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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · 1d

Arizona allowed an AI murder victim (made by his sister) to make a victim impact statement in court. Not only was it allowed, the judge sent the accused murderer to jail for longer than what the prosecution asked for because he was moved by the robot.

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Watching AI Testimony at a Real Murder Trial

YouTube video by Caitlin Doughty

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Apr 4

The remains of Jane were found in 2012 in Jamestown and serve as clear evidence of cannabilism during the famine of the early settlement.

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Jane (d. 1609 or 1610) - Encyclopedia Virginia

The human remains that came to be known as Jane were discovered by archaeologists at Jamestown in the summer of 2012. They include more than a dozen parts of a single human skull and a shin bone found...

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Mar 17

My life is a fairytale but the author is German.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Feb 23

Russell is working with one of Kosminski's living relatives to have the DNA verified.

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Jack the Ripper identified after DNA breakthrough | Today Show Australia

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Feb 23

Edward Russell, a Ripper researcher, says DNA found on the shawl of one of Jack the Ripper's victims is a 100% match to longtime suspect Polish barber Aaron Kosminski, a schizophrenic who died in a mental asylum.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Feb 23

The image is done in medieval art style and it is a woman in a red dress holding a corpse on a string. If a caption reads excuse me that is my emotional support corpse.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Feb 10

Prosthetic Lestat makeup from the '94 film Interview With the Vampire.

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John Rosengrant, white man with long brown hair, and a special effects artist, holding two Lestat prosthetic heads from the film.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Feb 3

We already discussed zombie fungus ants, but now, there's...

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Fungus-infected zombie spiders discovered in Northern Ireland

Gibellula attenboroughii was found in an abandoned gunpowder storeroom.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 31

Artwork by Ana Ciorcila.

A monster tucking a girl into bed.

"She has other monsters to deal with right now."

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 29

A vintage black and white image of a specter with a pale Victirian woman in the background. The caption reads, "the relief you feel when you realize tge weird house noises are ghosts and not shit you can't afford to fix."

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 27

Grimm Life visits some of the crime scenes. Graphic description warning.

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The Co-ed Killer: Ed Kemper REAL Crime Scene Locations 4K

YouTube video by grimmlifecollective

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 27

Ed Kemper used to hang out at a cop bar in Santa Cruz. Kemper always wanted to be a cop but at 6'9", 280 lbs he was too big.

After he killed his mother and her best friend, he called the cop bar and confessed. They didn't believe him and hung up on him, so he had to call back.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 18

On an episode of Decoding the Unknown, they did a deep dive on Elizabeth Bathory who probably ran a hospital that performed abortions versus the bathing in the blood of virgins thing, and I feel like Christmas was ruined.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 18

Erin Parsons goes into it here:

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SHOCKING Discovery! Queen Elizabeth's Toxic Makeup

YouTube video by Erin Parsons Makeup

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 18

An UPDATE.

The white cast, thick makeup we associate with Queen Elizabeth I? Was likely plain old misogyny. The source was a Catholic priest who saw her once from afar, and as she was murdering Catholics at the time, not a reliable source.

Further, lead makeup doesn't cast white!

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Dec 21

Venetian Ceruse was the name of the lead-based white paint makeup Elizabeth 1st was said to use to cover her smallpox scars. It's also said to possibly contribute to her death.

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Was Queen Elizabeth I killed by her toxic makeup?

Queen Elizabeth I is one of the most famous queens in British history. She is the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 16

"There are quite a few instances of death at Disneyland, sometimes witnessed by other guests. But what’s rarely explored is the 1981 tragedy that likely sparked the legend — and marked the first homicide in the park’s history."

3/7/1981.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 13

One of his daughters, Louise,was among the last six surviving passengers aboard the Titanic, passing in 1998.

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Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche - Wikipedia

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 13

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Laroche booked another liner to cross the Atlantic but when they discovered the liner disallowed eating with your children, they switched to the Titanic to avoid separation. Mr. Laroche would perish at 25, but his daughters and pregnant wife escaped on lifeboat 8.

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A black and white photo of a well dressed Black gentleman with two young girls in white dresses and his white, brunette wife beside him.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 12

Handpainted silk kimono from the 19th century.

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A black kimono with skeletons painted on it.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 10

John Collier's "The Witch"

A black and white painting from 1893 called The Witch with a white woman in bed lounging and a black cat on her chest.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 9

After Prince Albert died unexpectedly at 42, for years Queen Victoria demanded that Albert's staff continue to do all of their duties as they had when he was alive, preparing his toiletries and outfits daily before putting them away, unused, at night.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 8

Lobsters could technically live forever, but their eventual inability to shed their shells, which gets more difficult over time, limits them and they perish. However, with care and safety, we could create a timeless, enormous lobster overlord. Eat that, Lovecraft.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · Jan 5

Limited edition signed giclée prints from my "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" book are available through Gallery5 in Richmond, Virginia: gallery5arts.square.site/shop/merch/3

Illustration inspired by Poe's "The Black Cat" depicting a woman in a mint green dress seated before a cold empty fireplace with her back to the viewer. She is holding a one-eyed black cat that is looking over her shoulder at the viewer. The room has a large window that looks outside onto fields where a bare tree sits with a noose hanging from a branch. The sun is setting.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 5

A full half of the entire world's shark bite attacks, about 60-70 annually, happen in Florida.

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Morbid Minute @morbidminute.bsky.social · Jan 4

"Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've Got a Secret game show."

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Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret

YouTube video by HistoryFlicks4u

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