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From the Vault: Science in the House of Wax

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tousseau's?

Madame tussea, who lived 17 61 through 18 50, was a french artist. She studied under a swiss physician, a philipa courtius. One of the main attractions at madame tuseu's was always the chamber of horrors. Incidentally, jack the ripper was never part of it because tousseau had a policy against representing individuals whose identity and appearance was unknown. It does seem somehow like there is a very clear natural draw to, let's do some cerial killers, and let's do like, a dungeon with tortures and stuff like that.

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