10 Creepy Wikipedia Articles That Will Keep You Up At Night

#1 Mellified Men

According to ancient lore, dying men in Arabia mummified themselves in honey with the intention of leaving some sort of healing element in their wake. Ideally, they would start this while alive, eating only honey until their bodies succumbed to the sweet diet. They would then be buried in stone coffins filled with honey. Yum?

#2 Grey Goo

In this hypothetical, apocalyptic scenario, nano-technology will get so advanced that self-replicating robots will go off the deep end. They'll continue creating more of themselves until they consume all matter on the planet. Once Earth is consumed, they'll go on to obliterate the rest of the galaxy.

#3 Bélmez Faces

Some believe the faces that appear inside this private home in Spain are the "most important paranormal phenomena of the 20th century," while others think they're part of a great big hoax. The faces appear and disappear on concrete floors, and show no evidence of being made by human hands.

#4 The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon was the name given to a person involved with a series of gas attacks in Virginia in the 1930s. No one has determined whether the Gasser grew out of local hysteria, or if there really was a gas-loving killer terrorizing the area.

#5 The Cornish Owlman

A half-man, half-owl creature has been seen numerous times around Cornwall, England. Some link the being to a Phoenician, owl-headed deity who requires infant sacrifices to keep his talons from preying on villagers.

#6 The Tunguska Event

In 1908, in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, a horrifying display of space's power occurred when an asteroid or comet touched down to Earth, creating the largest explosion in our planet's history. The energy of the explosion was a thousand times greater than that of the atomic bomb.

#7 Silverpilen

This silver metro train in Stockholm is linked to several ghost stories. Some say its only passengers are ghosts, and if you step into one of its cars, you'll never be seen again.

Ah, Wikipedia. It constantly proves that our world is darker and weirder than we could ever imagine. I really liked sleeping, so this is going to suck. Oh well...

#8 Chase Vault

This burial vault in Barbados is home to the mysterious moving coffins. Each time the vault is opened, the coffins are supposedly arranged in a different position than they were before.

#9 Ed Gein

Authorities found exhumed corpses from local graveyards in the home of this Wisconsin man, and when they investigated further, the team found that he was the culprit in two different murders in the 1950s. Gein was sentenced to life in prison.

#10 Joachim Kroll

Also known as the Ruhr Cannibal, Kroll confessed to the murder and ingestion of 14 people, but was only convicted of eight. The murders took place between 1955 and 1976. He says he ate victims to save money on groceries. We can't make this stuff up.