A Serial Killer’s Trophy Photo & The Terrifying Legacy of Chernobyl

A terrifying final photo and a mutation born from nuclear disaster.

Regina Kay Walters was just 14 years old when she was brutally murdered by Robert Ben Rhoades, also known as the ‘Truck Stop Killer.’ But before he ended her life, he took a chilling photograph of her last moments—one of many horrifying images found in his home when he was finally caught.

Meanwhile, in Chernobyl, the legacy of the worst nuclear disaster in history still lingers. Among the most shocking reminders? A mutated piglet, born in the late 1980s, its body warped by radiation.

History’s darkest moments, captured in photographs.