pookel posted:

Back on topic: I was poking around this historical photos site that was posted above (but now I've forgotten what for) and found this bit of history both heartbreaking and creepy. Note: charred, unrecognizable human remains in a photo at the top. Lots of graphic historical photos in side links. Possibly or if you are sensitive to photos of death and violence.

http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/remains-astronaut-vladimir-komarov-man-fell-space-1967/




RIP, Vladimir Komarov.

joshtothemaxx posted:

My gf and I are historians. She writes about riots/uprisings with racial elements. I often write about Southern lynchings and honor killings. Our work talk is really truly awful and depressing.

The American past can be awful.

Aesop Poprock posted:

Reading about iron lungs lead me to reading about some of the history of medical treatment for breathing/lung problems which lead me to this uh, charming image

Chichevache posted:

Has Mythbusters ever tested whether or not a torch could make a human skull pop? That stood out to me and I wasn't sure if a traumatised witness imagined it, or if the right conditions could, what? Boil the brain and increase pressure until the skull burst like Scanners?

"Science" posted:

Some of the group's studies tested common beliefs about how bodies burn. For example, many textbooks state that if a skull is initially intact, the brains will boil and cause the skull to explode into small fragments. Investigators may therefore see the lack of such an explosion as a sign of foul play. Pope's team tested this theory by systematically burning 40 human heads - some injured, others intact. They found that skulls do not explode, burning in broadly the same way regardless of trauma (see image). The team also showed that a skull may look like it has exploded if debris falls on it once the heat has made it brittle (Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol 49, p 431).

Dirty Deeds Thunderchief posted:

It got a little overlooked in the shitstorm, but that article about Benjamin Kyle/the dude with amnesia was REALLY good. I need to read some more articles like that - anyone got some recommendations? Maybe we should have another thread dedicated to interesting longform articles if there isn't already one...

LizzieBorden posted:

I think you're thinking of El Dorado Jane Doe.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/81ufar.html

value-brand cereal posted:

chernobyl kinsman posted:

how...have you never heard of dahmer?

Beanbox posted:

She is swedish, and they also found her legs.

EmmyOk posted:

it had that title for over two years so it's okay to change it I think

six no substitute posted:

I’s a well-known urban legend. Supposedly cockroaches get in there and eat through your brain.

EmmyOk posted:

Actually the most badass way to die is taking eleven wolves with you

Pick posted:

Hindsight is 20 to life

Stairs posted:

And don't forget that the man in the suit is bare rear end naked in the back because the Funeral Home slit the clothes up the back and dressed him like making a bed.
Imagine a suit that looks like an open hospital gown.

pookel posted:

As an American I'm not sure if this is a true thing or a racial stereotype I heard - is it also accurate that Aboriginal Australians culturally have a very hard time coping with incarceration? Or is that more of a thing for those who have been raised in a traditional lifestyle?

It's horrifying in either case, but it seems exceptionally cruel if that's accurate.

Mordekai posted:

I just gotta clear up that Mayhem never used Deads suicide photo as an album cover. Dawn of the Black Hearts is a bootleg record released by a mexican contact of Euronymous, which recieved a picture.