On May 1, 1947, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale intentionally jumped to her death from the 86th floor observation deck of New York’s Empire State Building and landed on top of a United Nations limousine, where this creepy image was captured by photography student Robert Wiles.
Although the photograph became famous around the world, McHale’s dying wish was that no one see her body. Time magazine nevertheless printed the photo in full and called it “the most beautiful suicide.” Even Andy Warhol used it in one of his prints, Suicide (Fallen Body).
While the photograph remains recognizable to this day, her motive for jumping is still a mystery. We may never know why a seemingly happy young woman who was a month away from her wedding decided to end her own life.
Because somthething isn”t right with her