Terrifying History on Instagram: "On June 16, 1944, George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old Black boy from Alcolu, South Carolina, was executed in the state’s electric chair. He had been convicted of murdering two white girls, 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames, in a trial that lasted less than three hours. The entire legal process, from arrest to execution, took just 83 days. The case against Stinney was flimsy from the start. Arrested without a lawyer present, he was in

Viral Videos on Instagram: "In 1999, veteran BASE jumper Jan Davis joined a protest against the National Park Service’s ban on BASE jumping at Yosemite. The goal: to prove the sport’s safety when done by trained professionals. But Davis borrowed unfamiliar gear to avoid confiscation. The ripcord was placed differently than in her usual setup. In those few critical seconds, she couldn’t locate it. She fell from El Capitan, and the demonstration turned into tragedy. Her death remains one of the mo

Terrifying History on Instagram: "On April 15, 1984, British comedy legend Tommy Cooper suffered a fatal heart attack during a live television broadcast that would become one of the most surreal moments in entertainment history. The 63-year-old comedian, instantly recognizable in his trademark red fez, was performing his signature act—a deliberately disastrous magic routine—on ITV’s *Live from Her Majesty’s* when he suddenly staggered and collapsed backward against the curtain. At first, the stu

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