Lee Harper is a Mississipi-based artist who makes creepy miniature dioramas of true history, starring tiny sinister skeletons. ⁣⁣

"Model Citizen" (2018) by Lee Harper @historybones -- is a hand-crafted skeleton diorama of serial killer John Wayne Gacy applying clown makeup in the mirror⁣.

"Model Citizen" takes its inspiration from the seemingly 'ordinary' life of John Wayne Gacy, who managed several KFC restaurants and performed at children's birthday parties as Pogo the Clown...when he wasn't murdering dozens of young men and boys.

The chicken detail is quite realistic.

Gacy requested KFC as his last meal before being executed on death row in 1994.

⁣Harper's work emphasizes the banality of evil -- the idea that the scariest people are sometimes hidden in plain sight. ⁣

the museum of ridiculously interesting things

trial 3.4 | bacchus | re: sabine, aurora

Bacchus actually seems disappointed by this answer. Oh well, more information is never a bad thing, except when it is. "That must be where the murderer clean themselves off. It helps us make a timeline, at least. I still believe that Monsieur Oshiro was the intended target, after which the murderer went to the infirmary and was spotted by la clown, and had to kill her too. Afterwards they must have gone downstairs to wash up. Using the neutral washroom was a clever move - we cannot determine gender based on the washroom, at least." He grins at Sabine though bc I was in the middle of this post when she said more- "Perhaps the blood in the washroom is not the victim's, but the killer's! There was a scuffle in the crime lab, after all, as evidenced by the squashed diorama."

Back to the stuff i'd already written. He taps his chin. "This still does not lead us closer to the murderer, alas! What of the sandbag, though? It is from the concert stage, non? I still do not understand how it fits into this."

Oh, and he turns to Aurora. "The lady doth protest a lot, I think. How else would we solve a murder other than using the evidence available? Evidence includes testimony!"

trial 3.2 | re: sabine, aurora, sabine again

Bacchus drums his fingers against the desk. Everyone seems so subdued! Too much death and despair? The fun and games appear to be over. "I took a long, luxurious bath this afternoon," he says, "Why, it was well after 2 when I got out. I believe Mademoiselle Stickler can corroborate that - then again, she seemed terribly crabby, so maybe she didn't see me - imagine! Such dark expressions don't suit her lovely face." He grins at Selphie, and then continues. "I was in my room, reading for a while after that. Then I decided to go upstairs to play with the crime lab, and there I found it! Poor Monsieur Oshiro, quite dead by then."

How's that for an alibi?

He looks back to Aurora, ready to refute her. "I do think it was one culprit, though." He plants a hand on the table in what would definitely be a lawyer sprite pose if this were Ace Attorney. "There was a trail of blood droplets between the infirmary and the crime lab. Admittedly I was too rushed to try figuring out which direction it went, but the crime scenes are connected! You are right about the diorama, though - there must have been a struggle, which would account for the different wound positions."

"Thus, I have a working theory. Perhaps our dear culprit murdered Monsieur Oshiro, then went to the infirmary to clean off the weapon and hide the evidence. Ah! La Clowne is in the infirmary, and now she has seen everything - she must die too, to ensure her silence." He puts his hands on his hips and grins, feeling quite proud of herself. "Perhaps the culprit even used the microscope as a bludgeon, as Mademoiselle Steelfrost suggested. But I must ask, were the microscopes damaged at all? They are fragile instruments!"