Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Chernobyl, 1986

A Chernobyl liquidator in 1986. Liquidators were civil and military personnel who were called upon to deal with the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. These individuals are largely credited with curbing both the immediate and long-term effects of the disaster.

Chicago, 1890s

This is the World's Fair Hotel owned by H. H. Holmes, an American serial killer active from December 1891 to November 1894. Although he confessed to 27 murders (including of people who were still alive), Holmes was sentenced to death for only one murder. Victims were killed in a building Holmes owned in Chicago, informally known as the Murder Castle.

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