Quentin Roosevelt death
Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Quentin’s death occurred during World War I, making him one...
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Traumatic jaw injury
A solider believed to have had his jaw blown off by heavy artillery in World War 1. This image is often falsely associated with Eben Myers, who died from radium poisoning by drinking Radithor,...
Sanctuary of Saint Peter Claver containing his remains
The Sanctuary of Saint Peter Claver is a historical and religious site located in Cartagena, Colombia. It’s dedicated to Saint Peter Claver, a Spanish Jesuit priest known for his work with African slaves during...
Pope Benedict lying in state
The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Monday.(Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
Pre-taxidermy horse
Taxidermy is the preserving of an animal’s body via mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state. The...
Gordon Hayward broken ankle
Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward suffered a horrific ankle injury just minutes into his debut with the Celtics on October 17, 2017
Seagulls eating a dead walrus through its eye
Seagulls eat the corpse of a walrus. One gull has eaten through the eye socket and has put his entire head through the eye.
Alex Lewis, victim of flesh eating bacteria
Alex Lewis of Hampshire was nearly killed after what he thought was a common cold triggered a strep A infection, blood poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. His organs shut down and he was left...
Native American smoke curing a human corpse
The Kwakwaka’wakw people of the Pacific Northwest United States participate in a ritual in which their dead are smoke cured – in trees and several at a time, and eaten. The corpse was one...
Bared horse hoof
This is a hoof cadaver with the hoof wall, sole, frog, and cornet band removed. This exposes part of the laminae and the papilla of the hoof, which attach the hoof wall to the coffin...
Mongolian woman sentenced to immurement, 1913
Immurement (from Latin im- “in” and mūrus “wall”; literally “walling in”) is a form of imprisonment, usually for life, in which a person is, for example, locked within an enclosed space and all possible...
Muammar Gaddafi death
After the fall of Tripoli to forces of the opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) in August 2011, Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, and his family fled the Libyan capital. He was widely...
103-year old preserved corpse of clown Achile Chatouilleu
The California Institute of Abnormalarts is a nightclub and sideshow museum located in North Hollywood, California. Owned and operated by actor-screenwriter Carl Crew and Robert Ferguson, the venue primarily hosts underground musical groups, performance art, movie screenings and sideshow acts including burlesque and freak shows.
Airplane hit and killed a giraffe
I had lots of friends asking me about the incident that was eternalized (sic) on this picture that became quite famous on the internet. The story behind the picture: a researcher for African Wild...
Corpses of Italian WW1 soldiers uncovered in a melting glacier
“As much of the front was at altitudes of over 6,500ft, a new kind of war had to be developed. The Italians already had specialist mountain troops – the Alpini with their famous feathered...
Komodo dragon regurgitates a gastric pellet
Komodo dragons eat by tearing large chunks of flesh and swallowing them whole while holding the carcass down with their forelegs. The vegetable contents of the stomach and intestines are typically avoided. Copious amounts of...
Botfly infection in a man’s back
The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis is one of several species of fly the larvae of which parasitise humans. Dermatobia fly eggs have been shown to be vectored by over 40 species of mosquitoes and muscoid...
Leontiasis ossea, a.k.a. “lion face”
Leontiasis Ossea, also known as leontiasis or lion face, is a rare medical condition, characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones. It is not a disease in itself, but a symptom of other diseases, including Paget’s disease, fibrous dysplasia, hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy....
2015 Kenyan student massacre
On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 147 people, and injuring 79 or more. The militant group and Al-Qaeda offshoot, Al-Shabaab, which the gunmen claimed to be from, took responsibility for the attack. The gunmen...
Chris Farley death photos
Following his final guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 25, 1997, Farley’s hoarse voice and flushed skin were the subject of public scrutiny. In the final years of his life, Farley had sought treatment for...
GG Allin funeral photo
GG Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who is best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and attacking audience members. AllMusic and G4TV’s That’s Tough have...
Rotationplasty
Rotationplasty is a type of autograft wherein a portion of a limb is removed, while the remaining limb below the involved portion is rotated and reattached. This procedure is used when a portion of...
Myiasis following maxillofacial tissue loss
Myiasis is a term that describes tissue infestation by a fly larva. This instance wasn’t caused solely by maggots infesting the oral tissue. This patient was featured in a South American medical journal. He...
Man dying of rabies (video)
For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if postexposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms. The rabies virus infects the central nervous system, ultimately causing disease in the...
Vibrio vulnificus inside a Chinese boy’s head
The picture shows a Chinese boy infected with Vibrio vulnificus, one of the “flesh-eating” bacterias that can cause necrotizing fasciitis. V. vulnificus enters the body through open wounds when swimming or wading in infected...
Guinea Worm infection
Guinea worm disease is caused by drinking water contaminated by water fleas (microscopic arthropods known as copepods) that host the Dracunculus larva. Guinea worm disease used to thrive in some of the world’s poorest...
Untreated seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of the hands
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that results in a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks flexible (synovial) joints. It can be a disabling and...
Squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC or SqCC) is a cancer of a kind of epithelial cell, the squamous cell. These cells are the main part of the epidermis of the skin, and this cancer is one...
A corpse sitting up on the slab due to the effects of rigor mortis
Rigor mortis (Latin: rigor “stiffness”, mortis “of death”) is one of the recognizable signs of death, caused by chemical changes in the muscles after death, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stiff...
Flesh-eating disease of the face
Necrotizing fasciitis , commonly known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome, is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues, easily spreading across the fascial plane within the subcutaneous...
Noma – gangrenous tissue destruction of the face
Noma, also known as cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis, is a gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek. Noma was observed in Nazi concentration camps in World...
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, a.k.a. Stevens–Johnson Syndrome
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, also known as Stevens–Johnson Syndrome, is a condition where the top layer your skin literally falls off. Caused by an allergic reaction to drugs, it can be fatal. A number of...
The bubble man
Chandra Wisnu, 57, is thought to be one of the few people in the world with a rare skin disease which causes large, bubble-like lumps to develop all over his body.
Teratoma / teratocarcinoma tumor
Teratomas (also called teratocarcinomas when cancerous) are the ugliest things to ever come out of the human body. The name basically means “monster cancer” and it fits. They’re tumors of the ovaries or testicles....
Subcutaneous phycomycosis
Subcutaneous phycomycosis is a rare fungal infection of the deeper layers of skin.
Angioneurotic edema
Sudden onset (A) and complete resolution within 24 hours (B). Angioedema (BE: angiooedema) or Quincke’s edema is the rapid swelling (edema) of the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, mucosa and submucosal tissues. It is very similar...
Guillain-barre syndrome
A rapidly progressive, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy characterized by muscle weakness and paralysis of the extremities and possible respiratory paralysis with abnormal sensation and loss of reflexes. The cause is unknown, but Guillain-Barre syndrome...
Expanded cutaway of a human head
From the BodyWorlds exhibit.
Victims of a building collapse embracing each other
This haunting photograph of victims embracing amid the rubble of a garment factory building collapse in Bangladesh was taken by Taslima Akhter, a Bangladeshi photographer and activist. She felt compelled to cover the garment...
China’s Elephant Man (Photo #1)
Huang Chuncai (Chinese: 黃春才) (b. 1977) is a Chinese man who became famous for being “China’s Elephant man”. He is suffering from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, which caused such large tumours on his...
China’s Elephant Man (Photo #2)
Huang Chuncai (Chinese: 黃春才) (b. 1977) is a Chinese man who became famous for being “China’s Elephant man”. He is suffering from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, which caused such large tumours on his...
China’s Elephant Man (Photo #3)
Huang Chuncai (Chinese: 黃春才) (b. 1977) is a Chinese man who became famous for being “China’s Elephant man”. He is suffering from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, which caused such large tumours on his...
China’s Elephant Man (Photo #4)
Huang Chuncai (Chinese: 黃春才) (b. 1977) is a Chinese man who became famous for being “China’s Elephant man”. He is suffering from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, which caused such large tumours on his...