jessicamshannon posts on XXX.PICS
Navy chaplain Luis Padilla braves a hail of bullets as he gives last rites to a soldier wounded by sniper fire during revolt in Venezuela. The shop behind him says "carnicería" which means 'carnage' or 'slaughter' (it was a butcher shop). Hector Rondón Lo
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
Amazing (dare I say even beautiful in a strange, terrible way) photos showing the devastation in the Gujarat province where, in 2002, violence erupted between the Hindu and Muslim population. Photos captured by Ami Vitale
The burning monk, Thich Quang Duc
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
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
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
Photo of a man and his dog watching their world burn (photo by Alex Coppel for the Herald Sun at Malua Bay, NSW, Australia)
Liberated from a Nazi death train (photos with accompanying backstory and eyewitness testimony)
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.
William J Gaynor Assassination
Ran across an interesting medical journal article about suicide by drinking hydrochloric acid. The patient died after 10 hours due to multiple organ failure. Not a traditional post as the images are of internal organs but perhaps interesting to some of yo
The Holodomor (Russian Government program of forced starvation in Soviet countries that caused millions of deaths).
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
The Hartford Connecticut circus fire of 1944 left over 700 people injured or killed
Death by 1000 cuts (Ling chi)
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.
Three children were hung from a tree by their disturbed mother. The monument in their honor is pictured alongside. Dead children content ahead. More info in comments and under last image (image is often misattributed to the actions of Ukrainian Insurgents
Trials and Tribulations of the Suffragettes (NOT a comprehensive history of the movement, just a few disturbing tales from it)
As October is awareness month for domestic violence, here is "A portrait of domestic violence" by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz
