Creepy vintage photos

Warning: This post is all trick and no treat.

A great collection of old timey wtf pictures.

Good luck sleeping.

See some of the most amazing vintage photos of popular circus acts from the past when they were a classic American tradition.

Picture ThisThe Strange • The Old • The Terrifying. Creepy vintage photos to enjoy before bedtime.

Students of 19th-century American universities traditionally burnt textbooks from their toughest courses at the end of the semester. Trigonometry was seen as one of the toughest, especially at Vassar College. Starting in the 1870's the Trig Ceremonies were the destruction of symbols representing trig. This 1887 version depicts students acting out the temptation story. The serpent tricks Adam and Eve into eating the apple of trig, causing them to die. Then the imps of math dance around them.

Many people keep a bowl of candy by the door during Halloween for the many trick-or-treaters that come calling on October 31st. But if anybody turns up on your doorstep dressed like anyone in the pictures below, it's not candy you're going to need. No, it's a crucifix and a bottle of holy water. Because as you can see from this list compiled by Bored Panda, these vintage Halloween costumes are absolutely terrifying.