Sydney, Australia’s Justice & Police Museum has an amazing collection of vintage photos, some of which we’ve featured in our mugshot posts. I love their collection because it’s an un-sanitized look at the past, and a free glimpse into scenes that are now tightly controlled by authorities. Today I’ve put together a more gorey gallery for your enjoyment – scene of crime photos where the main subject is a corpse. Whether by natural causes or murder, these were the first photos taken when police were called to the scene. This was the first official, visual documentation of each person’s death, a moment of the utmost importance. The soul has departed, but the shell remains, and the people left behind are left looking for reasons. Check out this morbid collection below…
Photos via Historic Houses Trust
C224
July 17, 2017 at 9:23 pm
John
Jenna Raindog
June 23, 2015 at 11:36 pm
Nah, it’s cool. Don’t sweat it, weirdo. *winkwink*
Mikiel Stovall
June 23, 2015 at 11:37 am
And dead people are looking at you too, Mathew.
Chuck Martin
June 23, 2015 at 9:58 am
It’s normal actually. I read an article once about morbid curiosity. Basically, it boils down to our survival instinct compelling us to learn what we can about the deceased so we don’t end up like them.
Misty Barbieto
June 23, 2015 at 9:53 am
Rusty Cornell
Melanie Mofield
June 23, 2015 at 8:29 am
Love it! I need to show you my murder photography book next time you come by, Robyn Mofield!
Robyn Mofield
June 23, 2015 at 8:07 am
Melanie Mofield
Somber Von Plaag
June 23, 2015 at 7:54 am
Not at all. If it were dead animal bodies, that would be offensive.
Dominik August Sikorski
June 23, 2015 at 6:45 am
nah, it starts to get weird when you kill people to watch at dead bodies
Christine Casano
June 23, 2015 at 6:30 am
Love these
Ernest Martinez
June 23, 2015 at 6:01 am
Manny Flores
Tiffany Ashes
June 23, 2015 at 5:47 am
Aaron Ashes
Bart Van Den Vonder
June 23, 2015 at 3:39 am
Yes.
Андрей Стоянович
June 23, 2015 at 3:37 am
That’s why you are in cvlt nation.
Danielle Cavanagh
June 23, 2015 at 2:52 am
Keiran Mckay
Agustin Romero Alemsahim
June 23, 2015 at 1:26 am
https://youtu.be/ko1oxEmExfE
Lee Blaireau
June 23, 2015 at 1:01 am
I guess I am weird too then because I like looking at vintage true crime photos as well. I do not mind looking at a body if it’s human, but it really upsets me if it is of dead animals or small children.
Lee Blaireau
June 23, 2015 at 1:01 am
I guess I am weird too then because I like looking at vintage true crime photos as well. I do not mind looking at a body if it’s human, but it really upsets me if it is of dead animals or small children. Distressing then.
Patrick Boehmcke
June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am
some oddly artistic shots for police department photos. reminds me of weegee
Ed Haunted Correia
June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am
It’s the way we definitly going