There’s nothing creepier than a wax museum. See here and here for example. Oh, and why not check out this other post too while you’re at it? Did you click? Wasn’t that the absolute worst? Because you know what’s really, really, really creepy? Historic photos of wax museums.
Madame Tussaud started the creepy phenomenon of wax figurines in 1835, opening her first wax museum on Baker Street in London. Even to this day, they’re still a main tourist attraction…don’t ask me why? I guess people like to spend their money and time looking at creepy things.
Deep in the museum’s archives are behind-the-scenes photographs from the early-to-mid-20th century. There is one of Bernard Tussaud, grandson of Madame Tussaud, from 1935 holding two wax heads, one of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and the other of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Another one of technician working on broken hands from wax statues in 1950. Also there is one from 1928 of two young boys staring at a waxwork model of Princess Elizabeth, who would one day be the longest reigning monarch in British history. And then there are the wax heads of various celebrities sitting on a table waiting to be repaired or melted down sometime in the 1950s.
It’s okay, let’s all let out a collective scream together: 1…2…3…AAAAHHHHH!!!
