[Sawdring]

I might have missed an episode but did they ever reveal why the Governor had all those heads in those big jars?

[brent13a]

I might have missed an episode but did they ever reveal why the Governor had all those heads in those big jars?

He was a sociopath and they were his trophies.
Simple as that.

[Malone LaVeigh]

I might have missed an episode but did they ever reveal why the Governor had all those heads in those big jars?

Without HBO, what else are you going to watch at night before you go to bed?

[Hot Tabasco]

I believe they were live people he had personally killed himself. The last head he added to the collection belonged to the leader of the group of soldiers that the Gov. killed in the ambush.........

[ConjunctionJunction]

I might have missed an episode but did they ever reveal why the Governor had all those heads in those big jars?

I don't think they ever actually said. The Governor said that he had the tanks to help him prepare for the outside world. I think they were just some form of sick entertainment.

The heads of Michonne's "pets" were in the tanks, too, so not all of the heads were from victims that the Governor personnally killed.