In 1973, Michael Lesy told the terrible true tale of Black River Falls in Wisconsin Death Trip, a book that juxtaposed stark images shot by photographer Charles Van Schaick, who documented the town’s downward spiral in a series of jarring portraits, with matter-of-fact newspaper reports of all the murder, mayhem, devil-worship, suicide, hauntings and general bedlam that infected the town like a virus. ![]() A thick, impenetrable darkness descended on the town as the population withered, succumbing to poverty, disease, madness, murder, and worse. While the town did ultimately survive, the ensuing decade was merciless to Black River Falls residents. A tiny mining town populated mostly by Norwegian and German immigrants lured by the promise of cheap land, the once-bustling community fell into disrepair in the late 1880s when the inhospitable climate caused the mines to shut down, essentially dooming the town and everyone in it. Black River Falls’ Miss Congeniality circa 1890īetween the years 18, something terribly wrong happened to the good people of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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