Wikipedia can be a great resource. If you’re researching an academic paper or just looking for information on one of your favorite movies, it can help you make some awesome connections.

But Wikipedia isn’t your average online encyclopedia. Hidden inside its depths you can find scary, haunting, and absolutely fascinating stories… if you know what to look for.

These 17 Wikipedia pages are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine. Read these tales if you dare, but don’t say that you didn’t get any warning of what you were in for…

1. Fred and Rosemary West: The Wests were arrested and convicted of the murders of over 10 young women whose bones they buried in their backyard and in their cellar. Some of the victims were their own daughters…

2. Black-eyed children: If you’re looking for a Wikipedia page to keep you up at night, then you really ought to give this one a read. It tells the tale of paranormal creatures who resemble human children except for their black eyes. There are stories of them hitchhiking, panhandling, and showing up at people’s houses! Yikes!

3. Lizzie Borden: If you grew up in New England, then you probably already know the story of Lizzie Borden, who was infamously accused of murdering her father and her stepmother with an axe. But her Wikipedia page shows that there’s a whole lot more to this story…

4. The Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion: In 1987, Chicago TV was interrupted by a pre-recorded video message from a man in a Max Headroom mask parodying news and TV in general. It only lasted for 90 seconds, and the person behind the prank was never identified, but people are still talking about it!

5. Ultimate fate of the universe: Having one of those days where you are almost too happy with your life and the state of the universe? Then head on over to this page and read all about how the world is probably going to end. That oughta shake the happiness right out of you.

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