The marvellous and macabre Waxworks, part one: ‘…the more murderers, the more it thrives.’ – State Library Victoria

The marvellous and macabre Waxworks, part one: ‘…the more murderers, the more it thrives.’

Before true crime podcasts and books on serial killers, where did Melburnians go for their taste of the macabre? To the waxworks of course.

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