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50 Unexplainable Photos

LoveMyHats2

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That is a picture of the girls long distance runners club in Los Angeles, the mask are for the Smog there!
 

LoveMyHats2

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Here we have the famous "Brewster" gang shortly after they had been arrested, they claim they had been "framed" and were innocent!
 

TidiousTed

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This is one of the sadest photos I know

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On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few minutes after her death.

The photo ran a couple of weeks later in Life magazine accompanied by the following caption:

“One May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. ‘He is much better off without me … I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody,’ … Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale’s death Wiles got this picture of death’s violence and its composure.”

The serenity of McHale’s body amidst the crumpled wreckage it caused is astounding. Years later, Andy Warhol appropriated Wiles’ photography for a print called Suicide (Fallen Body).
 

TidiousTed

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She looks to be in way too good a shape for an 86 story fall onto the roof of a car. Any chance this is a hoax?

I don't thinks so, it is a rather famous photograph, but it is obvious that she landed flat on her back. Besides LIFE magazine, which was famous for its photos back then was sure to check the story properly
 

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