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18 heads of condemned prisoners are displayed in the museum. The complexion from beyond the grave and the glass eyes of these wax heads instantly make your blood run cold. When you learn that the hair is human (taken from the corpses) and the blood on the bandage which wraps the forehead of one of the tortured victims is also human ... chills are guaranteed. |
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A number of people recognize Landru, the Captain Dreyfus, Guillaume Seznec: it's possible ... but not certain. The maker of these heads could have been an employee of the wax museum.
The name of Albert Chartier has been given. He was authorized to enter
French prisons between 1920 and 1924 in order to gather anthropometric
measurements and minute details concerning the skin and hair color required
for authentic reproductions. |
The previous owner found them by accident in a cupboard
and thought of making candles of them before finally deciding to sell them
at an auction thereby allowing Maurice Dufresne to acquire them. They are displayed in the Museum Dufresne not far from the guillotine, an appropriate place to complete the scene .... |
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Musée Maurice Dufresne- 17, route de Marnay - 37190 Azay-le-Rideau