Almost anyone can create a Wikipedia page, which might be why some of them are really weird.
If a specific topic doesn't have a page, all you have to do is research, write, and submit content for review before making one. With such a streamlined process, there are more than 5 million Wikipedia pages—so naturally, some may freak you out.
When Wonderful_M asked Redditors to share their creepiest Wikipedia pages, it didn't take long to compile a list:
Almost anyone can create a Wikipedia page, which might be why some of them are really weird.
If a specific topic doesn't have a page, all you have to do is research, write, and submit content for review before making one. With such a streamlined process, there are more than 5 million Wikipedia pages—so naturally, some may freak you out.
When Wonderful_M asked Redditors to share their creepiest Wikipedia pages, it didn't take long to compile a list:
Murders
If you weren't aware of America's history of creepy murders, Wikipedia can definitely help you out.
One Redditor highlighted a page describing the murderer of a 2-year-old. Even more disturbing? The perpetrators were two 10-year-olds.
"The fact that the killers were just children themselves is sickening," Massdebate159 responded.
Other Redditors shared creepy murder stories; check these out if you never want to sleep again:
Mass suicides
Wikipedia pages of mass suicides were also popularly upvoted, and some Redditors seemed surprise to learn that they even happen in the U.S.
Most mass suicides involved cult activity:
- The Jonestown mass suicide left more than 900 people dead in 1978
- Believing they'd reach an alien spacecraft, 39 people died in the Heaven's Gate mass suicide in 1997
- A secret society called the Order of the Solar Temple led to the death of 15 members by poison, 30 by bullets or smothering, and eight for reasons unknown
Anomalies
Wikipedia is also a great place to read up on rare syndromes, medical anomalies, or other problems you didn't even know existed.
For instance, the page on Locked-in Syndrome described it as "a condition in which a patient is aware but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes."
Other strange things:
Read at your own risk.