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Aug 7, 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.
Jun 9, 2015 · The author of the Lloyd Hopkins trilogy and The Black Dahlia unearthed hundreds of shots while combing the museum’s extensive collection of forensic photographs. Yet one year stood above the rest for its exceedingly strange and seedy images – 1953.
Dec 3, 2022 · On August 20, 1989, Los Angeles PD were called to the Menendez family home in the upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills by Lyle Menendez. Upon their arrival, police stumbled upon the disturbing...
Jun 29, 2024 · The episode titled ‘She Said She Didn’t Care’ of Investigation Discovery’s ‘Signs of a Psychopath’ gives a detailed account of the double homicide of 6-month pregnant 20-year-old Martine Bernard and her father, Roosevelt Bernard. Both family members vanished into thin air, only to be found murdered later.
- 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...
Sep 9, 1989 · As investigators walked around the murder scene, they discovered that they were all getting red welts on their legs. When an entomologist was called in, he proclaimed the welts to be chigger...
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.
