Time Capsule Tales@timecaptales · Aug 8, 2024

A thread of disturbing historical images you've never see before 1. 34-year-old Homer Peel kisses his 12-year-old…

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A thread showcasing disturbing historical images and events, including child marriage, serial killers, war crimes, famines, and tragic accidents. The collection documents dark chapters of human history from the 1600s through the 1990s, featuring crime scenes, victims, and perpetrators of some of history's most horrifying events.

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A thread of disturbing historical images you've never see before 1. 34-year-old Homer Peel kisses his 12-year-old bride on the courthouse steps in Madisonville, Tennessee, 1937.
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2. The message in lipstick left on Frances Brown's flat wall by The Lipstick Killer in 1945: "For heaven's Sake, catch me Before I kill more I cannot control myself."
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3. A Soviet couple from the Samara province sells human remains at a market stall in the winter of 1921. That year, the nation was in the grip of a devastating famine that ultimately killed 5 million people and saw countless others resort to eating human flesh in order to survive.
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4. Jail cell used during the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690s
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5. The epitome of a mad scientist, Soviet doctor Vladimir Demikhov created the world's first two-headed dog in 1954. Seen here is a German Shepherd serving as the host with a smaller dog fused on top. Both animals died within four days.
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6. Japan's Unit 731 conducting biological warfare experiments on humans during WWII
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7. Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels before and after finding out a photographer was Jewish
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8. In 1901, French police received an anonymous tip that a woman was being held captive. Officers found a 55-pound prisoner named Blanche Monnier, pictured here just after her discovery. She had been trapped against her will in that room for 25 years - by her very own mother.
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9. A Hiroshima man's shadow imprinted onto the ground by the atomic bomb
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10. The legend of Charlie No-Face spread among children of 1960s Pennsylvania like wildfire. Otherwise known as The Green Man, this faceless figure was said to roam the roadways at night and glow green as the result of an industrial accident. While the legend was eerie enough, the truth was far scarier — and all the more tragic. The story begins with eight-year-old Raymond Robinson who, in 1919, accidentally shocked himself with 11,000 volts of electricity, causing his face to all but explode. He survived despite sustaining disfiguring injuries to his face and arms, then became a hermit by day to avoid ridicule over his appearance.
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11. The contents of Ted Bundy's murder kit
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12. Boy Scout troop leader & church council president Dennis Rader appeared to be a loyal husband and proud father of two. Unbeknownst to anyone, however, he also murdered 10 people in and around Wichita, Kansas between 1974 and 1991. Self-described as the "BTK Killer" for his modus operandi to "Bind," "Torture," and "Kill," Rader was finally captured in 2005. Authorities then discovered his secret stash of bondage photos, like the one shown here, in which he photographed himself in the paraphernalia that he used on some of his victims.