Name: 10 Creepiest Figures in History That Are Scarier Than Horror Villains
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I've had the same feeling brushing against something on a dark night.

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And today we're looking at 10 terrifying figures throughout history that are way scarier than even the scariest fictional villains.

Ultimately, Stalin will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators in history.

You don't like him because he's so outspoken.

You don't like his manners, isn't that it?

It's like a man eating shark with a Bible under his fin.

Just take one look at this guy and tell us he's not absolutely terrifying.

Standing tall with greasy matted hair and bad teeth, Rasputin's hygiene was repulsive, and

his unblinking stare had the power to hold people in a hypnotic trance.

He was a master manipulator who infiltrated the Romanov palace, convincing the desperate empress that he alone could save her ailing son.

Meddling in politics is one thing, but if you've tampered with this boy's soul.

He spoke in riddles and prophecies and had an air of mysticism about him, often conjuring comparisons to the supernatural.

Adding to this atmosphere is the enduring legend around his protracted death.

Although much of that has been embellished throughout the decades.

Rasputin embodies the terrifying idea of dark magic, making him far spookier than any fictional sorcerer.

The eyes, lupine eyes, eyes that were able to bore into the center of your soul.

Rasputin was able to do something which physically altered people.

I mean, it was one of the worst things I've ever seen.

I've never seen that many dead bodies in one place before.

Horror movies often rely on the scary man in a mask, but

Charles Manson proved that the most terrifying monster is the one who can make you the killer.

Manson wasn't an imposing man, quite the opposite, in fact, being quite skinny and very short.

But his vacant stare, chaotic ramblings and commanding voice certainly made an impression on the public.

All this occult, all that hocus pocus stuff that you guys are playing, I don't know nothing about all.

He was also a master manipulator, leading a creepy desert cult full of hippies, infiltrating Hollywood, making famous friends and orchestrating the brutal Tate LaBianca murders that included the deaths of a folger heiress and an actress.

There's a reason the Mason legend has endured for so many decades.

It's just so hard to believe that this actually happened.

In time of action, he stuck lighted matches under his hat.

Imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell.

To look more frightful, quick, imagine a pirate.

Chances are you pictured someone like Blackbeard.

Edward Teach was a master of psychological warfare who also happened to look like a demon come to earth.

Before battle, Blackbeard would weave slow, burning hemp fuses into his massive, bushy black beard and light them on fire.

This caused thick black smoke to billow around his face, giving him the appearance of a literal devil amidst the chaos of combat.

And they're being led by this guy with this long black beard.

And he's lit fuses in his beard, which he's tied into it, so there's smoke pouring out and fire and sparks from around his head, like he's.

He was a tall figure who understood that fear was a better weapon than a cutlass.

And by cultivating an image of a supernatural terror, he often forced ships to surrender without firing a single shot.

A villain who turns himself into a living smoke monster just to traumatize his victims is even scarier than Captain Barbossa.

You best start believing in ghost stories, Ms. Turner.

If the bad guy in a fantasy movie built a tower out of human skulls, you'd call it a cliche.

The 14th century conqueror sought to restore the Mongol Empire.

And his campaigns were so brutal, they are estimated to have wiped out 5% of the entire world's population.

That'd be the equivalent of nearly 400 million dead today.

But it's his tower of skulls that have truly endured in legend.

After destroying the city of Isfaham, Timur reportedly ordered the construction of 28 separate towers made from over 70,000 human skulls.

He wanted to leave a monument of gore that would haunt survivors for generations.

He certainly had a lot of flair for the dramatic.

One man's hero might be another man's villain, but

Timur or Tamerlane's legacy in his native land, Uzbekistan, is of a man who changed the fortunes of the region.

I don't think any of the boys and girls at the party will look half as nice as you say.

Any number of serial killers could be on this list, but

few, if any, are scarier than Albert Fish.

Fish had an eerie look about him, with his disheveled, old timey clothes and cold, vacant eyes.

But if you think he looks scary, the truth of what he did is somehow even worse.

Known as the Werewolf of Wisteria, Fish didn't just murder people.

Don't come on up until I call you for the surprise.

He killed at least three young victims, though he was suspected of 10 and was known to engage in cannibalism.

Perhaps the most chilling part of his legacy is the letter he sent to a victim's mother, describing in grotesque detail what he did to her daughter.

When it came time for his execution in 1936, Fish reportedly showed no fear and accepted his comeuppance.

Here, he conducted barbaric experiments on innocent victims.

The fact that he experimented on children earns him an even deeper place in hell.

The the mad scientist is a common trope in horror, But Josef Mengele makes Dr.