50ft and landed on him. His injuries were horrific. He lost both legs and part of his right arm.

Loren ultimately required a hemicorporectomy, a life-saving procedure that necessitated the amputation of the lower half of his body and one arm.

Loren's path to recovery was long and arduous, involving numerous treatments.

Among these was a faecal transplant, a procedure where donor feces is introduced into the body to promote the growth of beneficial gut bacteria.

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