30 of the Most Chilling Photos from History

In 1985, a Colombian girl named Omayra Sánchez found herself trapped in a volcanic mudflow, her body submerged up to her waist. Despite the efforts of volunteers and rescuers who worked tirelessly to provide comfort and support, Omayra succumbed to her situation after enduring 60 hours of unimaginable suffering.

The haunting look of an 18-year-old Russian girl after being liberated from Dachau, April 29, 1945.

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Captured on the 26th of December 2004, this image shows tourists fleeing from the tsunami waves that followed the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake. The disaster resulted in the tragic loss of more than 220,000 lives.

This chilling image depicts Nadia and Bassem Choucair, trapped in their apartment on the 22nd floor of Grenfell Tower during the horrific fire of 2017. Tragically, the couple, along with their three daughters and Nadia’s mother, lost their lives in the devastating incident.

This image is thought to be the final photograph of Anne Frank, captured alongside her sister Margot in 1942. Anne tragically succumbed to typhus at just 15 years old while imprisoned at the Bergen-Belsen camp.

This photograph, taken on November 24th, 1963, captures a poignant moment as Jackie Kennedy tenderly kisses the casket of John F. Kennedy, in the Capitol rotunda.

Cars of victims that never left the Giants stadium commuter lot after September 11, 2001.

This image captures Blanche Monnier shortly after her rescue from a locked room in her mother’s home, where she had been held captive for 25 years. Her imprisonment was a result of her mother’s disapproval of Blanche’s relationship with a lawyer who was not wealthy.

A member of law enforcement distracting a little girl after her father lost his life in a car accident.

In 2015, Daylenn Pua decided to tackle the Haiku Stairs, popularly dubbed the “Stairway to Heaven.” He disappeared during his trek. Here’s his last photo, and guess what? There’s a mysterious dude seemingly tailing him.

Seawater splashes into the air as the initial tsunami waves strike Ao Nang, in Krabi Province, Thailand, during the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed over 220,000 lives.

This terrifying photo reveals the moment Melora Rivera climbed onto her roof to hide from home intruder only for him to appear behind her.

On March 31, 2006, Brian Shaffer, a medical student at Ohio State University, was at a bar with friends to celebrate the beginning of spring break. He became separated from his group that evening, and it was initially presumed he had returned home. However, upon reviewing the bar’s surveillance footage, it was discovered that Brian Shaffer was not captured on camera leaving the establishment. He has been missing ever since, with the last known image of him being from the bar’s CCTV shortly before his disappearance.

Two construction workers pose for a photo with the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.

The view from the B-29 Bomber Enola Gay moments after it dropped the first wartime atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 1945. The explosion immediately claimed the lives of an estimated 80,000 people.

Space Shuttle Challenger launches moments before exploding, 1986.

This image depicts a Chinese woman whose feet were subjected to binding from her childhood, a practice common in the late 19th century.

Final image of Janet Johnson. Johnson, along with John Cooper, met a tragic and unexplained end during their ascent of Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Western Hemisphere, back in 1973. This photograph emerged from a film roll discovered within Johnson’s camera, which was recovered on the mountain in 2020.

In 1919, a massive storage tank in Boston’s North End ruptured, unleashing a torrent of molasses that resulted in the passing of 21 individuals and left 150 others injured. This catastrophic incident came to be known as the Great Molasses Flood.

This is the funeral of Private Kevin Elliot, held in Dundee, Scotland, in 2009. In keeping with a long-standing agreement, his best friend Barry Delaney wore a bright green dress, fulfilling a promise that if one of them died in action, the other would wear a green dress to the funeral.

A poignant image captures the anguish of Christa McAuliffe’s family as they witness the tragic explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986, which claimed Christa’s life. Christa, a devoted schoolteacher, was aboard the mission to film an educational lesson in space. On January 28, 1986, the Challenger launched with Christa and six other crew members. Just 73 seconds into its ascent, at an altitude of over 46,000 feet, the shuttle disintegrated, resulting in the loss of all seven astronauts on board.

Here’s a photograph capturing 17-year-old Corporal Yukio Araki, center, with a puppy in his arms, surrounded by four other young men, all members of the 72nd Shinbu Corps. Yukio Araki is recognized as the youngest kamikaze pilot of World War II.

Photograph snapped by a paramedic outside a California hospital, capturing an ER doctor shedding a tear for a 19-year-old patient who didn’t make it.

At 4:31 AM, a clandestine photo was snapped of Stalin within the Kremlin, capturing the exact instant he learned of the imminent German capture of Kiev in 1941. The Soviet Union would go on to suffer a loss of approximately 27 million lives throughout World War II.

Otto Warmbier, an American college student, was detained in North Korea in 2016, accused of committing acts of subversion. He was released in June 2017 in a comatose state and passed away shortly thereafter. His family later received compensation amounting to $240,000 from seized North Korean assets.

A lone man about to be swept away by a tsunami in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1946.

Anne Frank’s father Otto revisiting the attic where they hid. He was the only surviving member of the Frank family.

This photograph captures 28-year-old Marcy Borders, an employee at the World Trade Center’s Bank of America, moments after the South Tower collapsed on September 11. She was working on the 81st floor of the North Tower. Borders sought shelter in a nearby office building, her body and clothing heavily dusted from the debris. Despite the chaos, she was able to escape the initial disaster, though her life was profoundly affected by the events of that day.

This is a permanent shadow of a man at the exact moment the atomic bomb “Little Boy” went off over Hiroshima, 1945.

The tomb of Marie Curie, located in the Pantheon in Paris, is encased with three centimeters of lead to shield visitors from radiation, as her remains continue to emit radioactive particles.