The father of David Kirby, a gay right activist, comforting his son as he died from AIDS, 1989. This image is widely considered the photo that changed the face of AIDS. At a time when AIDS victims were often dehumanised, this photo showed AIDS victims as human beings with families and lives of their own.

Mechanical shark from Jaws

The contrast between wealth and poverty at the Taj Mahal in India.

A note sent to an elementary school by Luka Magnotta after he filmed himself killing, dismembering, partially cannibalising, and masturbating with the amputated arm of Lin Jun, in a video known as “1 Lunatic 1 Icepick”.

The skull of a young girl who was buried wearing a ceramic wreath - 300-400BC. This skull currently resides in The New Archaeological Museum of Patras in Greece.

A final statement handwritten by Christopher Newton prior to his execution. Newton received the lethal injection for strangling his 27 year old cellmate, Jason Brewer, to death after an argument over a game of chess.

It can also be viewed as a fetish; many notorious serial killers have received their fair share of hybristophiliac ‘fans’. Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer were among those who had these woman appearing in court for their trials confessing their love for them. Richard Ramirez went on to marry Doreen Lioy, a woman who became obsessed with him after discovering him through his infamous crimes.

The men; Viktor Sayenko and Igor Suprunyuck were ultimately convicted of 21 murders and both sentenced to life imprisonment, a third conspirator, Alexander Hanzha, was found guilty of participating in two armed robberies prior to the murders and was sentenced to nine years in prison. 

Just days after writing this letter to Santa, 7-year-old Daniel Barden was shot to death in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School (Dec.14th, 2012) along with 19 of his first grade classmates.

Bobby Driscoll (the voice of Peter Pan) became addicted to narcotics when his acting career failed after he got older. In 1968, two little boys became lost after playing in an abandoned part of Manhattan’s underground and found his rotting body. It was surrounded by needles, a wooden crucifix, and religious pamphlets. He was only 31.

January 25, 1947: the funeral for Elizabeth Short, who in death became infamously known as the Black Dahlia. The mourners seated in front of her casket are her mother, Phoebe Short, her sister, Virginia, and her brother-in-law, A.C. White.

The Hungarian settlement of Sződliget is often called “Witch Village” due to it’s eerie atmosphere. It is a small waterside town with only a couple of inhabitants, and fog gathers on the lake most nights.

Luka Magnotta pictured with a puppy that was later found dead in the garbage, alongside the dismembered body parts of his victim Jun Lin. Luka had filmed himself brutally stabbing and dismembering Jun, and getting the puppy as shown in the photo to chew on his body.