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I stumbled on this and almost wish I hadn't. A US company trading as "Dapper Cadaver" manufactures a range of life-size corpses, in various states of decay. One of them is the mutilated MJK.
I can understand the possible demand for such items from the film and TV industry, though there are well-established industry manufacturers of such things and the major studios have their own resources. This firm's name, their slogan, To Entertain and Educate, and the flashy website seem miles away from that sort of professional supply house.
The only positive spin I can put on the experience of finding the site is this: after several decades of being interested in the Whitechapel murders I'm sorry to say that I've grown too accustomed to the photographs of the victims, to the point that even the Miller's Court images don't have the power they once had. But, even given that what I was seeing was probably entirely inaccurate, when I first clicked through to the pin-sharp and vividly coloured closeups of the replica's face I felt a horror and revulsion that were perhaps a distant echo of how the discoverers of Kelly's remains must have felt. I'm actually pleased that those feelings have been reawakened in me, though I regret that it took this crass, exploitative site to do it.
If anyone wants to try it, the site is here. But please be warned: the images, especially of the face, are not pleasant.
I can understand the possible demand for such items from the film and TV industry, though there are well-established industry manufacturers of such things and the major studios have their own resources. This firm's name, their slogan, To Entertain and Educate, and the flashy website seem miles away from that sort of professional supply house.
The only positive spin I can put on the experience of finding the site is this: after several decades of being interested in the Whitechapel murders I'm sorry to say that I've grown too accustomed to the photographs of the victims, to the point that even the Miller's Court images don't have the power they once had. But, even given that what I was seeing was probably entirely inaccurate, when I first clicked through to the pin-sharp and vividly coloured closeups of the replica's face I felt a horror and revulsion that were perhaps a distant echo of how the discoverers of Kelly's remains must have felt. I'm actually pleased that those feelings have been reawakened in me, though I regret that it took this crass, exploitative site to do it.
If anyone wants to try it, the site is here. But please be warned: the images, especially of the face, are not pleasant.
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