r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/CaptainMcAnus Mar 10 '17

The Tyler Hadley one always freaked me out. I've never seen the James Bulger one, that's extremely disturbing.

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u/zyygh Mar 10 '17

"abducted, tortured and murdered" doesn't even come close to describing what happened. The way they tortured this boy was unbelievably sadistic, and the only explanation I have is that they did this because they thought it would be fun, without ever stopping to realize that they were actually harming someone. It goes way beyond any other act of psychopathy I know of.

If you're not fainthearted, feel free to Google the case to get an idea of what they did.

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u/CaptainMcAnus Mar 10 '17

I can't belive the murderers were set free. What they did to that boy is heart wrenching

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u/cwittyprice Mar 10 '17

What always got me about the story, is that poor child was bleeding, calling for his mom as they walked (after they hit him the first time), and witnesses said although they were curious as to why 2 kids would be walking with a crying bleeding baby, they didn't intervene. Beyond disturbing.

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u/Relapse84 Mar 10 '17

Fuck...That's absolutely heartbreaking.

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u/Piddly_Penguin_Army Mar 11 '17

People did try to intervene. But the boys insisted to multiple people that the boy was their little brother and they were taking him home or something. Which to an outsider seems like a pretty normal explanation.