Creepy things on the internet

Did you know in Victorian times it was a "thing" to prop up your dead relatives, especially children, and take their picture, sometimes with the rest of the living kids, before the relative was buried?  Yep.

This photo is almost certainly of a dead child. Most likely a boy...look closely at the eyes. They're painted on the closed lids.

And you thought those Victorians were all straight-laced types.




Here's another one. Note the odd eyes and the unnatural pose of the hands, plus you can just see the stand they used to prop him up on his right, in the gap between his elbow and body.




Here's one with the eyes open. Although, I don't know, she's got a right good grip on that dolly.