The
Pontalpa Apartments, flanking St. Louis Cathedral (left) at Jackson
Square are the most photographed images of New Orleans.
There
have been many trials called the "Trial of the Century."
Here Clarence Darrow (center) defends killers Richard Loeb (left)
and Nathan Leopold (right).
East
Louisiana State Hospital is one of the longest continuously operating
hospitals in the U.S. This is the cupola of the Center Building, contructed
in the 1850s.
Phrenology
was frequently used as an explanation for abberant mental processes.
Although out of vogue by the 20th century, this image was proposed
as an explanation of the behavior of Nathan Leopold.
This
is an image from the arrest of John Wayne Gacy, one of the worst serial
killers in American History.
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