Terrible freak of love! 12 true and scary historical stories, which one can you stick to? (1)

There are many stories in history, presented to us in various ways. Some might make you smile; Some are tear-jerking; Others simply expand your knowledge base. But there are also scary stories about historical events and people so scary that they don't even seem to be true.

For the stories I'm going to tell you today, it's probably the truth behind them that makes them so horrible.

These stories can be scary, unsettling and sometimes bizarre. They could be your biggest fear, or something so scary that you never believed it would actually happen. From natural disasters to mass murders to unexplained tragedies, let me know in the comments section the real history stories that make you shudder the most.

The imprisonment of Elizabeth Fritz, 1984

When Josef Fritzl asked his daughter Elisabeth to help him unlock the cellar door of their own home, she had no idea that she would be imprisoning her fate. Elisabeth was just 18 at the time and spent the next 24 years locked up in a cellar by her father.

At first, she was chained to a metal post. But after a few months, her father would regularly remove the chain because, according to a later indictment, "it interfered with his sexual activity with his daughter."

During her captivity, Elizabeth was left "alone in complete darkness" for several days and threatened with electric shocks and poison if she tried to escape. And once other kids are in the neighborhood, the same thing happens to them.

Joseph Fritzler's incest came to light in 2008 when he allowed his daughter to bear him seven children. The incident came to light after one of the children needed medical attention and was taken to hospital, revealing the horror Elizabeth was facing.

Joseph Fritzler was soon approved for arrest and later pleaded guilty to rape, incest and imprisonment. He was also charged with murder after authorities learned of the death of one of his children with Elizabeth. Josef Fritzler eventually admitted to the charge and commented, "I don't know why I didn't help, but I hope he pulls through."

Furuta Junko torture murder, 1988 to 1989

Junko Furuda, a Japanese teenager, was kidnapped, raped and killed by a group of boys in November 1988. In the first few hours after she was attacked and abused by Miyano, Furuta was subjected to additional types of torture and was repeatedly assaulted by several of Miyano's friends.

Hiroshi Miyano, Taji Nakamura, Jean Ogura and Yasushi Watanabe later raped and beat Junko Furuta repeatedly, eventually killing her and placing her body in an oil drum. Furuda's body was later found in early 1989.

The four boys involved in Furuda's case were teenagers at the time, but were tried as adults after their arrest. Despite this, none of the criminals have been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. Although Miyano served the longest sentence, he was also released from prison in 1999.

Timothy Evans hanged, 1950

Timothy Evans was hanged for the 1950 murders of his wife Beryl and daughter Geraldine. However, he did not commit these crimes and was not proven until more than a decade later.

When Beryl and 14-month-old Geraldine were killed, the police focused their entire investigation on Evans, who in effect confessed to the crimes. He was a neurotic man with a reputation for alcoholism, so authorities assumed he abandoned his pregnant wife and child for money.

But the crime actually took place at the hands of John Christie, a World War I veteran who testified against Evans at his trial. But the truth of the affair did not come to light until 1966, when it was discovered that Christie was a serial killer. At the time, the Evanses lived in the same building as Christie, and beryl may have sought him for an abortion in 1949. It is possible that Christy killed young Geraldine after Beryl died during the operation.

After Evans was executed, Christie moved out of the building. Years later, a new tenant smelled the rotting remains of three other women Christie had killed hidden behind his kitchen cabinet. More bodies were later found in the yard, including Christie's wife.

The Lake Nyos killings, 1986

Unknown to the residents of the area around Lake Nyos in Cameroon, a lake eruption in August 1986 released as much as 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air. The rare natural disaster, which was caused by a volcanic eruption or earthquake, killed more than 1,700 people and thousands of livestock within a 15-mile radius of the lake.

One survivor, Ephrem Ngong Kum, later described that "people were dying, everyone around him was dead," while another man, Chia David Wambong, recalled that "everyone started coughing, some even vomitting blood... I saw people on the ground screaming and everyone was crying."

Joseph Nkwain, a survivor, gave more details:

I couldn't speak, I became unconscious, I couldn't speak because I smelled a terrible smell... I heard my daughter snoring and it was horrible and abnormal... I went to my daughter's bed... I suddenly collapsed... I was surprised to see that my pants were red and had some stains like honey. I saw some... I'm a mess. I hurt my arm... But I really don't know how these wounds come....

I want to talk, but I can't breathe... My daughter is dead... I managed to go to my neighbour's house. They're all dead... But I still have my motorcycle... When I get on... Crossing Nyos, I saw no sign of life. Soon, I couldn't walk or even talk... My body is completely weakened.

Attack of the Dead, 1915

The so-called "attack of the undead" refers to the events that took place during the battle of Osovets Fortress (Osovitz Fortress). On August 6, 1915, German troops dropped two poisonous gases -- bromine and chlorine -- on Russian troops. The two gases irritate the respiratory system and, when combined, form a toxic, acidic gas.

Russian troops, lacking gas masks, had to cover their faces with clothes. But that didn't stop the men from coughing up blood and "the grass turned black" around them. But instead of surrendering immediately (they would do so later in August), the Russian soldiers were "angry... To the German who poisoned him."

The German troops soon saw the Russians rushing towards them with bloodied faces. According to one eyewitness, the men "moved forward with the sole purpose of running over the Germans", in what they later called an "assault on corpses".

Swamp Gate Tube crash, 1975

Forty-three people were killed in the deadliest ever accident on the London Underground. On the morning of February 28, 1975, a tube train with 300 passengers pulled into Mogate station, but did not slow down. It was going between 30 and 40 miles per hour, driven by Leslie Newsom.

At 8:46 a.m., the six-car train hit the U-turn tunnel, a cul-de-sac. Subsequent investigations revealed that the driver had not applied the brakes or taken any action to prevent the collision.

The first two cars and most of the third were damaged. According to one survivor, Javier Gonzalez, the station was in darkness:

As darkness fell, there was a loud bang, only the sound of shattering metal and glass, no screams, and it all happened at the second breath of air. Soon, it was all over.

When emergency services arrived, they "found one carriage half on the platform, half in the tunnel and tilted to the ceiling," according to the report.

As firefighters and other emergency workers dug deeper into the tunnel, they found more people trapped in the rubble. London Fire Brigade photographer Don Pye took pictures of the scene and later described:

At one gate there was a line of people, some still holding briefcases, standing as usual, but by the time the train finally stopped, they were all dead.

Emergency workers spent six days searching for survivors. No motive or cause was found, although the crash was ultimately attributed to "solely the actions of driver Newsom, at the last minute prior to the crash."