Today’s Zombie-like Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion and destroyed the London School in New London, Texas, United States. The disaster killed more than 300 students and teachers. As of 2021, the event is the third-deadliest disaster in the history of Texas, after the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 1947 Texas City disaster. The following is an account of the aftermath of the disaster.
Preston Crim saw a man emerge from the ruins carrying a schoolboy. “Evidently he was one of the first on the scene and he found his son the first thing,” Crim said. “I could see [the son’s] feet dangling—turned different directions like his legs were crushed. His abdomen was opened up and his intestines were hanging and he was still alive, begging his daddy to kill him. His daddy was just walking like a zombie in a trance.”
Culled from: Gone at 3:17
Morbid Portrait Du Jour!
Philadelphia Medical Student
1/6 Plate Ambrotype, circa 1858
Classic photographic background used in Philadelphia.
Culled from: Stiffs, Skulls & Skeletons
Garretdom!
TWO BROTHERS DROWNED.
And Their Mother, Who Saw Them Go Down, Becomes a Raving Maniac.
LITTLE ROCK, Sept. 15.—A most sad case of drowning occurred in this county, near the residence of Joseph Morse, yesterday afternoon. The twelve-year-old son of Mr. Morse was bathing in a pond near the house at the time, when he was suddenly taken with cramps, and called to his brother Henry, who was standing upon the bank , to save him. Henry sprang into the water to aid his brother, but the latter’s weight in addition to that of his own clothing proved too great, and they both sank never to rise again. Mrs. Morse had run from the house when the first warning was given, and witnessed the death of her two sons. She fainted at the sight, and when restored to consciousness it was found that she had lost her reason, and had become a raving maniac.
Culled from the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
1886 Morbid Scrapbook