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Aug 7, 2022 · Updated August 16, 2022. Taken by the likes of Rodney Alcala, Harvey Glatman, and the BTK Killer, these macabre photos show how some serial killers used photography to lure their victims and relive their horrifying crimes.
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Oct 17, 2013 · For the first time since her son Christopher was gunned down six years ago, Eileen Mohan saw a photo of his body lying in a pool of blood at the Balmoral Tower.
Apr 11, 2019 · A look back through the crime scene photos and video footage of JonBenet's Ramsey's death before A&E's series, 'Hunting JonBenet's Killer: The Untold Story.'
- History's First Famous Crime Scene Photo
- Crime Scene Pictures Become A Regular Part of Police Work
- Crime Scene Photos: from Detectives' Tools to Morbid Collectibles
Forensic photography, or the practice of taking photos at the scene of a crime, has been around for over a century. One of the first famous crime scene photos was taken on May 5, 1903, in the home of a Parisian woman named Madame Debeinche who had been murdered. As investigators descended upon the apartment, one of them picked up a camera and photo...
The importance of crime scene photography was first recognized by Alphonse Bertillon who is now widely remembered as the first forensic photographer. Bertillon was the first to suggest photographing not only the body but also the entire scene around the body, including shell casings, bloodstains, overturned furniture, broken doorways, and anything ...
While the art of forensic photography started out purely as an investigative tool, it has also turned into a sort of macabre collectible. Well-versed crime buffs can recognize which crime scene photo belongs to which serial killer; just like a black and white photo of an ace of spades held up by a bloodstained hand has become synonymous with the Ma...
Oct 26, 2017 · A macabre genealogy stretches from Mme Debeinche to the reproductions of crime-scene photos that proliferate in true-crime documentaries and dramas today.
Oct 2, 2017 · rang out over the chaos. As police and medical teams moved into the crowd, the injured were carried away in people's arms, wheelbarrows and rolled on luggage racks. At least 58 people were killed...
Oct 31, 2013 · Eileen Mohan, who lost her son Christopher in the Oct. 19, 2007 slaughter, put her face in her hands when an image of his body, beside those of Michael Lal and Ryan Bartolomeo, was shown on a...
