# Things that you've read/seen that you wish you hadn't? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408 "2014-12-29T04:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/61 "2014-12-30T13:29:04Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > A few years back I made the mistake of checking out one of the shock sites, it was probably [rotten.com](http://rotten.com) or [ogrish.com](http://ogrish.com). Hopefully this was obvious from context, but I want to clarify…if these sties still exist, don’t visit them. Just don’t. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/62 "2014-12-30T19:44:15Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > On here, I learned about a video called “Two Women, One Cup.” > > I have never searched for it, nor do I ever want to see it, but it popped up as a suggestion, or related video or something a few weeks back when I was looking at some porn. > > I still didn’t watch it, but it was clear what they were sharing from the cup, and how ANYONE could gleefully wank to that I have absolutely no idea. Can you spoiler what it is? I’ve heard about it for years but don’t want to go looking for it. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/63 "2014-12-30T20:11:13Z")
Most upsetting thing I ever came across was something I had to look at professionally - I was working as a junior lawyer on a case where a partner at my firm had been hired by a family intent on influencing a coroner’s jury to make certain recommendations arising from a horrible industrial accident. What happened was this: someone drove into a construction site by accident; a supervisor, who was busy helping a dement mixer back into position, turned towards the intriusive car, to direct her to leave the way she came; the driver of the cement mixer, losing sight of the supervisor, mistakenly kept backing up … and ran over him. He was squeezed like a tube of toothpaste - his guts came fountaining out of his mouth, to splash across the road in front of the lady’s car - eventually, his skull was popped - one photo showed an eyeball and a bit of brain, some distance away. The driver, who saw this death right in front of her, was so traumatized she spent some weeks in a mental hospital. [The purpose of the family was to attempt to get the coroner’s jury to recommend changes in equipment to make such accidents less likely, rather than simply chalking it all up to human error. It was a long time ago, can’t remember what came of it]. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/64 "2014-12-30T21:21:26Z")
Which begs the question: WHY did all of you watch those decapitation videos? It’s not like they spontaneously popped up on your computers. What were you expecting? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/65 "2014-12-30T21:35:46Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > He was squeezed like a tube of toothpaste - his guts came fountaining out of his mouth, to splash across the road in front of the lady’s car - eventually, his skull was popped - one photo showed an eyeball and a bit of brain, some distance away. Why did I click that? WhydidIclickthat?? :eek: Seriously, that’s horrific. Sounds like something Chuck Palahniuk would write a story about. I think if I’d been you, that would have been the end of my law career–or at least I’d have switched to a specialization that had zero chance of my ever having to watch something like that again… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/66 "2014-12-30T23:14:54Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > On here, I learned about a video called “Two Women, One Cup.” > > I have never searched for it, nor do I ever want to see it, but it popped up as a suggestion, or related video or something a few weeks back when I was looking at some porn. > > I still didn’t watch it, but it was clear what they were sharing from the cup, and how ANYONE could gleefully wank to that I have absolutely no idea. Someone above commented about how YouTube was chock-full of _reaction videos_ to this. Well, once upon a time there were a whole bunch of reaction videos to something apparently titled “I love the fishes cause they are so delicious”. I got curious, [asked about it here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560292) but no one had seen it, got more curious. Bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/67 "2014-12-30T23:28:48Z")
For me it’s this photo of a 14-year old girl. There’s nothing horrifying or disturbing about the photo if you’re not aware of the backstory. But once you are it will haunt you forever. [Here’s the photo.](http://www.crimelibrary.com/blog/files/2012/05/regina-kay-walters-e1337809117320.jpg) [Here’s the backstory and a picture of the photographer.](http://remycarreiro.com/do-not-read-this-regina-kay-walters-final-moments-or-the-photo-that-took-a-part-of-my-soul/) If I could erase this from my memory I’d do it in an instant. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/68 "2014-12-31T00:49:00Z")
The poor girl looked absolutely terrified. And the story explains exactly why. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/69 "2014-12-31T01:06:47Z")
The photo that really saddened and horrified me is the one that was found that might be the missing Tara Calico (plus a young boy). [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Calico#mediaviewer/File:Unidentified_kidnapping_victims_1989.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Calico#mediaviewer/File:Unidentified_kidnapping_victims_1989.jpg) Background here: > **[Disappearance of Tara Calico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Calico)** > > Tara Leigh Calico (born February 28, 1969) is an American woman who disappeared near her home in Belen, New Mexico, on September 20, 1988. She is widely believed to have been kidnapped. In July 1989, a Polaroid photo of an unidentified young woman and boy, gagged and seemingly bound, was televised to the public after it was found in a convenience store parking lot in Port St. Joe, Florida. Family friends thought the woman resembled Calico and contacted her mother, who then met with investigato It might not be her, but it’s a haunting photo, so beware. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/70 "2014-12-31T01:40:41Z")
The 2 that come immediately to mind for me: I was working in a rattle-trap factory that cut corners on safety. It was almost an every night occurance that someone was taken to the ER with a rivot in their hand or some such. They had removed a safety shield on a high speed conveyor belt for some reason or another. A woman had her hair pulled back in a pony tail and leaned over; her hair fell over her shoulder and into the conveyor. It literally scalped her. She came down the asile screaming, her bare skull shining, her face looking like it was melting because there was nothing to hold it up. I still see her in my nightmares. The other, the stable I was boarding my horse at was owned by a veterinarian. On Thanksgiving 1978, he askex me if I could help him with something. A Thoroughbred filly had been brought in for treatment of tetnus and was convulsing. It was cold but sweat was running off her like a waterfall. Her convulsions would draw her head and neck back to the point her heat _almost_ touched her back. The owner refused to allow him to euthanize her because there was a small chance of recovery, and the insurance wouldn’t pay for her if he did. I had to hold her head down while he gave her an injection. A $10 tetnus shot would have saved her from that horrible death, but the owner was too goddamned cheap. Doc and I spent the night with her so she wouldn’t die alone. I will never forget it. Unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/71 "2014-12-31T01:40:53Z")
I think I’m going to say this thread. Thanks, people. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/72 "2014-12-31T02:01:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Chorpler** , I put your description of an animal being skinned alive into a spoiler box. Please don’t post such graphic material without some accommodation for people who don’t necessarily want the details, despite the topic of the thread. > > Thanks, > > **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator Thanks **twickster**. Again, I apologize to anybody who was traumatized or disturbed by my description. I don’t want to be the cause of somebody else’s “wish you hadn’t read/seen that” memories. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/73 "2014-12-31T06:03:30Z")
**Malthus** ’ spoiler reminds me of something I witnessed first-hand. The fact that I didn’t think about it sooner means that my brain has finally accepted it as less traumatic. I’ve described this in two other threads, and won’t describe it again here. It involves a young bicyclist and an 18-wheeler. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/74 "2014-12-31T06:17:55Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > For me it’s this photo of a 14-year old girl. There’s nothing horrifying or disturbing about the photo if you’re not aware of the backstory. But once you are it will haunt you forever. I knew what picture you were talking about…and, yeah, it’s…yeah. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/75 "2014-12-31T23:18:44Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I was working in a rattle-trap factory that cut corners on safety. It was almost an every night occurance that someone was taken to the ER with a rivot in their hand or some such. They had removed a safety shield on a high speed conveyor belt for some reason or another. A woman had her hair pulled back in a pony tail and leaned over; her hair fell over her shoulder and into the conveyor. It literally scalped her. She came down the asile screaming, her bare skull shining, her face looking like it was melting because there was nothing to hold it up. I still see her in my nightmares. Do you know or remember what eventually happened to her? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/76 "2014-12-31T23:41:10Z")
saw video of an autopsy had an alien in it saw a horrible movie Auntie Mame ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/77 "2015-01-01T00:52:32Z")
the movie Crash, very disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/78 "2015-01-01T02:24:43Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Do you know or remember what eventually happened to her? She was airlifted to a trauma center in Louisville KY. It was all kept very hush-hush and I was laid off from the job a few days later. I never heard if she survived. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/79 "2015-01-01T05:59:16Z")
> [@callander](#): > > the movie Crash, very disturbing. Which one - the one about people who are sexually aroused by car crashes, or the one featuring a lot of Los Angelenos not being nice to each other? I saw the latter only, and found IT disturbing enough. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408/80 "2015-01-02T13:39:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Against my better judgement I clicked on a link in a thread here on the Dope, quite some time ago. > > The story was about a young South American woman who was part of a campaign against drunk driving, allowing her image to be used. > > There was the “before” picture of a gorgeous girl in a bikini, on the beach. > > Then there was the link with the picture of her after her car had been struck by a drunk driver, and she’d been burned over her entire body. I will not describe what she looked like afterwards, I just remember pushing myself away from the keyboard in shock. > > She was brave enough to let her picture be used, to try and get the point across about the dangers of DUI. > [@Lemmytheseal2](#): > > Poor, poor Jacqueline Saburido. She’s been like that since 1999. She was 20 or so when it happened. I think about her all the time. Her friends in the front seats were killed. The drunk driver did eight years in jail. That’s the one I thought of. I don’t actively look for shocking pictures but since I’ve always been interested in weird / bizarre / scary stories, I’ve stumbled upon pictures of disfigured people several times. All of these are difficult to look at but her burns were beyond horrific. I have no idea how she survived whatever did that to her and I don’t want to know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youve-read-seen-that-you-wish-you-hadnt/708408.md?page=5)