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Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. A photography student took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car.
May 5, 2024 · Evelyn McHale had plummeted more than 1,000 feet through the air and landed on top of a United Nations limousine. She was the 12th person to leap to their death from the Empire State Building since it had opened its doors to the public in 1931.
Mar 19, 2014 · The woman in the photo was 23-year-old Evelyn McHale. Not much is known of her life, or of her final hours, although countless people have put enormous effort into uncovering as much about...
Aug 20, 2023 · Evelyn McHale is probably the most famous Empire State Building suicide victim. The young and pretty Evelyn leaped from the 86th-floor observatory in 1947 and landed on the roof of a United Nations limousine parked on the street below.
May 20, 2024 · Evelyn McHale joined the Women's Army Corps in Jefferson, MO, after she graduated High School. She is listed as office machine operator. Once her service ended, she reportedly destroyed her uniform with fire.
Evelyn McHale is probably the most famous Empire State Building suicide victim. The young and pretty Evelyn leaped from the 86th-floor observatory in 1947 and landed on the roof of a United Nations limousine parked on the street below.
May 5, 2021 · Evelyn McHale jumped to her death from the 86th story of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947. Amateur photographer Robert C. Wiles captured the young woman lying on her back on the crushed roof of a car where she landed.
Aug 25, 2023 · Evelyn McHale, a young and seemingly content bookkeeper, jumped to her death from the Empire State Building in 1947. Her shocking demise and the haunting photograph that captured it continue to captivate and confound people around the world.
Jun 10, 2017 · Evelyn McHale was an American bookkeeper who killed herself by jumping from the 86th floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947. A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles has become an iconic suicide photograph, referred to as “the most beautiful suicide”.
Almost a century later, on May 1947, Lifemagazine published The most beautiful suicide,a picture taken by student photographer Robert Wiles that immortalizes the dead body of Evelyn McHale, an...
