The Most Disturbing Thing You've Ever Read

The idea of this thread is to post, well, the most disturbing thing you've ever read. Who knows what sort of inspiration you could find amongst such things? Now I'm going to warn you straight away that this thread will contain very disturbing material.

I PM'd a mod before actually making this thread to make sure it would be alright. If you have something 'scary' or 'mysterious' I suggest posting it in this slightly tamer thread. But if you're writing a book on serial killers, or cults or the like, this thread will hopefully contain useful material.

I'm going to start of slow and (relatively) low-key

Tranquility Bay- where rebellious teenagers can be sent, for a price, to be more or less tortured.

Mother Injects Baby with Human Feces for one of the most depraved way to kill someone

Island of Rape for the most horrific setting a book could have.

Baby Theft for a horrific crime novel?

I'm going to stop there for now, and see how people respond before posting more. What is the most disturbing thing you have read? And good luck sleeping tonight.

Moderator Note: While it's okay to link disturbing/graphic content with an appropriate warning, please don't post graphic excerpts here on the forum

For more horror, check out the wiki page of the organisation that runs (ran?) Tranquility Bay and the facilities still operating today:

Wwasp

I am now officially freaked out and terrified. I cannot believe this kind of thing actually happens!

lol. I don't remember reading anything but I can tell you what I WROTE!!!! ha ha.


Though... I think the Mockingbird series is disturbing as a whole. That make my guts tighten up and some of the scenes are just ... creepy. O.o

Guts by Chuck Palahniuk. That's actually just a short chapter in a larger book, but it can stand alone as a short story. Even better? Based on a true story. Still, the story itself is fictional otherwise, but I've gotten varying opinions on how medically accurate it could be.

I suggest using the bathroom before reading that. Not because it'll make you wet or crap yourself, but you will NOT want to have anything to do with your bowels and lower intestines after that...

The worst part is that the actual full story sounds really awesome. I just can't bring myself to ever read it.

Ever? That's a tough call. However, here's something I read recently that was rather disturbing:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049647/BBC-documentary-exposes-50-year-scandal-baby-trafficking-Catholic-church-Spain.html

It's just an urban legend, but I read it a couple years ago when I was home alone at night, and it terrified me. I had to jump to into my bed for months after this (should I mention I was 13. Not 6 or 7. 13)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Licked_Hand

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Serial-Killers-Their-Chilling/dp/1616141638/ref=cm_rdp_product It was really only one section of this book, the chapter on the child-killer Westley Allan Dodd, that disturbed me as it was a reproduction of his "diary of death", going into excrutiating detail about the murderous acts he performed on children. There is another book that deals extensively with Dodd's confessions.

http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Crimes-History-Lust-Murder-Necrophilia-/dp/B00005XVKI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318918808&sr=8-1 This is an amazing book full of many facts relating to sex and murder that I'm certain many death metal lyricists have used for inspiration. It is surprisingly graphic and visceral for being written in 1965 I think.

The novel "Cows" by Matthew Stokoe is usually listed as a disturbing book, with many repulsive details. It's depressing too but a beautiful piece of art.

The two "Apocalypse Culture" books from the 90s should be mentioned too, as they feature many essays that are bound to offend, disturb, depress or possibly entertain someone, with topics ranging from modern-day lycanthropy, necrophilia, child abuse, extreme art, scatological methods of magic, and why there is no reason for people to exist.

Also, Paul Mannix's "History of Torture" goes into exact detail the means various peoples over the world have dehumanized and slowly, carefully destroyed their fellow person.

Anything about the trenches of World War I, especially the battle of Passchendaele.

Seeing that you people took that a lot better than I thought you would:

Albert Fish- Serial killer, cannibal and child rapist.

Actual quote:
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Hi-Fi Murders- Let's just say drain cleaner and a pen were used in ways that will get prisoners on death row to hate you.

I'm not sure how to write this down... Man. Rape. 6 week old victim.

I'll stop there for now, but I still have worse :/

The comic The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Claustrophobia, body horror, fear of the dark... worth a read, and very short.

http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html

Bonus: I told my girlfriend it had 30 pages or so. She assumed literally, so the last few pages were a complete surprise to her after she thought it was over.

Folks, may I please remind you that we DO have guidelines here for content; while we're pretty liberal with our content policy in non-all-ages forums, graphically violent/sexually explicit content is not allowed. It's okay to link it, with appropriate warnings, but please, please DO NOT post graphic content directly on this thread. It will be removed.

Hey Mod, any chance of us getting an 'edit' button on the forums?

Please be patient with regards to the edit hutton, the team is working overtime, and it is on the list. Thank you :)

Was asking nicely. :) Also, while I've got your oh-so-sexy attention, is there any way to track which threads we've posted in?

J. A. konrath's whiskey sour.

he decsribed how the bad guy would shove pins and fish hooks into fun size candy bars, and melt more chocolate to cover the holes, as well as how he puts them back into the bag and seals it. He leaves a few normal ones so that you might grab those and think it is ok

I was horrified!!! to this day I still slowly squich my candy bar before I place it in my mouth.... try reading it and not cringe............

For fiction I'd have to say Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon. The way the final redemption plays out is...uugh.
In terms of non-fiction, as a Canadian I was pretty horrified by the Greyhound beheading three years ago. It was right out of a horror film. Still freaks me out to this day.

*Warning: Graphic Content*

I think the Russian Sleep Experiment creepypasta is up there on my list.

I haven't read that much that was really disturbing. To tell the truth I've written the worst thing I ever read. Let's just say the carnival for monsters were the second worst scene.

"Midnight Meat Train" by Clive Barker. It made me sick to my stomach, just from reading.

"Eaten: Scenes from a Screenplay" a poem in iambic pentameter by Neil Gaiman. Beautifully written, gross, and just thinking about it still disturbs me.

Grr, I did a post with links and everything and its vanished. Can't be arsed to find the links again but basically the post revolved around Josef Mengele aka Angel of Death and his experiments in Nazi Concentration camps, with a mention of the Japanese and Chinese camps, specifically Unit 731. Google them.

Anything relating to the concentration camps and the human experimentation that happened there just makes me sick, sad and horrified.