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One of the first real crime scene photos ever taken, Madame Debeinche lies dead on the floor of her bedroom in Paris, May 8, 1903
One of the first real crime scene photos ever taken, Madame Debeinche lies dead on the floor of her bedroom in Paris, May 8, 1903. Her darkening hands and feet are a clue that some time had passed since the killing. Though we might feel a bit guilty about our fascination with the macabre, there's just something irresistible about a good true crime story. And for those with an insatiable appetite, we've compiled a gallery of some of the grisliest photos from serial killers' crime scenes. These pictures don't hold anything back – even in black and white — limbs and bloodstains appear as if in color. From Ed Gein's furniture upholstered in human skin to Edmund Kemper's garden of severed heads, see photos that reveal the true horrors of history's worst killers by clicking the link in our bio. At first glance, the faded 1903 photograph of Mme Debeinche’s bedroom, bound in the yellowed pages of an early 20th-century album, shows what looks to be an unremarkable mi