Loana the Bloodthirster, 1909
Although it may look as though she is sleeping, this Romanian woman, Ioana Constantinescu, died in 1909 from drinking her own blood. Constantinescu was better known as Leona the Bloodthirster, a suspected witch who was beaten to near-death by an angry mob. She committed ritual suicide by consuming several goblets of her own blood.
Photos with the Dead
Back in the day, it was very common to pose for a photo with the recently deceased. Although death photography may seem morbid to some, in Victorian England, this was a way to commemorate the dead and blunt their grief. This woman was the victim of a fire and her family wished to preserve her memory by taking a picture with her charred body.