September 11, 2001 there was one American in space. This is the picture he took from the International Space Station

jessicamshannon jessicamshannon
19748 0 851

Nurses hold down a convulsing patient receiving electroshock treatment at a facility in England on November 23, 1946. Even though I support modern application of ECT, it's early days were not admittedly not pretty by any stretch of the imagination

Nurses hold down a convulsing patient receiving electroshock treatment at a facility in England on November 23, 1946. Even though I support modern application of ECT, it's early days were not admittedly not pretty by any stretch of the imagination

Lina Medina, the world's youngest confirmed mother, tucked into bed hours after giving birth to her healthy 6lb son via c-section. Since Lina was only 5 and 1/2 years old at the time of birth, her pelvis was far too small for natural birth. The identity o

A Congolese man looks at the severed hand and foot of his daughter, who was killed because he failed to meet his rubber quota, 1904. King Leopold II of Belgium was responsible for the mass enslavement of large parts of the Congo's population for rubber co

A Congolese man looks at the severed hand and foot of his daughter, who was killed because he failed to meet his rubber quota, 1904. King Leopold II of Belgium was responsible for the mass enslavement of large parts of the Congo's population for rubber co

Photos taken immediately before, during, and after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

14 year old student commits suicide because she has asthma and doesn't want to be a burden to her parents (Thailand)- CHILD WARNING

A different morbid side to the JFK assassination- the grieving process of Lee Harvey Oswald's widow Marina (almost done with my full JFK assassination album, that'll be up later this week)

A daughter documents her parents in a photo essay as they battle cancer simultaneously (xpost from /r/jessicamshannon)

Photo of a man and his dog watching their world burn (photo by Alex Coppel for the Herald Sun at Malua Bay, NSW, Australia)

Photo of a man and his dog watching their world burn (photo by Alex Coppel for the Herald Sun at Malua Bay, NSW, Australia)

Tibetan Kanglings (flute or trumpet made of a human femur, often with metal elements) were used alongside other bone instruments in Tibetan rituals. The bones are typically from a criminal, respected teacher, or someone who died a violent death. See link

Omayra Sanchez , 13, trapped under the rubble of her village (X-post from /r/jessicamshannon)

The humiliation of women accused of being Nazi collaborators. The text gives very important context so click the album to make sure you can see the text. Not much death in this album but certainly lots of what I would call a crime. Any nazi sympathy comme

Blanche Monnier was secretly kept locked in a small room by her mother for 25 years (photo#2 is what she looked like before her ordeal).

Polish man skinned his father and wore his face as a mask while talking to his hard-of-sight grandfather, claimed it was an artistic work. I'll put the story in the comments

With more and more restrictive abortion laws passing every day I thought it might be time to repost this album about the deadly results of back-alley abortions

On April 8, 1949, Kathy Fiscus, 3, fell into an abandoned well in San Marino. The resulting rescue attempt gripped Southern California. Most of the following text and pics were published during those fateful days

As today is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, I thought it would be appropriate to remember the sacrifices of the crew of Apollo 1

HARVEY GLATMAN- the sadomasochistic predator known as "The Lonely Hearts Killer" or "The Glamour Girl Slayer". He lured his victims in, usually by posing as a photographer. He then raped and tortured his victims, taking photographs the whole time.

Kazimiera Mika (age 10) mourns her sister, killed by German bombs, photographed by Julien Bryan

Death by 1000 cuts (Ling chi)

The electric chair (a brief history and as many real life images as I could find). If you find this interesting PLEASE do yourself a favor and check out the source under the last image.

Feng Jianmei was given a forced abortion under order of local authorities (warning, dead late-term fetus/baby/whatever term you prefer). Her sister was able to capture a few photos of her ordeal

8/7/79 Iran, somewhere in Sanadaj. 11 kurds accused by Ayatullah Khomeini of counterrevolutionary activity are executed. Foreign press had been banned from Iran, so Jahangir Razmi is the only reporter to snap pics. Before coming forward in '06, he was the

Beautiful post-mortem pic of a whole family sharing a single coffin. On Jan. 25, 1894, Mary Keller (29) shot and killed her husband Emil (30), her baby Anna (9 months) & finally herself. It's suspected she had suffered a 2nd episode of what we now cal