These 22 Pics Show Exactly How Creepy Post-Mortem Photography Was In The 19th Century
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These photos bring a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Dead Gorgeous."
Post-Mortem photography was highly common during the Victorian Era, as loved ones desired to have photos to remember the deceased by. Sometimes, these photos included both the deceased and the living.
Check out the haunting and bizarre images below. Try not to get the creeps.
Most times people would be posed with their eyes open to give the appearance of being alive.
A brother poses beside his deceased sibling.
Here a husband lays beside his deceased wife.
Devices were even created to allow the dead to pose standing up. Here the gentlemen in the middle is pictured five days before his burial.
The Kellers have quite the story. The wife took her husbands life by shooting him in the heart and also fatally wounded her daughter. She then decided to take her own life. (1894)
A mother holds her recently deceased son.
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Do not show me this again