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Creepy mortuary automaton

25 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

The ‘St Dennistoun Mortuary’ is a macabre coin-operated automaton made around 1900. When a coin is inserted, the doors open to reveal morticians working on several dead bodies laid out on embalming tables.

Categories: Curiosities, Historical Art • Tags: automaton, curiosities, death, memento mori

17th century memento mori ring showing a skull

Two-faced death ring

19 August 2013 by Chelsea Nichols

Categories: Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: 17th century, death, face, gold, history, jewelry, memento mori, museum, ring, skull, unsettling

Post mortem photograph of child on chair with hidden mother behind.

More hidden mothers in Victorian photography

5 July 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

Categories: Curiosities, history • Tags: death, hidden mothers, images, photography, unsettling, victorian era

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