Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Loana the Bloodthirster, 1909

Although it may look as though she is sleeping, this Romanian woman, Ioana Constantinescu, died in 1909 from drinking her own blood. Constantinescu was better known as Leona the Bloodthirster, a suspected witch who was beaten to near-death by an angry mob. She committed ritual suicide by consuming several goblets of her own blood.

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