Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

January 10, 1946

A priest crouches beside the body of former Hungarian Prime Minister Laszlo Bardossy after his execution at Marko Place prison in Budapest. Bardossy was executed by firing squad after being found guilty of war crimes and collaborationism by the People's Court.

October 12, 1960

Politician Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed with a sword during a televised debate. The assassin, 17-year-old right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi, committed suicide weeks afterward while in a detention facility. He became a martyr for the Japanese far-right and commemorations in his honor have continued to this day.

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  • A writer predicted how the Titanic would sink in 1898, 13 years before it was even built.
  • Martin Luther King Jr and Anne Frank were born in the same year.
  • Cleopatra married both her brothers.
  • The Greeks did not eat beans as they believed beans contained the souls of the dead.
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