Being a good dad can be hard work – sometimes, they've got to be soft as pillows, and other times, they have to be tough as nails. This list is to celebrate some of the best examples of fatherhood that we've ever seen on the internet – through thick or thin, they'll be there for their kids!

If you have a picture of an awesome dad at his best, we'd be proud to have him included in this list – just add him below! And don't forget to upvote your favorite examples of fatherhood as well!
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#1 Chinese Father Carries His Disabled Son 18 Miles To School Every Day

#2 Single Dad Couldn’t Do His Daughter’s Hair, So He Went To Beauty School

#3 Dad Got A Tattoo So His Daughter Wouldn't Feel Bad About Her Implant

#4 Dad Dressed Like 'Little' Red Riding Hood Because She Wanted To Be The Wolf

#5 Father And Son Have Competed Together In Various Athletic Events, Including Marathons

#6 Step-Father Turns His 6-Year-Old Son With A Wheelchair Into A Tank For Halloween

#7 Dad Creates Educational Pancakes For His Kids

#8 Dad Creates Beeping Easter Eggs For Blind Daughter To Hunt

#9 After A Long Day Of Work, This Dad Still Knows What His Real Job Is

#10 Dad Wears Skirt In Solidarity With His Dress-Wearing Son

#11 Dad Makes Creative Sandwiches And Snacks For His Daughter’s School Lunch

#12 This Dad Has Been Tattooing His Son’s Drawings On His Own Arm Since He Was 5

#13 This Girl Has To Wear An Eyepatch, So Her Dad Tries To Make The Best Of It

#14 Parents Tattoo Their Legs With Daughter’s Birthmark So She Won’t Feel Different

#15 Daughter Woke Up From Surgery To Find Her Teddy Looking Just Like Her

#16 Dad Lets His Daughter Do His Nails While Playing A Video Game

#17 Dad Drew Cool Cartoon Characters On His Son’s Lunch Bags Every Day For The Last 2 Years

#18 Make Up Practice

#19 She Only Wanted Daddy To Do Her Nails

#20 Rockabilly Dad Sticks Up For Girlfriend And Her Daughter And Takes On A Daddy Roll For Life

#21 Dad For Any Occasion :)

#22 Putting Him To Sleep.. ;)

#23 Dad Turns Car In To Batmobile For Sons Fifth Birthday And Parades Around Town As Batman And Rob

#24 Uncle Chris And His Niece

#25 He Wanted To Play But She Was Napping...watching Tv Until She Wakes Up

#26 Daddy Being Used As Furniture. Daughter Wanted No One But Him.

#27 Came Home From Work To An After-bath Nap :)

#28 Best Dad In The World

#29 Cuddling With Daddy!

#30 Dad And Daughter On A Hammoc

#31 Dad Often Takes The Night Shift So Mum Can Get Some Rest

#32 This Dad Carries His Napping Son Around While On Holidays.

#33 Tatay (father) Had To Play On Motorcycle To Stop Baby's Tantrums.

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Being a good dad can be hard work – sometimes, they've got to be soft as pillows, and other times, they have to be tough as nails. This ...

Being a good dad can be hard work – sometimes, they've got to be soft as pillows, and other times, they have to be tough as nails. This list is to celebrate some of the best examples of fatherhood that we've ever seen on the internet – through thick or thin, they'll be there for their kids!

If you have a picture of an awesome dad at his best, we'd be proud to have him included in this list – just add him below! And don't forget to upvote your favorite examples of fatherhood as well!

Click here & follow us for more lists, facts, and stories.

#1 Chinese Father Carries His Disabled Son 18 Miles To School Every Day

#2 Single Dad Couldn’t Do His Daughter’s Hair, So He Went To Beauty School

#3 Dad Got A Tattoo So His Daughter Wouldn't Feel Bad About Her Implant

#4 Dad Dressed Like 'Little' Red Riding Hood Because She Wanted To Be The Wolf

#5 Father And Son Have Competed Together In Various Athletic Events, Including Marathons

#6 Step-Father Turns His 6-Year-Old Son With A Wheelchair Into A Tank For Halloween

#7 Dad Creates Educational Pancakes For His Kids

#8 Dad Creates Beeping Easter Eggs For Blind Daughter To Hunt

#9 After A Long Day Of Work, This Dad Still Knows What His Real Job Is

#10 Dad Wears Skirt In Solidarity With His Dress-Wearing Son

#11 Dad Makes Creative Sandwiches And Snacks For His Daughter’s School Lunch

#12 This Dad Has Been Tattooing His Son’s Drawings On His Own Arm Since He Was 5

#13 This Girl Has To Wear An Eyepatch, So Her Dad Tries To Make The Best Of It

#14 Parents Tattoo Their Legs With Daughter’s Birthmark So She Won’t Feel Different

#15 Daughter Woke Up From Surgery To Find Her Teddy Looking Just Like Her

#16 Dad Lets His Daughter Do His Nails While Playing A Video Game

#17 Dad Drew Cool Cartoon Characters On His Son’s Lunch Bags Every Day For The Last 2 Years

#18 Make Up Practice

#19 She Only Wanted Daddy To Do Her Nails

#20 Rockabilly Dad Sticks Up For Girlfriend And Her Daughter And Takes On A Daddy Roll For Life

#21 Dad For Any Occasion :)

#22 Putting Him To Sleep.. ;)

#23 Dad Turns Car In To Batmobile For Sons Fifth Birthday And Parades Around Town As Batman And Rob

#24 Uncle Chris And His Niece

#25 He Wanted To Play But She Was Napping...watching Tv Until She Wakes Up

#26 Daddy Being Used As Furniture. Daughter Wanted No One But Him.

#27 Came Home From Work To An After-bath Nap :)

#28 Best Dad In The World

#29 Cuddling With Daddy!

#30 Dad And Daughter On A Hammoc

#31 Dad Often Takes The Night Shift So Mum Can Get Some Rest

#32 This Dad Carries His Napping Son Around While On Holidays.

#33 Tatay (father) Had To Play On Motorcycle To Stop Baby's Tantrums.

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33 Of The World’s Greatest Dads

<p style="text-align: justify;">Being a good dad can be hard work – sometimes, they've got to be soft as pillows, and other times, they have to be tough as nails. This list is to celebrate some of the best examples of fatherhood that we've ever seen on the internet – through thick or thin, they'll be there for their kids!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">If you have a picture of an awesome dad at his best, we'd be proud to have him included in this list – just add him below! And don't forget to upvote your favorite examples of fatherhood as well!</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/channel/source/Bored%20Panda/sr-vid-txrs4te28kwcsdrc0dpxbbw8vxmd9pe0wskew5qma2etcx500wwa">Click here</a></strong> & follow us for more lists, facts, and stories.</p><h1>#1 Chinese Father Carries His Disabled Son 18 Miles To School Every Day</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-1.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/chinese-father-carries-disabled-son-18-miles-to-school/">Central European News</a></p><h1>#2 Single Dad Couldn’t Do His Daughter’s Hair, So He Went To Beauty School</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-5.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/dad-does-daughter-ponytail-cosmetology-school-greg-wickherst/">Greg Wickherst</a></p><h1>#3 Dad Got A Tattoo So His Daughter Wouldn't Feel Bad About Her Implant</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-71__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://imgur.com/JuBb8VZ">imgur.com</a></p><h1>#4 Dad Dressed Like 'Little' Red Riding Hood Because She Wanted To Be The Wolf</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-9__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.meltybuzz.fr/halloween-2013-les-costumes-pour-enfants-les-plus-reussis-galerie-648148-1867490.html">meltybuzz.fr</a></p><h1>#5 Father And Son Have Competed Together In Various Athletic Events, Including Marathons</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-17__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://communitytable.com/4742/jesswozinsky/father-72-and-quadriplegic-son-take-on-boston-marathon/">AP</a></p><h1>#6 Step-Father Turns His 6-Year-Old Son With A Wheelchair Into A Tank For Halloween</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-2.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/6-year-old-wheelchair-costumes-step-dad/">Viper20220k</a></p><h1>#7 Dad Creates Educational Pancakes For His Kids</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-14-1__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/saipancakes-pancake-art-dad-nathan-shields/">Nathan Shields</a></p><h1>#8 Dad Creates Beeping Easter Eggs For Blind Daughter To Hunt</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/best-dads-easter-egg-58f397de11747__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3ONLay-l4">FoxNews</a></p><h1>#9 After A Long Day Of Work, This Dad Still Knows What His Real Job Is</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-11__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://imgur.com/ZdXpYk8">imgur.com</a></p><h1>#10 Dad Wears Skirt In Solidarity With His Dress-Wearing Son</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-16__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.emma.de/">emma.de</a></p><h1>#11 Dad Makes Creative Sandwiches And Snacks For His Daughter’s School Lunch</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-15-14__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/lunchbox-dad-creative-sandwiches-food-art/">Lunchbox Dad</a></p><h1>#12 This Dad Has Been Tattooing His Son’s Drawings On His Own Arm Since He Was 5</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-4.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.chancefaulknerphotography.com/blog/a-morning-with-keith/">chancefaulknerphotography.com</a></p><h1>#13 This Girl Has To Wear An Eyepatch, So Her Dad Tries To Make The Best Of It</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Awesome-Dads1__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/eyepatch-drawings-awesome-dad/">Gfgrubb</a></p><h1>#14 Parents Tattoo Their Legs With Daughter’s Birthmark So She Won’t Feel Different</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Awesome-Dads4__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/parents-tattoo-toddler-birthmark-honey-rae/">Tanya and Adam Phillips</a></p><h1>#15 Daughter Woke Up From Surgery To Find Her Teddy Looking Just Like Her</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-8__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://imgur.com/LuGtixm">imgur.com</a></p><h1>#16 Dad Lets His Daughter Do His Nails While Playing A Video Game</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-10__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://imgur.com/C5vlC6g">imgur.com</a></p><h1>#17 Dad Drew Cool Cartoon Characters On His Son’s Lunch Bags Every Day For The Last 2 Years</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/awesome-dads-13-1__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-lunch-bag-illustrations-dad-bryan-dunn/">Brian Dunn</a></p><h1>#18 Make Up Practice</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/face__700.jpg"/><h1>#19 She Only Wanted Daddy To Do Her Nails</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image171__700.jpg"/><h1>#20 Rockabilly Dad Sticks Up For Girlfriend And Her Daughter And Takes On A Daddy Roll For Life</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PhotoGrid_1425494436716__700.jpg"/><h1>#21 Dad For Any Occasion :)</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/multitask1__700.jpg"/><h1>#22 Putting Him To Sleep.. ;)</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10559763_745015375547702_2768070214619875201_n__700.jpg"/><h1>#23 Dad Turns Car In To Batmobile For Sons Fifth Birthday And Parades Around Town As Batman And Rob</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20130616_203033__700.jpg"/><h1>#24 Uncle Chris And His Niece</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image172__700.jpg"/><h1>#25 He Wanted To Play But She Was Napping...watching Tv Until She Wakes Up</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/056_56-4__700.jpg"/><h1>#26 Daddy Being Used As Furniture. Daughter Wanted No One But Him.</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Emmi__700.jpg"/><h1>#27 Came Home From Work To An After-bath Nap :)</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/46936_1593468682369_384068_n__700.jpg"/><h1>#28 Best Dad In The World</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1994-7-2__700.jpg"/><h1>#29 Cuddling With Daddy!</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image343__700.jpg"/><h1>#30 Dad And Daughter On A Hammoc</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DSC08838__700.jpg"/><h1>#31 Dad Often Takes The Night Shift So Mum Can Get Some Rest</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMAG0150__700.jpg"/><h1>#32 This Dad Carries His Napping Son Around While On Holidays.</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Napping-in-PEI__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="http://JasonMatte's(brotherinlaw)facebook."></a></p><h1>#33 Tatay (father) Had To Play On Motorcycle To Stop Baby's Tantrums.</h1><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_010215_130757__700.jpg"/><p><strong>You might also like: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/38-times-teens-got-a-taste-of-their-own-medicine-as-their-parents-hilariously-roasted-them-on-twitter/ss-AA1JMLh6?disableErrorRedirect=true&infiniteContentCount=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">38 Times Teens Got A Taste Of Their Own Medicine As Their Parents Hilariously Roasted Them On Twitter</a></strong></p>33 Of The World’s Greatest Dads

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Some people’s brains enjoy experiencing fear, while others, not so much. It all comes down to brain chemistry, as those who enjoy thrilling, scary, and risky situations get a dopamine kick out of such experiences.
We believe our pandas to be very brave, that’s why we compiled a whole list of creepy and borderline scary facts, courtesy of the ‘Creepy Information’ Instagram account. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t say that we didn’t warn ya!
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with Sadie Hartmann, horror lover, author, and co-owner of Night Worms, who kindly agreed to chat with us about all things creepy and frightening.
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Interest in fear-inducing or potentially dangerous things is called morbid curiosity.

“That could be things that are fictionally dangerous, that kind of tap into our minds a little bit, or things that are actually dangerous, like the things we read on the news or hear about from others,” explained behavioral scientist Dr. Coltan Scrivner.

Interestingly enough, he says that most people have a pretty moderate amount of morbid curiosity.

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Dr. Scrivner even came up with his own Morbid Curiosity Scale and test to evaluate how many people are morbidly curious, which you can also take here, if you’re curious!

During it, he presents his respondents with statements like, ‘If a head transplant was possible, I would want to watch the procedure’ and ‘I am curious how a Ouija board works’ and asks them to rank them from ‘strongly disagree’ to ‘strongly agree.’

From this test and his research, he was able to find out that most people are morbidly curious. “Some people have a lot and some people have a little bit, and this has been true not just in the U.S. but in other countries as well, including Canada, Brazil, Denmark, and several other countries that have taken this test.”

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After completing the test itself, I found out that the overall morbid curiosity score is 4.42, and since the maximum on the scale is 6, we can say that people are pretty morbidly curious.

But, hey! It’s nothing to be worried about. “I think morbid curiosity is sometimes talked about as if it’s this fringe trait or a fringe thing that only some people have. But in all the research I’ve done, if you give people, for example, the Morbid Curiosity Scale, you find that morbid curiosity is pretty normally distributed, meaning that most people have a pretty moderate amount of morbid curiosity,” said Dr. Scrivner.

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Through his research, he also found out that only a small part of horror fandom seeks out scary experiences because they get an adrenaline or dopamine rush. Most do it because they feel like they can learn something from it.

“A lot of people feel as if they learned something about themselves and sort of develop as a person through these experiences. And so you hear about this in real tragedies a lot, this kind of post-traumatic growth or ‘I’m glad I went through this so that, because I learned something and I grew as a person,’ Dr. Scrivner explained.

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To find out more about why people like morbid, creepy, and scary things, Bored Panda reached out to Sadie Hartmann, horror lover, author, and co-owner of Night Worms.

She tells us that what draws her to horror is the fact that it helps her manage her anxieties.

"I am an anxious person who manages a lot of fears and phobias, so reading horror is a way I get to live adventurously without too much risk involved. I might have a nightmare or feel like I need to lock all my windows and doors, but for the most part, reading horror allows me to engage with real-life fears in a healthy and safe way."

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Sadie also shares that her favorite kind of scary stories to consume are about people who have gone missing in national parks.

"Many of these people have never been found, and their cases have gone cold or unsolved for decades.

Sometimes the ones who have been found have no memory of what happened or have something odd about them, like they aren't wearing shoes but their feet are relatively clean, or they are way too many miles away from their last known location. It's just a very unsettling topic with a lot of information that completely freaks me out."

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Some say that too much of a good thing is a bad thing, so we were curious to know if Sadie thinks that it pertains to consuming scary or creepy content as well.

"I think it's just the opposite. I believe that horror fiction's greatest mission is to raise the stakes high enough to get readers emotionally invested in the plight of the characters. Horror activates our empathy.

It's my understanding that people who write and read a lot of horror are some of the most empathetic, caring, and generous people I know," she says.

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That said, she has had difficulty falling asleep in the past after reading and researching too many scary stories.

"I have written two non-fiction books about horror books as an avid reader and curator of horror fiction. There have been a few times that a particularly vivid horror book has given me nightmares or caused me to dwell on dark thoughts, making it difficult for me to fall asleep."

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The way she copes with it is by watching cartoons. "The best way for me to cope with this overwhelming sense of dread or darkness is to watch cartoons (like The Regular Show or King of the Hill), comedy shows (like The Righteous Gemstones) or something wholesome (like The Great British Baking Show). Easy fixes, all of those options."

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Some people’s brains enjoy experiencing fear, while others, not so much. It all comes down to brain chemistry, as those who enjoy thrilling,...

Some people’s brains enjoy experiencing fear, while others, not so much. It all comes down to brain chemistry, as those who enjoy thrilling, scary, and risky situations get a dopamine kick out of such experiences.

We believe our pandas to be very brave, that’s why we compiled a whole list of creepy and borderline scary facts, courtesy of the ‘Creepy Information’ Instagram account. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t say that we didn’t warn ya!

While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with Sadie Hartmann, horror lover, author, and co-owner of Night Worms, who kindly agreed to chat with us about all things creepy and frightening.

Click here & follow us for more lists, facts, and stories.

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Interest in fear-inducing or potentially dangerous things is called morbid curiosity.

Interestingly enough, he says that most people have a pretty moderate amount of morbid curiosity.

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Dr. Scrivner even came up with his own Morbid Curiosity Scale and test to evaluate how many people are morbidly curious, which you can also take here, if you’re curious!

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After completing the test itself, I found out that the overall morbid curiosity score is 4.42, and since the maximum on the scale is 6, we can say that people are pretty morbidly curious.

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To find out more about why people like morbid, creepy, and scary things, Bored Panda reached out to Sadie Hartmann, horror lover, author, and co-owner of Night Worms.

She tells us that what draws her to horror is the fact that it helps her manage her anxieties.

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Sadie also shares that her favorite kind of scary stories to consume are about people who have gone missing in national parks.

"Many of these people have never been found, and their cases have gone cold or unsolved for decades.

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Some say that too much of a good thing is a bad thing, so we were curious to know if Sadie thinks that it pertains to consuming scary or creepy content as well.

It's my understanding that people who write and read a lot of horror are some of the most empathetic, caring, and generous people I know," she says.

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That said, she has had difficulty falling asleep in the past after reading and researching too many scary stories.

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29 Intriguing Facts About The World We Live In

<p>Some people’s brains enjoy experiencing fear, while others, not so much. It all comes down to brain chemistry, as those who enjoy thrilling, scary, and risky situations get a dopamine kick out of such experiences. </p><p>We believe our pandas to be very brave, that’s why we compiled a whole list of creepy and borderline scary facts, courtesy of the ‘Creepy Information’ Instagram account. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t say that we didn’t warn ya!</p><p>While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with Sadie Hartmann, horror lover, author, and co-owner of Night Worms, who kindly agreed to chat with us about all things creepy and frightening.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/channel/source/Bored%20Panda/sr-vid-txrs4te28kwcsdrc0dpxbbw8vxmd9pe0wskew5qma2etcx500wwa">Click here</a></strong> & follow us for more lists, facts, and stories.</p><h1>#1</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/11-6825a0ec7c358__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUAfQraIDvk">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#2</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/12-6825a14d1859e__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSS5sYISpS">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#3</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19-6825a6f67f6cf__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6DeQ-NnVm">creepyinformation</a></p><p>Interest in fear-inducing or potentially dangerous things is called morbid curiosity.</p><p>“That could be things that are fictionally dangerous, that kind of tap into our minds a little bit, or things that are actually dangerous, like the things we read on the news or hear about from others,” explained behavioral scientist Dr. Coltan Scrivner.</p><p>Interestingly enough, he says that most people have a pretty moderate amount of morbid curiosity.</p><h1>#4</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/8-6824af88ea6a2__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COK9TvKrh7T">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#5</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/36-6825b28fb6b82__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMAxfBYhxrE">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#6</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/14-6825a474e74e4__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVamInXIUfR">creepyinformation</a></p><p>Dr. Scrivner even came up with his own Morbid Curiosity Scale and test to evaluate how many people are morbidly curious, which you can also take here, if you’re curious! </p><p>During it, he presents his respondents with statements like, ‘If a head transplant was possible, I would want to watch the procedure’ and ‘I am curious how a Ouija board works’ and asks them to rank them from ‘strongly disagree’ to ‘strongly agree.’ </p><p>From this test and his research, he was able to find out that most people are morbidly curious. “Some people have a lot and some people have a little bit, and this has been true not just in the U.S. but in other countries as well, including Canada, Brazil, Denmark, and several other countries that have taken this test.”</p><h1>#7</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18-6825a640ae02d__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVfo-uhNujr">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#8</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/10-6824b0523a0a4__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COS6_-Hrss7">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#9</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/22-6825a86f63914__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUxgOf9IpMj">creepyinformation</a></p><p>After completing the test itself, I found out that the overall morbid curiosity score is 4.42, and since the maximum on the scale is 6, we can say that people are pretty morbidly curious. </p><p>But, hey! It’s nothing to be worried about. “I think morbid curiosity is sometimes talked about as if it’s this fringe trait or a fringe thing that only some people have. But in all the research I’ve done, if you give people, for example, the Morbid Curiosity Scale, you find that morbid curiosity is pretty normally distributed, meaning that most people have a pretty moderate amount of morbid curiosity,” said Dr. Scrivner.</p><h1>#10</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-6824abd7e6852__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COpyPXLt3xC">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#11</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/25-6825aa962f064__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CZXRTIXB9tI">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#12</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CSR1PvBo289-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSR1PvBo289">creepyinformation</a></p><p>Through his research, he also found out that only a small part of horror fandom seeks out scary experiences because they get an adrenaline or dopamine rush. Most do it because they feel like they can learn something from it. </p><p>“A lot of people feel as if they learned something about themselves and sort of develop as a person through these experiences. And so you hear about this in real tragedies a lot, this kind of post-traumatic growth or ‘I’m glad I went through this so that, because I learned something and I grew as a person,’ Dr. Scrivner explained. </p><h1>#13</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2-6824ac6be7362__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFbzDHrjBt">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#14</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/24-6825a9f36f033__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkPA4TB4M6">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#15</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/21-6825a7d1c5d21__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLzo0iABpb0">creepyinformation</a></p><p>To find out more about why people like morbid, creepy, and scary things, <strong>Bored Panda</strong> reached out to Sadie Hartmann, horror lover, author, and co-owner of Night Worms.</p><p>She tells us that what draws her to horror is the fact that it helps her manage her anxieties.</p><p>"I am an anxious person who manages a lot of fears and phobias, so reading horror is a way I get to live adventurously without too much risk involved. I might have a nightmare or feel like I need to lock all my windows and doors, but for the most part, reading horror allows me to engage with real-life fears in a healthy and safe way."</p><h1>#16</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CaulMF7IOEb-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaulMF7IOEb">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#17</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CVntEO6oTJ3-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVntEO6oTJ3">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#18</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CL2PKxNB5L6-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2PKxNB5L6">creepyinformation</a></p><p>Sadie also shares that her favorite kind of scary stories to consume are about people who have gone missing in national parks.</p><p>"Many of these people have never been found, and their cases have gone cold or unsolved for decades.</p><p>Sometimes the ones who have been found have no memory of what happened or have something odd about them, like they aren't wearing shoes but their feet are relatively clean, or they are way too many miles away from their last known location. It's just a very unsettling topic with a lot of information that completely freaks me out."</p><h1>#19</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CSetm7EIHyL-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSetm7EIHyL">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#20</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CcTJq1Jolg7-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcTJq1Jolg7">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#21</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/32-6825afb447d41__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXs2XvolXv">creepyinformation</a></p><p>Some say that too much of a good thing is a bad thing, so we were curious to know if Sadie thinks that it pertains to consuming scary or creepy content as well.</p><p>"I think it's just the opposite. I believe that horror fiction's greatest mission is to raise the stakes high enough to get readers emotionally invested in the plight of the characters. Horror activates our empathy. </p><p>It's my understanding that people who write and read a lot of horror are some of the most empathetic, caring, and generous people I know," she says.</p><h1>#22</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/23-6825a926e650c__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COsVX2BNY3_">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#23</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/27-6825abecaf374__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoF5zZt824">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#24</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CeEMtv1IAP5-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEMtv1IAP5">creepyinformation</a></p><p>That said, she has had difficulty falling asleep in the past after reading and researching too many scary stories.</p><p>"I have written two non-fiction books about horror books as an avid reader and curator of horror fiction. There have been a few times that a particularly vivid horror book has given me nightmares or caused me to dwell on dark thoughts, making it difficult for me to fall asleep."</p><h1>#25</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CWQ0WPcoIDC-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWQ0WPcoIDC">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#26</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CWlQ-pJoBCp-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWlQ-pJoBCp">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#27</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20-6825a750ac973__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8W4KiIQ_X">User</a></p><p>The way she copes with it is by watching cartoons. "The best way for me to cope with this overwhelming sense of dread or darkness is to watch cartoons (like The Regular Show or King of the Hill), comedy shows (like The Righteous Gemstones) or something wholesome (like The Great British Baking Show). Easy fixes, all of those options."</p><h1>#28</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cb2pPtDoyMA-png__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb2pPtDoyMA">creepyinformation</a></p><h1>#29</h1><img src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/38-6825b324445a0__700.jpg"/><p>© Photo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLC5tDrhSAF">creepyinformation</a></p><p><strong>You might also like: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/68-people-share-bizarre-facts-they%E2%80%99ve-learned-that-are-actually-true/ar-AA212RQD?disableErrorRedirect=true&infiniteContentCount=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">68 People Share Bizarre Facts They’ve Learned That Are Actually True</a></strong></p>29 Intriguing Facts About The World We Live In

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