The Unknown Woman
Criminal
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The History of the Morgue
Bodies are displayed naked, although they have a cloth covering the groin. The clothes are often hung behind the body to help with recognition. There was one woman who, once her head became too decomposed to display, they created a wax model of her head and put that on display instead. Journalists would report in detail about the crimes connected to the bodies on display.
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