11 Of Our Scariest Stories Ever — Just In Time For Halloween 👻

Step inside the real Amityville horror house, meet the terrifying Skinwalker of Navajo lore, see the world's most haunted castles, and more. [All That's Interesting]( 11 Of All That's Interesting's Scariest Stories, Just In Time For Halloween [See Inside The Real-Life House Of Horrors That Inspired 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre']( [In 1957, police officers ventured into serial killer Ed Gein's home in Plainfield, Wisconsin to reveal a house of horrors that would later inspire "Psycho." Some of the things found in Ed Gein's house included several chairs upholstered with human skin, a belt adorned with severed nipples, and bowls made out of human skulls.]( [This Genius Russian Historian Collected And Mummified Dead Russian Girls To Be His 'Dolls']( [He wrapped their bodies in fabric and nylon, covered their faces in makeup or doll heads. He mummified them with a solution of salt and soda. He also stuffed music boxes and toys into their chests so that they made noise when he touched them.]( [40 Vintage Halloween Costumes That Will Haunt Your Nightmares]( [Halloween used to be a lot more eerie in the early 1900s.]( [The Legend Of The Man With Two Faces Whose 'Devil Twin' Forced Him To Kill Himself]( ["Mordake avers that he was kept from his rest at night by the hateful whispers of his 'devil twin,' as he called it, 'which never sleeps, but talks to me forever of such things as they only speak of in Hell.'"]( [11 Real-Life Stories That Are Way More Terrifying Than Anything Hollywood Could Dream Up]( [In 1959, nine young Russians went for a hike in the snowy Ural mountains. Weeks later, many were found half-naked and two were missing their eyeballs.]( [Meet The Skinwalker: A Creature So Horrifying That Native Americans Won't Speak Its Name]( [Although the Skinwalker is usually described by alleged witnesses as being "wolf-like," the shapeshifting entity can actually take the form of any animal — including other humans.]( [Step Inside The Real Amityville Horror House In 27 Eerie Photos]( [In November 1975, Ronald DeFeo Jr. was convicted of murdering his entire family while they slept inside their home in Amityville, New York after voices in the house allegedly told him to kill. One month later, the Lutz family moved in — and claimed to experience the house's sinister energy for themselves. They endured just 28 days of the "Amityville Horror" before fleeing in terror.]( [55 Of History's Scariest Pictures — And The Backstories That Make Them Even More Terrifying]( [Between 1960 and 1971, Edward Paisnel a.k.a. "The Beast Of Jersey" crept into neighbors' homes at night in order to assault and rape women and children — and he did it all while wearing this mask.]( [Explore The World's Most Haunted Castles And All Of Their Hair-Raising Glory]( [On the grounds of Scotland's Edinburgh Castle, as many as 300 people — mostly women — were burned at the stake for witchcraft.]( [The Creepy True Stories Behind 'The Conjuring' Films]( ["My mother began to speak a language not of this world in a voice not her own. Her chair levitated and she was thrown across the room."]( [11 Haunting Disappearances That Remain Unsolved To This Day]( [In June 1983, the young daughter of a Vatican official disappeared in Rome on her way home from a flute lesson. Insiders claimed that she was kidnapped by the Catholic Church and forced into sexual servitude — and for the last four decades, the Church has done virtually nothing to help her family find her.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [All That's Interesting On Instagram]( [All That's Interesting On Facebook](