10 horrible photos from crime scenes of the last century

Once seeing these shocking images from crime scenes, it is no longer possible to stop thinking about them.

Even forensic experts admit that photographs from places of monstrous crimes carry the imprint of a negative event, imprinted on them. Such photographs make one think about the true beast essence of a person capable of killing for his own benefit or pleasure.

1. The mansion in Amityville

In 1974, in the suburbs of New York, the De Feo family settled, who had five children. A few years later, their eldest son, Ronnie, waited until all the relatives were asleep, took up his gun and shot his brothers, sister and parents. Ronnie is still in prison and claims that he was ordered to do this by voices from the basement, which showed him terrible visions. Together with the policemen, exorcists came into the house, a photograph of which was taken by a girl strikingly similar to Jodi De Feo, Ronald's younger sister, who was dead at that time. The same girl constantly tried to get in touch with the next owners of the accursed house, while those in fear did not run.

2. The Mystery of Murder in Florida

In 1931, a strange crime occurred in one of the hotels in Florida. The owner of the room ordered breakfast in bed, and when the maid came to pick up the dishes and clean up the room, she saw the guest lying on the table. The traces of the shot, as well as the witnesses who heard the sounds of the struggle, were not there. The examination showed that the man was killed with a stupid blow on the head, but nobody entered the room - the doors to the hall and the balcony were locked. It was not possible to find the unknown killer.

3. Death of the groom

In 1927, a local influential businessman married in Los Angeles. The murder that took place at the wedding shocked the whole of America: the groom was asked to leave the restaurant for an urgent conversation. When he did not return in 15 minutes, the bride and the guy's parents became worried and went in search. The body with a knife wound was found in the corridor, and the police decided that each of the guests of the wedding is a potential suspect. Two years of investigation, accusations against the failed future wife and friends led to the fact that the case was closed without finding the culprit.

4. Disassembly of gangsters

The beginning of the 20-ies of the last century became for America a golden epoch of gangsters. They were more influential than ever, and so almost fearlessly arranged disassemblies in the streets, almost in front of the police. Murder from the photo was quite unusual for those times: one of the Texas mafiosi was overtaken in the woods while resting. He spent time there with his mistress, when competitors rushed into the house and killed both of them. The bandits expected that the bodies would never be found, but the police found the crime scene three days after the massacre.

5. Happy girlfriend

In 1933, a young man named James, who was resting on the coast with his girlfriend, drowned in America. A photo from the body detection site, got into the media and provoked mass disturbances because of the smiling girl on it. While crowded over the drowned man trying to somehow help him, his girlfriend joyfully looks into the lens. The police threw her questions, but the girl said that she smiled reflexively when she saw that the photographer was looking at her.

6. Destroyed evidence

The legacy of the era of gangsters left the US a huge number of professional killers, perfectly sweeping tracks. On the photo you can see the head, found in one of the lonely alleys of New York. The severed part of the body was treated with acid and vinegar, so investigators could not even find out what kind of race and sex it belonged to during life.

7. The death penalty

Only in the 1970s, the law on the legalization of abortion was passed in America, after which many women sighed quietly, as they no longer had to turn to clandestine doctors. The founders of illegal abortions were punished with prison terms and huge fines - and even this did not stop them in the thirst for profit! The gynecologist, whose office was in the photo, went to an electric chair, because three of his patients died from severe bleeding.

8. Chest with a body

Criminals of the last century believed that the chest - a great way to hide the corpse from prying eyes. It was floated on the water, buried in the ground or burned to get rid of the body and evidence. In 1925, the murderers in Chicago failed to implement the plan: the chest emerged and the robbers who decided to kill were found.

9. Collective suicide

In 1997, the founder of the cult of "Heavenly Gates" Marshall Applewyte ordered his followers to commit collective suicide. He claims that his reasons were the most serious: the Earth was planned to be captured by aliens, and he decided to help his followers teleport to the comet Hale-Bopp to settle on it by the whole community.

10. Mass poisoning

Marshall, with his grandiose plans for the move, was far from the American preacher Jimmy Jones. Jimmy founded the "Temple of Nations" sect and, for his own ego, forced her fans to commit the most numerous suicide in history: on November 18, 1978, 918 members of the cult agreed to voluntarily poison themselves with cyanide.