"Dollhouse death scenes, used as teaching tools in ..." Topic

….Baltimore, being refurbished for Smithsonian exhibit.

"Using a tiny paintbrush, Ariel O'Connor carefully applied a compound to preserve the charred wall of a dollhouse featuring a grisly scene: the skull of a body lying in a bed inside peers out, beseeching the viewer to determine whether this was murder.

The dollhouse is one in a series of model whodunits used to train generations of police detectives in crime scene investigation. It is being cleaned, repaired and stabilized to be showcased at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery beginning in October. It is the first time the collection, built about 70 years ago, will be on public display…."
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Armand

Reminds me of a "CSI" TV show series of episodes where the killer made replicas of the murder locations, complete with bodies and how they were killed.

Jim

A local Austin artist, Tony Bell, made some courtroom dioramas himself. I had the honor of meeting the creator of "Wonder Warthog", "Motocross Cat", an Alamo diorama, and many other things over twenty years ago at his home. His scrapbook had photos of his courtroom dioramas, which I'd forgotten until now.

One of Tony's dioramas featured a wrecked truck which had spilled chickens all over a highway. Another featured a child's treehouse with power lines slung through the branches. Tony called this particular piece "the treehouse of death" because a child was electrocuted in this particular instance. I asked if the child lived. Tony responded that although he was horribly injured, his family was now very rich.