Despite the passage of many decades, people still find and are fascinated by the famous Life Magazine photo of Evelyn McHale's strangely beautiful corpse after she leapt from the Empire State Building. I was just wondering if anyone has ever run across any more information about her other than the small bio that accompanied the photo. Are there other publicized photos of her before she died? Was her family ever contacted for comment? I don't mean to be ghoulish about it, I just find it to be iconic (Warhol even made it into artwork) and am surprised that no one ever looked into her life further.
posted by ktoad on Mar 18, 2009 - 4 answers

Is it true that there are wire nets on the Empire State Building (or any other tall building) that will catch a heavy object (like a human body) if it falls (or jumps)? [more inside]
posted by junipero on Oct 24, 2008 - 14 answers