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Images of dead babies are paired with bizarre tales of madness, eccentricity and violence from newspapers contemporary with the images but. Listen to wisconsin death trip in full in the spotify app. Wisconsin death trip is a 1999 american blackandwhite and color docudrama film written and directed by james marsh, based on the 1973. This is a film which details the events that occurred in black river falls during the 1890s and is the director james marshs take on the 1970s literary cult classic of the same name, written by michael lesy. Whether due to its harsh winter climate, its relative isolation, or some freefloating, primal madness endemic to the. Lesy documents the unsettling record of one small corner of. Michael wilmington, chicago tribune based on authentic historical records, wisconsin death trip is a chilling account of the disasters that befell one small town in wisconsin in the 1890s.
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Also titled wisconsin death trip, it showed the photographs, recounted the newspaper reports, and recreated many of the crimes in black and white, bringing black river falls grisly past to life. Wisconsin death trip is a 1973 nonfiction book by michael lesy, based on a collection of late 19th century photographs by jackson county, wisconsin, photographer charles van schaick mostly taken in the city of black river falls and local news reports from the same period. Wisconsin death trip by staticx album, industrial metal. The band was formed after lead singer wayne static and drummer ken jay met at a virgin records store in chicago.
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