Exquisite cat dishes, goblets made of human skulls and a fiance cooked in boiling lard. Today we will try to prevent you from squinting at night. Below is a list of the most macabre historical curiosities. Reading only for people with strong nerves!
As always, all items in our TOP10 are based on articles published by "Curiosities of History". This time - the creepy ones.
The story really was scary because…
 | 10. | In the Middle Ages, cats were made into clothes. The French loved wearing cat hats and caftans. Cat products and “cats in a sack” ready to be skinned were sold at fairs. Cat rugs and cat-trimmed pillows (read more on this topic) broke records of popularity. |
 | 9. | The African president was devoured by political competitors. Samuel Doe rose to power in Liberia by murdering his predecessor, William Tolbert. He had him dismembered alive and he threw the body to the vultures to be eaten. Sam ended up even worse. In 1990, he was tortured to death and his body was eaten (read more on that). |
 | 8. | The witch hunts were the result of bad weather. The harassment of women accused of practicing magic took place in years of particularly severe frosts. When the "Little Ice Age" broke out in Europe, the people began to look for culprits. As a result, at least 30,000 people were burned at the stake (read more about this). |
 | 7. | In the Middle Ages, goblets made of human skulls were fashionable. King of the Lombards, Alboin, killed his father-in-law and ordered his wife to sip wine from his skull. The Bulgarian Lord Krum preferred to drink from the skull of the Byzantine Emperor Nikephor (read more on this). |
 | 6. | "Bloody executioner" Feliks Dzerzhinsky was a slayer of women 's hearts. In his youth, he led Michalina Feinstein, who was in love with him, to commit suicide. He did this only to seduce her sister Sabina (read more on this topic) . |
 | 5. | In besieged Leningrad, people ate each other. In 1942, cannibalism became a real scourge. There is a famous story of a mother who strangled her 18-month-old daughter. Her body fed herself and a bunch of older children (read more about that). |
 | 4. | The Russian duchess of hell alive. Olga Kijowska created the concept of a "blood bath". In response to a marriage proposal to the chief, Drewlan had his envoys locked up in the steam room. The building was set on fire and everyone was killed. She also burned down the entire town of Drewlan, murdering men, women and children (read more on that). |
 | 3. | The Home Army used biological weapons against the occupiers. Polish underground agents planted lice infected with typhus to Germans. They poisoned the drinks in German bars with germs. Prostitutes cooperating with the Home Army infected the Gestapo with syphilis (read more about this). |
 | 2. | In modern Europe, cats were a prized treat. In the 16th century, cat meat was considered to be "tasteful to a rabbit". Italian chefs believed that cat stew is "a very sophisticated dish." To this day, there are recipes explaining how to best cook the dachshund (read more on this topic). |
 | 1. | A fifteen-year-old girl from Łódź cooked her fiancé in boiling lard. The crime took place in 1936. The victim did not survive the torture. The whole family of the main perpetrator helped in the murder (read more on that). |