Random Seemingly Normal Pictures With Unsettling Backstories (18 items)

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  (#6) Mall Santa Bruce McArthur

  Posted by Redditor /u/grumpyhoser:

  The man dressed as Santa Claus in the picture is Bruce McArthur. He was a landscaper for most of the year, and worked as the Agincourt Mall Santa during the holiday season
  Between 2010-2017 he would lure men to meet up via a dating app, murder them, and spread their remains among planters' boxes at properties he managed. He was found guilty of 8 counts of first degree murder and is serving life in prison.

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  (#18) 'His Master's Voice'

  Posted by Redditor /u/hakoMike:

  The RCA Victor logo painting of a dog looking into a gramophone, titled "His Master's Voice," was inspired by the painter inheriting his late bother's dog and noticing the dog being intrigued by recording of his late owner's voice on recordings.
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  (#14) Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov

  Posted by Redditor /u/cgsimmons:

  This picture of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov standing in an art gallery about to do a conference, behind him is Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, the man who is about to assassinate him.
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  (#7) Mount St. Helens Eruption

  Posted by Redditor /u/Try_Another_NO:

  The last photograph of David A. Johnston, taken by Henry Glicken as he left the Coldwater II Observatory. 13 hours later, Johnston was killed there in the Mount St. Helens eruption.
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  (#9) Cannibal Issei Sagawa

  Posted by Redditor /u/taramarriee:

  This photo is of Issei Sagawa, an actual cannibal from Japan. This photo was taken for a Japanese magazine after he was released from prison due to insanity. He was frequently on talk shows, reviewed restaurants for magazines and even appeared in horror films. He wrote a book on his murder of Renee Hartevelt, and you can read in explicit detail about how his mind conflated eating her to a romantic act. Note: it is not for the faint of heart, it will not leave you.
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  (#3) The Red Car

  Posted by Redditor /u/98finishing:

  This photo before the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland. Almost immediately after this photo was taken, a bomb was set off in the red car beside the boy on his dad's shoulders. The father and child survived miraculously, but the photographer and 28 others died, while around 220 were injured.

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