Memento Mori – Old Black and White Photos of Dead Children

A few decades ago it was customary for some families to take their deceased child to a photographer, prop it up in a studio so it looks as close to being alive as possible and take a picture of it as their only lasting memory of a child. The practice was known as Memento Mori. [...]


Bound and Mutilated in a Mob Kill

Vintage photo shows a mob style killing of a man who was bound and mutilated. His right leg and left arm were severed, but penis left to hang in there next to that raw flesh. The executioners didn’t even cut him up at the joints so it must have been a slow and painful cleaving [...]


Death by Dynamite – Vintage Photos

Two black and white vintage pictures show victims of a dynamite explosion. No word on how and why these men were torn by dynamite but it could have been during a mining operation, given dry, desolate land they’ve landed upon.


Funny Vintage Photo – Man With a Purse Dies in Car Accident

This is easily one of the weirdest gore photos I’ve ever seen. The way the couple of fellows stands above the dead man and stares at him is pure fucking odd, but the purse in the dead man’s hand takes the cake. Seriously, what the fuck is going on in this photo? From the vintage [...]


Vintage Photos of Women Dead in Car Accidents

Gore is as old as human race itself. We’re just a bunch of fragile, vulnerable pieces of worthless flesh wrapped around mind that likes to draw blood. While photography has not been around all that long, given that we’re still those worthless pieces of flesh, it’s only natural that right from its beginning, photography has [...]