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Fearing the Reaper: A Fight with Death
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. -Francis Bacon- Today, in our series of Things That Scare Us, we look...
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Dead Men’s Shoes
Dead men’s shoes at the Titanic site. Jones: I say, Brown, do you known when a pair of boots are like a dead man? Brown: Can’t say that I do. Jones: When they are mend-ed—men dead—see? Brown: H’m very...
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Hunches and Hearses at the Racetrack
King Edward’s horse Minoru, pictured by Percy Earl in Vanity Fair 8 September 1909 I know zip about horse-racing, but the Belmont Stakes is this weekend, and I enjoy a good hunch story. These tales...
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Dead Letters: The Epistolary Zombie
While burrowing through the literature of the resurrection of the entranced or cataleptic, I ran across several similar cases involving mysterious letters from the supposedly dead. This first story is...
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Introducing The Victorian Book of the Dead
A shamelessly commercial post today: Kestrel Publications is draping itself in black in celebration–The Victorian Book of the Dead has arrived! Anyone who has read more than a week’s worth of posts on...
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Fearing the Reaper: A Fight with Death
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. -Francis Bacon- Today, in our series of Things That Scare Us, we look...
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Dead Men’s Shoes
Dead men’s shoes at the Titanic site. Jones: I say, Brown, do you known when a pair of boots are like a dead man? Brown: Can’t say that I do. Jones: When they are mend-ed—men dead—see? Brown: H’m very...
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Hunches and Hearses at the Racetrack
King Edward’s horse Minoru, pictured by Percy Earl in Vanity Fair 8 September 1909 I know zip about horse-racing, but the Belmont Stakes is this weekend, and I enjoy a good hunch story. These tales...
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Dead Letters: The Epistolary Zombie
Dead Letters: The Epistolary Zombie Death writes an obit. While burrowing through the literature of the resurrection of the entranced or cataleptic, I ran across several similar cases involving...
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Introducing The Victorian Book of the Dead
Introducing The Victorian Book of the Dead A shamelessly commercial post today: Kestrel Publications is draping itself in black in celebration–The Victorian Book of the Dead has arrived! Anyone who has...
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O, Death, Where Is Thy Bling?
O, Death, Where Is Thy Bling? Mrs “Diamond” Johnson’s extravagant tombstone. In looking at the popular culture of funerals and death for The Victorian Book of the Dead, I’ve noticed a minor trend in...
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Detritus of the Dead
Detritus of the Dead, a dead infant’s photo framed in a coffin-like shadowbox by a fabric flower wreath. Former eBay listing. In the theatre noir of Victorian mourning, textiles took center stage,...
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