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    17 Non-Fiction Books That Will Freak You The Fuck Out

    Truth is scarier than fiction.

    We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community which non-fictions books seriously gave them the creeps. Here are some of the best responses...

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    1. People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry

    2. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

    3. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

    4. Brain On Fire by Susannah Cahalan

    5. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

    6. The Hate Factory by Georgelle Hirliman

    7. The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout

    8. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

    9. Mindhunter by John E. Douglas

    10. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

    11. Germs, Genes, & Civilization by David P. Clark

    12. Witches: History of a Persecution Paperback by Nigel Cawthorne

    13. The Road Out of Hell by Anthony Flacco

    14. Communion by Whitley Strieber

    15. Columbine by Dave Cullen

    16. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

    17. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

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