15 Fascinating Photos From History That Have An Interesting Story

4. A crown gathers to watch the hanging of Murderous Mary in Erwin, Tennessee, US in 1916. A little hard to tell, but Mary is in the center of the photo, and is in fact a circus elephant. After years of abuse, she killed her trainer, and the population nearby to the circus at the time decided to have the poor creature hanged. There is a rather uncomfortably shocking aftermath picture as well.