# Is this the creepiest photograph in the history of the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905 "2012-12-23T06:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/61 "2012-12-28T12:45:07Z")
[This is the creepiest photo I’ve ever seen.](http://www.forthelost.org/images/bound.jpg) As far as anyone knows it’s genuine. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/62 "2012-12-28T13:08:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > She said, “Oh no, they’re fine. The baby’s dead.” And she went on to explain that they offer to do this for parents whose baby is born dead or dies very shortly after birth. I draw a lot of portraits for people, I’ve drawn over 2000 people, usually in-person but sometimes from photographs. Last year I drew a portrait of a stillborn baby based on one of those hospital photos. The mother requested it because she wanted something she could show to her other children, who’d not seen their sibling :(. Artists have historically drawn from casts of humans (women weren’t even allowed to see any nudity back in the day) and one of the most widely used casts was made from a corpse of a teenager, found frozen in a pond. She’s beautiful and has a slight smile. But - creepy photos and nobody’s mentioned “Rotten dot com” or “Something Awful dot com”? I’m not even thinking of linking to those. The worst thing I ever saw was the video of the Middle Eastern teenager stoned to death by a mob led by her uncle. She’d dated a boy of the wrong religion, or sect, or whatever. I wish I could unsee that one ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/63 "2012-12-28T13:45:47Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > But - creepy photos and nobody’s mentioned “Rotten dot com” or “Something Awful dot com”? I’m not even thinking of linking to those. I was going to link to Victor Surge’s original Slender Man photos, which were really well done, but I got too lazy to find them and the descriptions that went with each one. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/64 "2012-12-30T15:27:35Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > Artists have historically drawn from casts of humans (women weren’t even allowed to see any nudity back in the day) and one of the most widely used casts was made from a corpse of a teenager, found frozen in a pond. She’s beautiful and has a slight smile. > ☹ sounds like a garbled version of “L’Inconnue de la Seine”? > **[L'Inconnue de la Seine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Inconnue_de_la_Seine)** > > L'Inconnue de la Seine (lit. 'The Unknown Woman of the Seine') was an unidentified young woman whose putative death mask became a popular fixture on the walls of artists' homes after 1900. Her visage inspired numerous literary works. In the United States, the mask is also known as La Belle Italienne. > According to an oft-repeated story, the body of the young woman was pulled out of the River Seine at the Quai du Louvre in Paris around the late 1880s. Since the body showed no signs of violence, su... ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/65 "2012-12-30T21:36:01Z")
Not creeped out. Wouldn’t pay a dime for that thing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/66 "2013-01-07T23:43:51Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > It used to be common in Victorian days for dead people, especially children, to be posed for formal photograph. [Here’s a blog full of them.](http://pinterest.com/amazeballer/victorian-death-photos/) The ones where the parents pose with their dead children are especially disturbing. > [@Blackberry](#): > > I wish I hadn’t just looked at those. Good submission though, very creepy. I’ve seen some before but I’d forgotten about them. Post #40. Those are momento mori photos that I mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/67 "2013-01-07T23:51:34Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > sounds like a garbled version of “L’Inconnue de la Seine”? > > [L'Inconnue de la Seine - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Inconnue_de_la_Seine) Shows how tastes change. Few would call her beautiful these days, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/68 "2013-01-08T04:13:45Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Not even in the top ten. Hell, not even in the top 10,000. Barely in the top ten for that page. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/69 "2013-01-08T18:07:58Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > It used to be common in Victorian days for dead people, especially children, to be posed for formal photograph. [Here’s a blog full of them.](http://pinterest.com/amazeballer/victorian-death-photos/) The ones where the parents pose with their dead children are especially disturbing. Those pics are truly heartwrenching. So sad… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Cornholio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Cornholio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Cornholio)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905/70 "2013-01-09T12:17:17Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Another more subtly chilling one? > > [http://media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/upload/217017275764015482\_KsvrHtFg\_c.jpg](http://media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/upload/217017275764015482_KsvrHtFg_c.jpg) What is that? Something from Unit 731’s files? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905.md?page=3)