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People Break Down The Most Disturbing Wikipedia Pages They've Ever Come Across

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John Curtis
By John CurtisMar 25, 2023
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A novelist, picture book writer and native New Yorker, John is a graduate of Syracuse University and the children's media graduate program at Centennial College. When not staring at his computer monitor, you'll most likely find John sipping tea watching British comedies, or in the kitchen, taking a stab at the technical challenge on the most recent episode of 'The Great British Baking Show'.
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Every now and then, who hasn't found themselves falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole?

Even if the sources of information found on the page are dubious.

This doesn't stop people from using it as a quick source of information when necessary.

And with links to other pages readily available, people often find themselves learning information which was a far cry from their initial search.

Gaining information that these same people would no doubt be much better off having never learned.

Redditor Mindless-Storage-698 was eager to hear about the most disturbing Wikipedia pages people have ever come across, leading them to ask:
"What is the most disturbing Wikipedia Page?"

"Albert Fish is so disturbing, I remember the first time I read about him I was literally nauseous."- Lazy-Day5802

Albert Fish

"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish"- Stunning-Mix-773

"I find this as much depressing as disturbing."- YouKeepThisLove

List Of Youngest Birth Mothers

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers"- PotatoLordBobo

"I think the most heartbreaking thing is that that damn list is so long..."- AliyanaRose

Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Bittaker_and_Roy_Norris

"These guys are some of the worst of the worst."

"During the filming of Silence of the Lambs and working with former FBI agent John Douglas (author of Mindhunter) for some time, actor Scott Glenn thanked him and said how fascinating it was to have been allowed into his world."

"Douglas laughed and told Glenn that if he really wanted to get into his world, he should listen to an audio tape of serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris torturing, and murdering two teenage girls."

"Glenn listened to less than one minute of the tape, and has since said that he feels he lost a sense of innocence in doing so, and that he has never been able to forget what he heard."- sully-fied

The Murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom

"The Murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom page is pretty bad."- Apartment_Unusual

Less The End Result, More The Process

"It’s not the page that is disturbing, it’s thinking back to where you started and hour ago and wondering what the f*ck happened!"- noigenoigenoige

The Anthill Kids Cult

"The anthill kids cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Th%C3%A9riault"- periczache

"What the actual f*ck."

"I should not have read that."- Nico_MyTrueSelf

Tarrare

"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare."- olde_greg

"The fact that he was underweight after doing all this."

"What the hell did his poop look like since he wasn't digesting properly?"

"Or maybe his stomach acid was TOO strong and there wasn't much nutrition left for his intestines?"- bigmacjames

Nanjing Massacre

"I don’t think I was the same person after reading that page and seeing the pictures on it years ago."- 88Smilesz·

Murder of Sylvia Likens

"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens."- Carp69

"That's one of the most horrifying things I've ever read."- Trini1113

Unit 731

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731."- Damonwalkin

"There are many things I can read without feeling uncomfortable in this thread."

"But this... is on another level."- Pure-Destruction

Human

"It is very strange and uncomfortable to read the Human page on Wikipedia."- LedZacclin

"The Wikipedia entry on humans makes me uncomfortable."

"Feels like it was written by an AI or by aliens."- Darmok47

Murder of James Bulger

"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger."

"Haven't seen this posted yet."

"Still baffles me how little kids can kill."

"Changed the justice system in the UK for what it is today."- HighestBounty

Murder of Santos Rodriguez

"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Santos_Rodriguez."- Mobius___1

"Holy sh*t."- UnitedStatesUS·

Wikipedia can be an endless source of information.

At least 80% of which you would probably be much better off not knowing.

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