Terrible freak of love! 12 true and scary historical stories, which one can you stick to? (2)

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 Life and Death of Haji Mohammed Mesfewi, 1906

Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi was a serial killer who was accused of killing 36 women in 1906. But the shoemaker and public letter writer (who wrote to the illiterate) had an accomplice, a woman named Anar or Raharie. Together, they drugged their victims, killed them, and buried their bodies under and near Swift's workshop.

Anar was reportedly tortured to death soon after their crimes were discovered, while Mesfelvi was sentenced to be crucified. Later, his sentence was changed to be buried alive in a wall. But before that, he was tortured every day:

Whipping with prickly acacia branches... After stripping down to the waist, two assistants would hold out the victim's arms, and the executioner would whip him with a thorny branch. He was whipped ten times a day, and after each whipping, the cobbler's back slowly grew calluses, but each time he was coated with vinegar and oil... The daily floggings continued, and when the people saw that Mesfyvi was finally exhausted, they would decide to impose the maximum sentence.

He was locked in a recess in a wall, where people would throw animal feces at him. Then the masons sealed the last passage with stones, but not before they gave him water and bread. His screams were heard for days, and after he finally succumbed to his fate, people were said to be disappointed that he had died so soon.

Matamoros Human Sacrifice Church, 1986-1989

Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo, born in 1962, rose from Catholic altar boy to the leader of a religious rite in the mid-1980s. Living on a remote farm in Mexico, Constanzo and his followers performed ritual rituals, hoping to bring good luck to their fellow drug dealers and corrupt government officials.

He and his minions even stole human organs for sacrifice, but soon escalated to human slaughter. Between 20 and 100 men and women are believed to have lost their lives before cult members kidnapped Mark Kilroy in Matamoros, Mexico, which borders the Rio Grande, in 1989.

Kilroy was an American student, but his disappearance and eventual death led directly to Constanzo's downfall. After U.S. and Mexican authorities linked Constanzo to the crime, they raided his ranch and found 15 mutilated bodies, one of which was Kilroy. They later found drugs, what appeared to be a Satanic temple, lots of pornography and a torture chamber.

Constanzo died in May 1989, but he had one of his followers kill him to avoid facing the police and the law.

The Murder of the Syntefike Farm, 1922

The Sintekefike farm massacre involved the unexplained deaths of six men and women on a Bavarian farm in 1922. Andreas Gruber, his wife, Kazlia, and their daughter, Victoria Gabriel, were killed along with Victoria's two children, Kazlia and Joseph, and the family's maid, Maria Baumgartner.

In April 1922, seven-year-old Kazlia failed to show up for school, and soon after the family failed to attend church, neighbors began to worry about where they would go. Andreas, disliked by most people who knew him, was later found dead in a barn, along with the bodies of his wife, daughter and granddaughter. Soon, the bodies of the maid and Joseph, 2, were found in the home.

In their investigation of the mysterious murders, authorities found several suspects -- from a local robber who had escaped from a mental hospital to the family's nearest neighbor. But ultimately, the case remains unresolved.

The Bobby Dunbar abduction, 1912

In August 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar went fishing with his parents and older brother when he disappeared. Percy and Lacey Dunbar, who lived in Louisiana with their son, alerted authorities within days of their son's disappearance, but a subsequent search turned up few signs.

They soon offered a reward for their son's whereabouts, but it wasn't until eight months later that a boy who looked like little Bobby was seen in Mississippi. William Cantwell Walters, the boy's caretaker, was soon arrested. Bobby's parents are finally reunited with their child, but they aren't sure if the child is Bobby, and the possible Bobby, it seems, isn't sure who Percy and Lexie really are.

Eventually, little Bobby was taken home by the family and greeted by a huge welcome and countless well-wishers as they returned to Opelousas, Los Angeles. But Walters said the boy was his illegitimate son, Bruce Anderson. And the boy's mother, Julia, confirmed that it was indeed her son.

While Walters was still charged with kidnapping, the media continued to speculate whether the boy was Bobby or Bruce. Walters was convicted and spent two years in prison, while "Bobby" was raised by the Dunbar family.

In 2004, Julia Anderson, and relatives of the future Bobby Dunbar, took DNA tests that finally solved the mystery. Bobby, it turns out, is actually Bruce. So we still don't know what happened to the real Bobby Dunbar.

The "King" of Clifton Island, 1917

Clipperton Island, off the coast of Mexico, was named after John Clipperton, an 18th century English pirate. The island was once the base of a large guano mining operation (controlled by Britain and Mexico), now administered by France.

In the early 20th century, the population of Clipperton Island was very small, mostly women and children. Until the last male resident, lighthouse keeper Victoria Alvarez, decided to declare herself "king" of the island and began enslaving, raping, and killing other residents.

He took the lives of five women, but as he was about to attack the sixth, he was killed. In some legends, these women lured Alvarez to his death. In 1917, a ship from the United States landed on the island and rescued its ten remaining inhabitants: six (some say seven) children and four (perhaps three) women.

Franklin expedition, 1845-1848

Captain John Franklin had more than 125 men when he set out from England with his two ships, Erebus and Terror. The team's mission was to explore uncharted territory in the Canadian Arctic and northwest Passage.

In May 1845, about two months after leaving, they were reportedly seen near the entrance to the Northwest Passage, never to be seen again.

Based on what rescue ships found three years later, the team appeared to be stuck in the ice. Graves and notes left by men who abandoned ships for Nunavut in 1847 and 1848 provide details of their fate. It is said that Franklin died on June 11, 1847, when nine officers and 15 sailors were already dead.

Erebus wasn't discovered until 2014, while Terror was spotted two years later. But the discovery of the two ships does not solve the mystery of what happened in the 1840s, because the two ships were found about 45 miles apart.