Perhaps the most famous "photo" associated with the crime is actually a self-portrait painted by Dr. Scudder months before his death. The painting chillingly depicted him bound and gagged with five bullet wounds to the head—exactly how his body was found by police.

Shortly after the trials, the interior of Corpsewood Manor was completely cleared out. In a final twist of tragedy, the vacant brick mansion was torched by arsonists, leaving only the hollowed-out brick shell, the crumbling gatehouse, and the overgrown vineyard.