True Horror Stories Quiz

Craven developed the concept after reading articles describing Asian refugees who feared the nightmares they alleged awaited them … only to die in their sleep of unknown causes.

From 1978 to 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 men, typically engaging in molestation, necrophilia and even consuming their flesh. He sometimes held onto sick "trophies," such as their heads or private parts.

Thirty-eight people were believed to have witnessed the murder, but none of them took action. The phenomenon has since been dubbed "the bystander effect." However a 2014 book stated that the figure was not correct and most of Genovese's neighbors never saw her after the first minute as she disappeared from view.

H.H. Holmes, believed by many to be America's first serial killer, rented rooms to unsuspecting tourists during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, many of whom were subsequently tortured, killed and disposed of. His exact number of victims is not known, but might reach as high as 200.

A man spent three nights in a room at the motel, all the while complaining to management about an unbearable odor. He finally checked out, and when the cleaning crew lifted up the mattress they discovered a terribly decomposed body. And you thought bed bugs were bad!

Declared dead following a seizure, Dunbar's sister insisted on seeing her body after the dirt had already been piled on her casket. Workers dutifully uncovered her to appease the grieving sister, and when the lid was raised Dunbar sat up and smiled at everyone. Probably wasn't a clean pair of pants for a mile around after that sight.

Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both 10 years old at the time, had been engaged in petty shoplifting all day, but at some point decided to kidnap the toddler in plain sight of security cameras at a shopping center and eventually murdered him.

The Japanese man trolled the internet looking for people interested in engaging in suicide pacts. Upon meeting his prey, however, he killed them himself. His affliction basically meant that he could only achieve sexual gratification when he watched others suffer.

A journalist for 20 years, Taneski wrote articles about the unexplained murders of three women. His major goof, however, was including too many unreleased details in his reports. Police matched his DNA to the killer's and he was arrested. He committed suicide in prison by drowning in a bucket of water.

Known as America's youngest serial killer, Pomeroy killed at least two children, but probably many more before being imprisoned at age 14. One of his eyes had a white film covering the pupil.

A trail of footprints led from the forest to the house at Hinterkaifeck, but no footprints led away. Six residents of the farm were murdered, and the killer was never found.