By popular demand...the best of 'Orrible Murder. Pictures from The Illustrated Police News, 1870s.

Gory, gruesome and/or exceedingly melodramatic Victorian engravings ahead. Death & corpses (not always in one piece) abound. Do not proceed if you don't want to see them. (Warning: the following page contains [engraved] depictions of suicide and murder ( Read more... )

OK, I bow to the requests. By popular demand...the best of 'Orrible Murder. Pictures from The Illustrated Police News, 1870s.

Gory, gruesome and/or exceedingly melodramatic Victorian engravings ahead. Savage animals and corpses (not always in one piece) abound. Do not proceed if you don't want to see them. Did I mention that these are very macabre?
( If it was sensational enough for the Victorians, then it's perfectly fine for me. On to the grotesque! )