THIS REALLY HAPPENED: Real Horror Stories and Shocking Conspiracies that Will Shock You to Your Core

by Douglas Whitmore

Conspiracies. Cannibalism. Torture. Human experimentation.

These days, conspiracy theories run rampant. But what if some of these horrors turned out to be true?

Many people are shocked to learn that history is filled with several confirmed, real-life horrors and dark conspiracies that seem too frightening to be real — everything from assassinations and grotesque human experimentation to bizarre plots, fake wars, and mass poisoning of entire populations.

This book explores some of the most disturbing and incredible plots involving corporations, governments, scientists, and other trusted entities, who have engaged in horrific acts that will chill you to the bone.

Genres: Horror

97 pages, Paperback

Published June 21, 2025

Reviews

[Katie Dickerson (DeMaio) · Rating 1 out of 5]

(1.5 stars)

* Tropes/themes:
* Real-life horror
* Human experimentation

* Interesting content but that’s the only good thing about this book pretty much.
* Very AI-driven.
* Poorly edited.
* Repetitive and overly dramatic.
* Basically like reading a cliff notes version of each topic.

* Content warnings:
* Genocide
* Death
* Murder
* Torture
* Violence
* Cannibalism

Should have trusted the low reviews on this one 🙃

[Samantha Dargan · Rating 1 out of 5]

AI generated trash. Formatting is bad, grammar is bad, the content is mediocre at best. Each page felt like a high school kid was trying to meet their word count. I started getting suspicious that it felt like AI and what do you know, flip to the back and it says the research was done with AI. But guess what, when you google the author. He doesn’t exist

[Kennedy Boman · Rating 3 out of 5]

All stories are true and white it’s super interesting to read the way it’s written is very boring and it lost my attention quite a bit.

[Kristen · Rating 1 out of 5]

AI garbage.

[Cerys🪶 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some chapters were interesting, but it was poorly written, badly formatted, clearly not proofread and obviously AI.

[Jim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wanted more conspiracies less war crimes

[Kerry · Rating 1 out of 5]

AI shit

[Kelley R. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was just disappointed by this book.
I wanted so badly to learn about new, shocking things but sadly, I already knew about everything this book had to offer. It was also written strangely- like a rough draft. I don’t know. Not impressed sorry to say.