44 Creepy Old Photos That Are Pretty Unsettling

As a photographer, you basically wield dark magic: pick a creepy subject, throw in some shadowy lighting, and boom—you’ve got an image that can still make people sleep with the lights on decades later.

The r/oldschoolcreepy community is the internet’s favorite vault of mildly cursed vintage photos. We’ve hand-picked some of the most unsettling ones just for you. Fair warning though: a few of these might make you nope out after one look… and maybe check under the bed afterward.

#1 Mannequin "La Pascualita"

For nearly a century, a mannequin known as "La Pascualita" stood in the window of a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico. Locals claimed she wasn't made of wax or plastic, but an embalmed human corpse of the owner's daughter - a bride who died tragically on her wedding day.

#2 Son Started Behaving More Like A Chimp

Two psychologists in the 1930s adopted a baby chimp and tried to raise her alongside their own baby boy, Donald, to see if this caused the chimp to learn human behavior. After nine months, they stopped the experiment because their son started behaving more like a chimp.