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A historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy that chronicles the grim and bizarre events in a Wisconsin town between 1885 and 1900. The book is accompanied by photographs by Charles Van Schaick and has been adapted into a film and inspired many other works of art.
Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 docudrama film written for the screen and directed by James Marsh, based on the 1973 historical nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lesy. The film dramatizes a series of macabre incidents that took place in and around Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the late-19th century.
Mar 1, 2023 · Michael Lesy’s 1973 book “Wisconsin Death Trip” is an American oddity, a cult classic for a reason. In a way that few documentary texts do, it makes us leave the baggage of modernity...
Wisconsin Death Trip: Directed by James Marsh. With Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe. A series of grisly events that took place in the state of Wisconsin between 1890 and 1900 is dramatized as reported in the Black River Falls newspaper.
Mar 3, 2023 · A documentary text of found material, the book gathered prosaic historical photos of Wisconsin residents from the turn of the 20th century and paired them to haunting effect with fragmentary ...
Nov 3, 2021 · Learn how historian Michael Lesy used photos, newspaper stories and asylum records to create a haunting portrait of 1890s small-town America. Discover how the book influenced artists, musicians and filmmakers with its dark and surreal vision.
Dec 18, 2021 · Inspired by an antique photo collection called “Wisconsin Death Trip,” Alessandra Sanguinetti went in search of her own American gothic.
