The Creepiest Artifacts in Museums Around the World

Necropants

On the first glance, this looks terrifying. And it is! This exhibit is in the Iceland Sorcery Museum. They're called "necropants" and are made of real human skin. According to history, people would need to put a stolen coin from a widow in the pants to "access its power."

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